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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
kabukimon 冠木門 ✓

Also written kōmon 衡門. A roofless gate composed of two square gate posts *…

Architecture, Gates
Kankaimon 歓会門

The front gate of Shurijō 首里城 in Okinawa Prefecture. It was burned down during World War 2 and rebuilt in 1974. It is an…

Architecture, Gates
kara yakuimon 唐薬医門

A richly decorated gate with bracket complexes *tokyō 斗きょう, placed on top…

Architecture, Gates
karamon 唐門 ✓

Also read karakado. A generic term for a gate with undulating bargeboards *…

Architecture, Gates
kayamon 茅門

Also kayabukimon 茅葺門. Lit. a thatched roofgate.


1 A relatively small-scale thatched gate…

Architecture, Gates
keigamon 慶賀門

Temple and shrine gates, originally used only by the highest ranking people, especially the Fujiwara 藤原 family. During…

Architecture, Gates
Kenreimon 建礼門 ✓

Also called Aouma-no-jin 白馬の陣. The front gate located near the center of the outer south earthen wall surrounding Kyoto…

Architecture, Gates
Kenshunmon 建春門 ✓

Also called Hi-no-gomon 日の御門. One of the twelve gates originally enclosing Kyoto Gosho 京都御所. A four-legged gate *…

Architecture, Gates
kidomon 木戸門

1 Also called *udegimon 腕木門. A gate that has transverse…

Architecture, Gates
Kitagomon 北御門

A group of gates that face north found outside the sacred areas of Ise Jingū 伊勢神宮. With the exception of the outermost fence…

Architecture, Gates
kitasōmon 北総門

A general purpose gate on the north side of a compound.

Architecture, Gates
kōkamon 皇嘉門

1 Also called ryūgūmon 竜宮門. A unique type of mausoleum gate *…

Architecture, Gates
Kōmon 閤門

Also written 閣門. The gates on the inner enclosure of the Imperial Palace, and the small gates on each side of the Daigokuden…

Architecture, Gates
kōmon 後門

Lit. rear gate. The best known is found at Kitano Tenmangū 北野天満宮. The gate is an example of *…

Architecture, Gates
kōraimon 高麗門 ✓

A type of gate, lit. Korean gate. Also formerly called *kabukimon…

Architecture, Gates
kuginukimon 釘貫門 ✓

Also kuginuki 釘貫. A roofless gate found at imperial tombs, mansions, and government check points. When the gate has…

Architecture, Gates
kugurimon 潜り門

1 A small low gate cut through an earth wall, tsuchibei 土塀, or timber fence *…

Architecture, Gates, Folk Dwellings
kutsumon 窟門

Also called anamon 穴門. Lit. cave gate. An arched side gate *kugurimon…

Architecture, Gates
Masomon 媽姐門 ✓

A unique gate at Sōfukuji 崇福寺 (rebuilt in 1827) in Nagasaki prefecture. The size is unusual for an eight-legged gate *…

Architecture, Gates
Minami Zuijinmon 南随神門

A gate located south of the santuary Honden 本殿 at Kibitsu Jinja 吉備津神社 in Okayama prefecture. Images of two defied loyal…

Architecture, Gates
Minamigomon 南御門 ✓

The gates on the south side of Ise Jingū 伊勢神宮. They are large eight-legged gates *…

Architecture, Gates
miyukimon 御幸門

1 A gate originally used exclusively by the emperor. It had two main pillars and…

Architecture, Gates
mon 門 ✓

Gate. Also read kado. A suffix which refers to a gate, of which there are many types. Style: the structural style…

Architecture, Gates
mukaiheijūmon 向い塀重門

A gate that has two supporting posts, sodebashira 袖柱, in front of and behind the main pillars to carry the…

Architecture, Gates
mukaikaramon 向唐門 ✓

Also often read mukōkaramon. A four-legged gate *shikyakumon…

Architecture, Gates
munamon 棟門

Also called munekado. A simple gate with two circular pillars, a gable roof *…

Architecture, Gates

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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