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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
tōrō 灯籠 ✓

Also written 灯篭. A lantern. The earliest were introduced to Japan from China through Korea along with Buddhism in the 6th…

Architecture, Lanterns
tsuridōrō 釣灯籠 ✓

Also *kaitomoshi 掻灯. A lantern hung from the corner of the eaves of a…

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