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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…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
saikondō 西金堂

An image hall *kondō 金堂 situated to the west of a pagoda in temple grounds.…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
sangen-ikko 三間一戸 ✓

A 3 x 2 bay gate, often 8-legged style *hakkyakumon 八脚門, with entrance…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
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,…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
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 *…

Architecture, Buildings, Sculpture
sanmaidō 三昧堂

Also called nenbutsu sanmaidō 念仏三昧堂. Nenbutsu 念仏 prayers are recited, to obtain unity with *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
sanmen sōbō 三面僧房

Priest and monk dormitories constructed to the north, east and west of the lecture hall *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
sanrō 山廊 ✓

Also kirō 機廊. Small, single-storied, detached buildings on temple grounds constructed on each side of a two-…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
sayadō 鞘堂

Also ōidō 覆堂, ōiya 覆屋 or tōdō 套堂. Lit. "sheath hall." A building constructed over a shrine or…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
sazaedō 栄螺堂 ✓

Also called sansōdō or sasaidō 三匝堂. An hexagonal Buddhist hall constructed with two internal, circuitous…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
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…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
sekitō 石塔 ✓

Also read ishitō. A generic term for pagodas or stupas made of stone. It includes multiple-storied stone pagodas…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
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…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
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-…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
shariden 舎利殿 ✓

A square reliquary hall, used to enshrine the relics of Buddha, called *shari 舎利…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
sharitō 舎利塔

A stupa-shaped container for relics *shari 舎利 that may itself be set within a small shrine …

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
shi-in 子院

A subsidiary temple belonging to the main temple and serving as the founder's mausoleum. This arrangement is most frequently…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
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…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
shidō 祠堂

A mortuary hall. One example is the rear part of the *Kaisandō 開山堂 at Eihōji…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
shindō 新堂

Lit. "new hall." Several of Japan's temple complexes include a building known as shindō. One of the most famous is…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
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…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
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…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
shitagoya 下小屋

A temporary shed used by carpenters, stone masons, and plasterers to prepare structural members for a building. Often parts…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
shōden 正殿

Also pronounced seiden.

1 The center building of a palace, also called omotegoten…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
shōdō 正堂

Also seidō.

1 The fare hall or worshipper's hall of a temple, in contrast to the rear hall…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
shōrō 鐘楼 ✓

Also called shūrō; kanetsukidō 鐘突堂, lit. "bell hitting hall"; and tsuriganedō 釣鐘堂, belfry. A…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Shōryōin 聖霊院 ✓

A hall dedicated to the soul of Shōtoku Taishi (see *Shōtoku Taishi-zō 聖徳太子像) at…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Shōsōin 正倉院

Also called Sōen-in 倉垣院. A treasure storehouse *hōko 宝庫 with a raised floor at…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
sōbō 僧房 ✓

Also written 僧坊. Buddhist priests', monks' or nuns' living quarters in the 7th-8th century. One of the seven buildings…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
sōdō 僧堂

A large hall at a Zen temple. It was divided into two parts. The front part, called the *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
soshidō 祖師堂

A hall dedicated to the founder of a temple, especially at Zen 禅 temples.

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
sōtō 層塔

A generic name for a pagoda (Sk: stupa) which has several roofs. Invariably they have an odd number of roofs. Most…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures

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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