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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
naijimon 内侍門

Also read naishimon. Traditionally, the timbergate through which virgin attendants entered a shrine. Structurally,…

Architecture, Gates
Naka-no-Mibumon 中の壬生門

According to the Shokunihongi 続日本紀, a gate leading to the waiting area for all officials, chōshūden…

Architecture, Gates
nandaimon 南大門 ✓

The great south gate at Tōdaiji 東大寺 in Nara. The term is also used for the main south gate at other temples.

Architecture, Gates
nanken-nanko 何間 何戸

Lit. "How many bays? How many entrances?" Questions posed in order to ascertain the number of bays *…

Architecture, Gates
Narukomon 鳴子門 ✓

A simple gate located in the northeast corner ofthe inner moat uchi-no-hori 内の濠 of the inner citadel Honmaru 本丸 (…

Architecture, Gates
nijūmon 二重門 ✓

A two-storied gate that has a flanking roof that surrounds the lower story and most frequently has a hip-and-gable roof *…

Architecture, Gates
Nikkamon 日華門 ✓

Also read Jikkamon, written Nikkamon 日花門 (found in *Shōmei 匠明…

Architecture, Gates
niōmon 二王門

Also written 仁王門. A true two-storied gate *nijūmon 二重門, or a high gate *…

Architecture, Gates
nitenmon 二天門 ✓

A middle gate *chūmon 中門 at a Buddhist temple. Usually it is an 8-…

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