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| kabukimon 冠木門 | ✓ | Also written kōmon 衡門. A roofless gate composed of two square gate posts *… |
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| 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… |
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| kara yakuimon 唐薬医門 | A richly decorated gate with bracket complexes *tokyō 斗きょう, placed on top… |
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| karamon 唐門 | ✓ | Also read karakado. A generic term for a gate with undulating bargeboards *… |
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| kayamon 茅門 | Also kayabukimon 茅葺門. Lit. a thatched roofgate.
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| keigamon 慶賀門 | Temple and shrine gates, originally used only by the highest ranking people, especially the Fujiwara 藤原 family. During… |
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| 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… |
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| 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 *… |
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| kidomon 木戸門 | 1 Also called *udegimon 腕木門. A gate that has transverse… |
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| 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… |
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| kitasōmon 北総門 | A general purpose gate on the north side of a compound. |
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| kōkamon 皇嘉門 | 1 Also called ryūgūmon 竜宮門. A unique type of mausoleum gate *… |
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| 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… |
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| 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 *… |
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| kōraimon 高麗門 | ✓ | A type of gate, lit. Korean gate. Also formerly called *kabukimon… |
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| kuginukimon 釘貫門 | ✓ | Also kuginuki 釘貫. A roofless gate found at imperial tombs, mansions, and government check points. When the gate has… |
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| kugurimon 潜り門 | 1 A small low gate cut through an earth wall, tsuchibei 土塀, or timber fence *… |
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| kutsumon 窟門 | Also called anamon 穴門. Lit. cave gate. An arched side gate *kugurimon… |
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| naijimon 内侍門 | Also read naishimon. Traditionally, the timbergate through which virgin attendants entered a shrine. Structurally,… |
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| 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… |
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| 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. |
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| nanken-nanko 何間 何戸 | Lit. "How many bays? How many entrances?" Questions posed in order to ascertain the number of bays *… |
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| 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 (… |
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| 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 *… |
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| Nikkamon 日華門 | ✓ | Also read Jikkamon, written Nikkamon 日花門 (found in *Shōmei 匠明… |
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| niōmon 二王門 | Also written 仁王門. A true two-storied gate *nijūmon 二重門, or a high gate *… |
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| nitenmon 二天門 | ✓ | A middle gate *chūmon 中門 at a Buddhist temple. Usually it is an 8-… |
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