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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
jōōgata tōrō 紹鴎形灯籠

A lantern with a canopy and a square fire holder higuchi 火口 supported below the middle base by a single natural…

Architecture, Lanterns
jukōgata tōrō 珠光形灯籠

Also read shukōgata tōrō. Also written shikōgata 四光形. A type of lantern with a gently rounded canopy…

Architecture, Lanterns
rengejigata tōrō 蓮華寺形灯籠

1 Rengeji type lantern. So named because a pair of these lanterns stand in front of the main building at…

Architecture, Lanterns
Rikyūgata tōrō 利休形灯籠

A type of lantern. Lanterns of various shapes may be called Rikyūgata. It is difficult to judge which are authentic…

Architecture, Lanterns

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University