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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
ōmon 大門

Also read *daimon. Lit. large gate. A large gate that functions as the entrance…

Architecture, Gates
omotemon 表門

A generic term for the main gates of an aristocratic dwelling. It applies especially to residences in the shinden…

Architecture, Gates
ōmunamon 大棟門

Also read ōmunekado. A large gate that is similar to another type of gate called *…

Architecture, Gates
onarimon 御成門

A visitor's or regent's gate. A type of *yakuimon 薬医門 or *…

Architecture, Gates
Ōtenmon 応天門

The red-painted front gate, 5 x 2 bays with three entrances that provided access from the south to enter the *…

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