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kamadodono 竈殿 Sometimes also kamamiya 釜宮. Also read hettsuidono. A building with a hearth or cooking stove. Often a stove may be placed… Architecture, Shrines
kamadono 釜殿

Also pronounced kanaedono, kamaden. A synonym for *kamaya 釜屋…

Architecture, Shrines
kandachi 神館 A place for Shinto purification rites, as well as a place for priests to go into seclusion for a set amount of time.
Architecture, Shrines
karahafu torii 唐破風不鳥居 ✓

A unique Shinto gate *torii 鳥居 in Kyoto, called Itsukushima…

Architecture, Shrines
kariden 仮殿 Also karidono. A temporary shrine building to which a deity is transferred while the main sanctuary *… Architecture, Shrines
kasagi 笠木

Also written 葢木 or 衡木; also *kabuki 冠木.



1…

Architecture, Shrines
kashigidono 炊殿

Also mikashigidono 御炊殿



1 The special kitchen at Shinto shrines where rice to be…

Architecture, Shrines
kashii-zukuri 香椎造

A style of building used for the sanctuary *honden 本殿, at a…

Architecture, Shrines
kashima torii 鹿島鳥居 ✓

Shinmei type pillars *shinmei torii 神明鳥居,…

Architecture, Shrines
kasuga torii 春日鳥居 ✓

A shinmei type of shrine gate *shinmeitorii 神明鳥居. The two…

Architecture, Shrines
kasuga-zukuri 春日造

A style of shrine architecture employed in main sanctuaries *honden …

Architecture, Shrines
katsuogi 堅魚木 ✓

Also written 鰹木, 勝男木, 葛緒木. Also called kasoegi 斗木. Wooden billets placed atop and at right angle to a roof ridge,…

Architecture, Shrines
keidaisha 境内社

A subsidiary Shinto shrine located within the precincts of the main shrine.

Architecture, Shrines
keigaisha 境外社

A subsidiary Shinto shrine located outside the precincts of the main shrine. It may be near the precinct boundaries or at a…

Architecture, Shrines
kibitsu-zukuri 吉備津造 ✓

Also kibi-zukuri 吉備造 and *hiyoku irimoya-zukuri 比翼入母屋造. A…

Architecture, Shrines
kō-ita 甲板

A long thick horizontal board placed at the apex of a roof as a cover to protect the uppermost ridge. The board is used…

Architecture, Shrines
kuroki torii 黒木鳥居

The simplest type of Shinto gate *torii 鳥居 belonging to the …

Architecture, Shrines
saijō 斎場

1 An area temporarily purified to erect temporary buildings and facilities for performing the *…

Architecture, Shrines
saikan 斎館

Also *kandachi 神館, shinkan 神館.
1 At Ise Jingū…

Architecture, Shrines
sakadono 酒殿 ✓

Also misakedono 御酒殿; the prefix mi 御 is an honorific.
1 A shrine building specific to…

Architecture, Shrines
sanja-zukuri 三社造

Also called sangenyashiro or sangensha 三間社. A type of Shinto shrine. The main building *…

Architecture, Shrines
sannō torii 山王鳥居 ✓

Also called hie torii 日吉鳥居, sōgō torii 総合鳥居, hafu torii 破風鳥居 or gasshō torii 合掌鳥居.…

Architecture, Shrines
sanrōsho 山籠所

Lit. "a place to go into seclusion." A shrine or temple where priests or laymen can retire alone to pray. However, special…

Architecture, Shrines
seihōkei haiden 正方形拝殿

Square worship hall. A type of worship hall at a Shinto shrine. The 3 × 3 bay hall is believed to have been derived from a…

Architecture, Shrines
sengen-zukuri 浅間造

A style of architecture exemplified by the 2-storied worship hall *haiden 拝殿 at…

Architecture, Shrines
senzasai 遷座祭

A festival held for a building that is to be dismantled and rebuilt, or undergo major repairs. Before construction begins,…

Architecture, Shrines
sessha 摂社 ✓

A Shinto shrine, second in rank and size to the main shrine honsha 本社, but having a status higher than the *…

Architecture, Shrines
shake 社家

Also shashike 社司家 or shakeshū 社家衆.

1 A hereditary line of Shinto priests of…

Architecture, Shrines
shamusho 社務所

A group of administrative and sometimes commercial buildings at a Shinto shrine. In ancient times, each shrine was…

Architecture, Shrines
shichimen-zukuri 七面造

A style of Shinto shrine architecture originating in the Edo period, similar to the sengen style *…

Architecture, Shrines
shikinen sengū 式年遷宮

The transfer of a deity, goshintai 御神体, from a permanent building to a temporary one *…

Architecture, Shrines
shimaki 島木

1 The secondary or collateral lintel placed against the underside of the top lintel *…

Architecture, Shrines
shimaki torii 島木鳥居

An expression used to refer to any entrance gate at a Shinto shrine *torii 鳥居…

Architecture, Shrines
shin-no-mihashira 心の御柱

Also called shin-no-hashira 心の柱, imibashira 忌柱 or 斎柱, or shin-no-mihashira 真の御柱. Non-structural,…

Architecture, Shrines
shinkyū 神厩 ✓

A special stable to house the sacred horse offered to a shrine by the imperial family or a nobleman. The most famous is that…

Architecture, Shrines
shinmei torii 神明鳥居 ✓

Also futabashira torii 二柱鳥居. A generic name for a Shinto gate *torii…

Architecture, Shrines
shinmei-zukuri 神明造 ✓

An ancient style of Shinto shrine architecture used especially for the main sanctuary *…

Architecture, Shrines
shinmon 神門 ✓

Lit. "deity gate." Any type of gate found at a shrine, excluding the gate-like entrance to the sacred ground of a Shinto…

Architecture, Shrines
shinpukuden 神服殿

A Shinto shrine building where winter and summer clothing are sewn and offered to the deities. Some scholars believe that…

Architecture, Shrines
shinsenjo 神饌所

Also called gokūsho 供御所 or goryōya 御料屋; also nieden or niedono 贄殿. The place where…

Architecture, Shrines
shiromaruta torii 白丸太鳥居

Also goryō torii 御陵鳥居, shiroki torii 白木鳥居 or *shimaki torii…

Architecture, Shrines
shitakado 下角

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

2 The lower corners of the…

Architecture, Shrines
shitennōji torii 四天王寺鳥居

A stone entrance gate *torii 鳥居 of the myōjin type *…

Architecture, Shrines
sōja 総社

Also written 惣社. Also pronounced sōsha or subeyashiro. A shrine that contains many deities, which may…

Architecture, Shrines
sumiyoshi torii 住吉鳥居

A stone gate-like entrance, torii of the myōjin type *myōjin…

Architecture, Shrines
sumiyoshi-zukuri 住吉造

A style of main sanctuary *honden 本殿 in Shinto shrine…

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