| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 *… |
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| 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… |
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| Minamigomon 南御門 | ✓ | The gates on the south side of Ise Jingū 伊勢神宮. They are large eight-legged gates *… |
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| miyukimon 御幸門 | 1 A gate originally used exclusively by the emperor. It had two main pillars and… |
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| mon 門 | ✓ | Gate. Also read kado. A suffix which refers to a gate, of which there are many types. Style: the structural style… |
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| 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… |
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| mukaikaramon 向唐門 | ✓ | Also often read mukōkaramon. A four-legged gate *shikyakumon… |
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| munamon 棟門 | Also called munekado. A simple gate with two circular pillars, a gable roof *… |
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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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