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jichinsai 地鎮祭

Also called chinjisai 鎮地祭; jisai 地祭, jiiwai 地祝, tsuchimatsuri 土祭 or tokoshizume no…

Architecture, Shrines
jinja kenchiku 神社建築

Lit. shrine architecture. The architecture associated with Shinto shrines, including all the shrine buildings, shaden…

Architecture, Shrines
jinja 神社 ✓

A generic name for a Shinto shrine. Before World War Two shrines were classified into five categorize: first rank, …

Architecture, Shrines
usa torii 宇佐鳥居

A wooden, gate-like entrance *torii 鳥居 of the myōjin 明神…

Architecture, Shrines
ushiro-nagare 後流

The flowing curve of the rear slope of a gable roof in the flowing style *nagare-…

Architecture, Shrines
uwakado 上角

1 The upper corners of any beam cut at an angle.

2 The upper corners of the…

Architecture, Shrines
uzubashira 珍柱 ✓

Also written 宇豆柱. The pillars at center, front, and rear of the main prayer hall *honden…

Architecture, Shrines

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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