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okidōrō 沖灯籠 ✓

A lantern placed in the water or near the water's edge. These can be clearly viewed from rocks or a boat, and boats use them…

Architecture, Lanterns
oribe dōrō 織灯籠

A small lantern used to light pathways. It is baseless and inserted directly into the earth. On top is a spherical jewel *…

Architecture, Lanterns
ukeza 受座

The indentation in the middle of the base *kiso 基礎 of a lantern…

Architecture, Lanterns
unbokugata tōrō 雲卜形灯籠

A type of lantern. These six-sided lanterns are the same as the kasuga type, but they were carved by a stonemason…

Architecture, Lanterns
urizanegata tōrō 瓜実形灯籠

An unusual type of lantern where the flame window is shaped like a *muhōtō…

Architecture, Lanterns

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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