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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
ōji-zukuri 王子造

Also written 皇子造. A style of construction used for a Shinto shrine sanctuary *honden…

Architecture, Shrines
omiya 御宮 A term of respect for a shrine. Architecture, Shrines
otabisho shinden 御旅所神殿

Also *otabisho 御旅所. Otabi 御旅 (revered journey); sho 所 (space); shinden…

Architecture, Shrines
otabisho 御旅所

Also otabi-no-miya 御旅宮, otabi 御旅, tabisho 旅所, mikoshiyadori 神輿舎.
A palanquin-like…

Architecture, Shrines
ōtori-zukuri 大鳥造

A simple style of main shrine building *honden 本殿, with gable roof *…

Architecture, Shrines
taisha-zukuri 大社造 ✓

Also called ōyashiro-zukuri. The oldest style of shrine architecture. Its small scale is thought to resemble that…

Architecture, Shrines
tasukizumi 襷墨 ✓

A diagonal line. A word applied to structural members used in the modular system kikujutsu 規矩術. Specifically, this…

Architecture, Shrines
tatehaiden 縦拝殿 ✓

A type of worship hall *haiden 拝殿 which is attached to the main…

Architecture, Shrines
teinaisha 邸内社

Also dainaisha 第内社. A shrine within the estate or premises teinai 邸内 of a nobleman. The mansion, …

Architecture, Shrines
tenchi kongen-zukuri 天地根元造

1 A prehistoric pit dwelling *tateana jūkyo …

Architecture, Shrines
torii 鳥居

Also written 鳥栖; 鶏栖. Lit. "bird perch." At one time, torii were called uefukazu-no-mikado or…

Architecture, Shrines
toriimon 鳥居門

Lit. "bird perch gate." A shrine gate with a board fence attached to the outer part of each of the two pillars. A *…

Architecture, Shrines

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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