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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
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