| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| naijimon 内侍門 | Also read naishimon. Traditionally, the timbergate through which virgin attendants entered a shrine. Structurally,… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| 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… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| 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. |
Architecture, Gates |
| nanken-nanko 何間 何戸 | Lit. "How many bays? How many entrances?" Questions posed in order to ascertain the number of bays *… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| 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 (… |
Architecture, Gates |
| 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 *… |
Architecture, Gates |
| Nikkamon 日華門 | ✓ | Also read Jikkamon, written Nikkamon 日花門 (found in *Shōmei 匠明… |
Architecture, Gates |
| niōmon 二王門 | Also written 仁王門. A true two-storied gate *nijūmon 二重門, or a high gate *… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| nitenmon 二天門 | ✓ | A middle gate *chūmon 中門 at a Buddhist temple. Usually it is an 8-… |
Architecture, Gates |
| udegimon 腕木門 | ✓ | Also called *kidomon 木戸門. A simple gate with two main posts… |
Architecture, Gates |
| uramon 裏門 | Back or rear gate. | Architecture, Gates | |
| ushiroya chūmon 後屋中門 | A rear wing which extends from the main structure of a folk dwelling *minka… |
Architecture, Gates, Folk Dwellings | |
| uzumimon 埋門 | ✓ | Lit. "buried gate." |
Architecture, Gates |
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