| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mandaradō 曼荼羅堂 | ✓ | Also Taimadera *Hondō 当麻寺本堂. Mandaradō literally means a hall… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| mandokoro 政所 | The administrative offices housed in the refectory of an ancient temple. During the Heian period, and continuing through the… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| Masodō 媽姐堂 | ✓ | 1 A Chinese temple Sōfukuji 崇福寺 in Nagasaki prefecture, called Masodō, which enshrines a deity called… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| menzō 眠蔵 | Also mendō 眠堂. Sleeping quarters for the head priest behind the main room at a subsidiary Zen temple *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| midō 御堂 | 1 Another name for a temple called Hōjōji 法成寺, built at the end of the tenth to beginning of the 11th… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| mieidō 御影堂 | ✓ | Lit. "image hall." Also called eidō 影堂, goeidō or goedō 御影堂. A temple hall explicitly assigned to… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| mirokudō 弥勒堂 | A Buddhist hall dedicated to *Miroku 弥勒 (Sk: Maitreya), the compassionate bodhisattva of… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| moji-etō 文字絵塔 | Sutras written in such a way that the characters form the image of a pagoda. One of the two methods is called moji… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures, Art History, Painting | |
| momitō 籾塔 | Lit. "unhulled rice pagoda." A small wooden votive pagoda carved with a knife. It is related to *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| monbansho 門番所 | The quarters for the caretaker of the main gate of a Japanese temple. These may be attached to or near the main gate. |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| Monjudō 文殊堂 | A small Buddhist hall dedicated to the Bodhisattva of wisdom *Monju 文殊 (Sk. Manjusri) who usually is… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| muhōtō 無縫塔 | ✓ | Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| muryōjuin 無量寿院 | 1 A name given to the *amidadō 阿弥陀堂, a temple hall dedicated… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| Saiendō 西円堂 | ✓ | An octagonal hall at Hōryūji 法隆寺, Nara, which was destroyed by a typhoon in 1050. The structure was rebuilt in 1250. It is… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| saikondō 西金堂 | An image hall *kondō 金堂 situated to the west of a pagoda in temple grounds.… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| sangen-ikko 三間一戸 | ✓ | A 3 x 2 bay gate, often 8-legged style *hakkyakumon 八脚門, with entrance… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| sangendō 三間堂 | ✓ | A building with 3 bays on all four sides, commonly written 3 × 3 bays. The result is usually a square building. However,… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| sanmaidō 三昧堂 | Also called nenbutsu sanmaidō 念仏三昧堂. Nenbutsu 念仏 prayers are recited, to obtain unity with *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| sanmen sōbō 三面僧房 | Priest and monk dormitories constructed to the north, east and west of the lecture hall *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| sanrō 山廊 | ✓ | Also kirō 機廊. Small, single-storied, detached buildings on temple grounds constructed on each side of a two-… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| sayadō 鞘堂 | Also ōidō 覆堂, ōiya 覆屋 or tōdō 套堂. Lit. "sheath hall." A building constructed over a shrine or… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| sazaedō 栄螺堂 | ✓ | Also called sansōdō or sasaidō 三匝堂. An hexagonal Buddhist hall constructed with two internal, circuitous… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| sekidō 石幢 | Lit. "stone flag." A type of stone pagoda with a hexagonal or octagonal base, a banner-shaped shaft, dōshin 幢身, a… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| sekitō 石塔 | ✓ | Also read ishitō. A generic term for pagodas or stupas made of stone. It includes multiple-storied stone pagodas… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| sen-in 賤院 | Also written 賎院. The quarters where the lowliest serfs lived in a Buddhist temple. In ancient Japan, these people were… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| shakadō 釈迦堂 | ✓ | A hall in which a statue of the historical Buddha *Shaka 釈迦, born in either the mid-6th or mid-… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| shariden 舎利殿 | ✓ | A square reliquary hall, used to enshrine the relics of Buddha, called *shari 舎利… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| sharitō 舎利塔 | A stupa-shaped container for relics *shari 舎利 that may itself be set within a small shrine … |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| shi-in 子院 | A subsidiary temple belonging to the main temple and serving as the founder's mausoleum. This arrangement is most frequently… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| shichidō garan 七堂伽藍 | The seven principal buildings considered necessary for a Buddhist temple from the 7-12th century. They include: the main… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| shidō 祠堂 | A mortuary hall. One example is the rear part of the *Kaisandō 開山堂 at Eihōji… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| shindō 新堂 | Lit. "new hall." Several of Japan's temple complexes include a building known as shindō. One of the most famous is… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| Shingon-in 真言院 | Also called Shingondō 真言堂, Shūhōin 修法院 or Mandara dōjō 曼荼羅道場. Lit. "the mantra hall." A hall… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| shisōbō 私僧房 | A private residence for high-ranking priests within the confines of a Buddhist temple. During the Heian period, this type of… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| shitagoya 下小屋 | A temporary shed used by carpenters, stone masons, and plasterers to prepare structural members for a building. Often parts… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| shōden 正殿 | Also pronounced seiden. |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| shōdō 正堂 | Also seidō. |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| shōrō 鐘楼 | ✓ | Also called shūrō; kanetsukidō 鐘突堂, lit. "bell hitting hall"; and tsuriganedō 釣鐘堂, belfry. A… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| Shōryōin 聖霊院 | ✓ | A hall dedicated to the soul of Shōtoku Taishi (see *Shōtoku Taishi-zō 聖徳太子像) at… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| Shōsōin 正倉院 | Also called Sōen-in 倉垣院. A treasure storehouse *hōko 宝庫 with a raised floor at… |
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| sōbō 僧房 | ✓ | Also written 僧坊. Buddhist priests', monks' or nuns' living quarters in the 7th-8th century. One of the seven buildings… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| sōdō 僧堂 | A large hall at a Zen temple. It was divided into two parts. The front part, called the *… |
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| soshidō 祖師堂 | A hall dedicated to the founder of a temple, especially at Zen 禅 temples. |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| sōtō 層塔 | A generic name for a pagoda (Sk: stupa) which has several roofs. Invariably they have an odd number of roofs. Most… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
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