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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
kaeribana 反花

1 Lotus petal design carved around the lower base kiban 基盤 of a lantern *…

Architecture, Art History, Sculpture, Lanterns
kaitomoshi 掻灯

Also *tsuridōrō 釣灯籠. Lanterns, usually made of metal, hung in the…

Architecture, Lanterns
kanshūjigata tōrō 勧修寺形灯籠

A lantern style based on lanterns found in the Heian period Kanshūji or Kajūji 勧修寺 garden in Kyoto. It is low with a large,…

Architecture, Lanterns
kasa 笠

Lit.umbrella. The part of a stone lantern ishidōrō 石灯籠 that acts as an umbrella over the fire box *…

Architecture, Lanterns
kirishitan dōrō キリシタン灯篭

Lit. A Christian lantern. A lantern with carved designs of Christian figures were influenced by the early Christians in 16th…

Architecture, Lanterns
komachideragata tōrō 小町寺形灯籠

A six-sided lantern type found at Fudarakuji 補陀洛寺 in Kyoto.

Architecture, Lanterns
kotojigata tōrō 琴柱形灯籠

A lantern found on the north bank of Kasumigaike 霞が池 in Kenrokuen 兼六園, Ishikawa Prefecture. It is very large, approximately…

Architecture, Lanterns
kusayagata tōrō 草屋形灯籠

A type of lantern where the canopy is in the shape of a hipped roof and the flame recipient looks like a house.

Architecture, Lanterns

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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