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| Nageiredō 投入堂 | ✓ | Also once known as Zaōdō 蔵王堂. The Nageiredō is a small building, constructed in the overhang style kake-zukuri 懸造,… |
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| naidō 内堂 | Buddhist priests' living quarters. Higher-ranking priests had two rooms one behind the other. The inner room was called the… |
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| nanto shichidaiji 南都七大寺 | Lit. "southern capital seven great temples." A generic expression in use by the 8th century referring to the seven great… |
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| narabidō 双堂 | ✓ | Also read sōdō. Twin buildings in the grounds of a Japanese temple that are of equal length, but not necessarily of… |
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| narabigura 双倉 | ✓ | Also read sōsō. Lit. "twin storehouses." Two storehouses of the same size placed so that the space between was the… |
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| nenbutsudō 念仏堂 | ✓ | A hall within the precinct of a Buddhist temple used for the purpose of training Buddhist monks to meditate on and recite… |
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| Nigatsudō 二月堂 | ✓ | Lit. "second month hall." A temple widely known for its famous ancient festival called omizutori お水取り in March… |
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| nijū butsudō 二重仏堂 | A term that can be applied to any temple or shrine building etc., which has either a double roof, a skirting *… |
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| nikairō 二階廊 | A second story corridor. A corridor of this type is thought to have first existed at Tōfukuji 東福寺, in Kyoto established in… |
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| niōdō 二王堂 | A building or often a gate that enshrines the two guardian deities, protectors of Buddhism. They are generally placed at the… |
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| nishimuro 西室 | West dormitory. In the 7th and 8th centuries, some temples had monk's quarters to the west of the lecture hall as well as… |
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| nōkotsudō 納骨堂 | 1 A hall where cinerary urns are stored and human ashes are kept. |
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| nōsashōtō 能作生塔 | A miniature pagoda in a bowl or rotund bottle shape. The pagoda is made of gilt bronze *… |
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| 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… |
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| saikondō 西金堂 | An image hall *kondō 金堂 situated to the west of a pagoda in temple grounds.… |
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| sangen-ikko 三間一戸 | ✓ | A 3 x 2 bay gate, often 8-legged style *hakkyakumon 八脚門, with entrance… |
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| 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,… |
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| sanjū-no-tō 三重塔 | Three-storied pagodas, most of which are made of wood, but a small percentage are made of stone. See *… |
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| sanmaidō 三昧堂 | Also called nenbutsu sanmaidō 念仏三昧堂. Nenbutsu 念仏 prayers are recited, to obtain unity with *… |
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| sanmen sōbō 三面僧房 | Priest and monk dormitories constructed to the north, east and west of the lecture hall *… |
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| sanrō 山廊 | ✓ | Also kirō 機廊. Small, single-storied, detached buildings on temple grounds constructed on each side of a two-… |
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| sayadō 鞘堂 | Also ōidō 覆堂, ōiya 覆屋 or tōdō 套堂. Lit. "sheath hall." A building constructed over a shrine or… |
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| sazaedō 栄螺堂 | ✓ | Also called sansōdō or sasaidō 三匝堂. An hexagonal Buddhist hall constructed with two internal, circuitous… |
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| 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… |
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| sekitō 石塔 | ✓ | Also read ishitō. A generic term for pagodas or stupas made of stone. It includes multiple-storied stone pagodas… |
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| 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… |
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| 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-… |
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| shariden 舎利殿 | ✓ | A square reliquary hall, used to enshrine the relics of Buddha, called *shari 舎利… |
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| sharitō 舎利塔 | A stupa-shaped container for relics *shari 舎利 that may itself be set within a small shrine … |
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| shi-in 子院 | A subsidiary temple belonging to the main temple and serving as the founder's mausoleum. This arrangement is most frequently… |
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| 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… |
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| shidō 祠堂 | A mortuary hall. One example is the rear part of the *Kaisandō 開山堂 at Eihōji… |
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| shindō 新堂 | Lit. "new hall." Several of Japan's temple complexes include a building known as shindō. One of the most famous is… |
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| 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… |
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| 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… |
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| shitagoya 下小屋 | A temporary shed used by carpenters, stone masons, and plasterers to prepare structural members for a building. Often parts… |
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| shōden 正殿 | Also pronounced seiden. |
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| shōdō 正堂 | Also seidō. |
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| shōrō 鐘楼 | ✓ | Also called shūrō; kanetsukidō 鐘突堂, lit. "bell hitting hall"; and tsuriganedō 釣鐘堂, belfry. A… |
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| Shōryōin 聖霊院 | ✓ | A hall dedicated to the soul of Shōtoku Taishi (see *Shōtoku Taishi-zō 聖徳太子像) at… |
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| 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… |
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| 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. |
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| sōtō 層塔 | A generic name for a pagoda (Sk: stupa) which has several roofs. Invariably they have an odd number of roofs. Most… |
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