Also read naishimon. Traditionally, the timbergate through which virgin attendants entered a shrine. Structurally,…

According to the Shokunihongi 続日本紀, a gate leading to the waiting area for all officials, chōshūden…

The great south gate at Tōdaiji 東大寺 in Nara. The term is also used for the main south gate at other temples.

Lit. "How many bays? How many entrances?" Questions posed in order to ascertain the number of bays *…

A simple gate located in the northeast corner ofthe inner moat uchi-no-hori 内の濠 of the inner citadel Honmaru 本丸 (…

A two-storied gate that has a flanking roof that surrounds the lower story and most frequently has a hip-and-gable roof *…

Also read Jikkamon, written Nikkamon 日花門 (found in *Shōmei 匠明…

Also written 仁王門. A true two-storied gate *nijūmon 二重門, or a high gate *…

A middle gate *chūmon 中門 at a Buddhist temple. Usually it is an 8-…

An eight-legged *hakkyakumon 八脚門, 3-bay wide, 1-entrance gate with a gable…

The Sakuheimon is the center gate on the north side of Kyoto Gosho 京都御所, during the end of the Heian period. It can be seen…

Also *sanmon 三門. The most famous example is the very large 21.05 m x 9.72 m gate at Zōjōji 増上寺…

Also called sanren āchimon 三連アーチ門. A gate with three arches, made within a stone wall.

Also written 山門; often called *sangedatsumon 三解脱門 meaning enlightenment gate. Main gate…

Also seibyōmon 聖廟門. Lit. "Confucian schoolgate." A 1 x 1 bay, single-story gate with a gable roof *…

Also called Sōjōmon 僧正門. The middle gate in the semi-opened, west corridor at Kasuga Taisha Honsha 春日大社本社 in Nara.…

A type of *yakuimon 薬医門. A 1-bay, single-entrance gate with side gates *…

1　Also read ishimon. A gate made almost entirely of stone, seen especially in Okinawa Prefecture.…

Also written 石墻門. Lit. "stone wall gate." A gate with either single or triple arch-like openings in a wall made of stacked…

Lit. "stone made gate."

1　Gates with arched entrances which are found in Okinawa Prefecture and…

Lit. "partition gate." A gate that partitions or closes off one area from another. Two examples of partition gates are found…

Also an old name read yotsuashimon and sometimes written 四足門; also called ikken-ikkomon 一間一戸門. A four-…

A gate located opposite the Shimizu 清水 moat (rebuilt 1658 ) at Edo-jō 江戸城, constructed in the *…

Also read shūrōmon. A two-storied temple gate in which a bell is hung, often found in Tendai 天台 sect temples. A…

1　The main entrance gate for many Zen temples. They are large, single-storied, 8-legged or 4-legged gates…

Also called Sakuradamon 桜田門. An entrance gate constructed in 1664 at Edo-jō 江戸城 in Tokyo that preserves its…

A type of gate for temporary wooden enclosures. It is characterized by the attachment of horizontal, diagonal, or vertical…

The front gate at the center of the south end of the outer enclosure that surrounded the palace compound at Heijō-kyō 平城京…