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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
ōmon 大門

Also read *daimon. Lit. large gate. A large gate that functions as the entrance…

Architecture, Gates
omotemon 表門

A generic term for the main gates of an aristocratic dwelling. It applies especially to residences in the shinden…

Architecture, Gates
ōmunamon 大棟門

Also read ōmunekado. A large gate that is similar to another type of gate called *…

Architecture, Gates
onarimon 御成門

A visitor's or regent's gate. A type of *yakuimon 薬医門 or *…

Architecture, Gates
Ōtenmon 応天門

The red-painted front gate, 5 x 2 bays with three entrances that provided access from the south to enter the *…

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."

1 A gate constructed within the stone walls of a castle. It was used to connect…

Architecture, Gates

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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