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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
Tayasumon 田安門 ✓

One of the gates in the inner enclosure of the old Edo-jō 江戸城. It preserves the *…

Architecture, Gates
Tetsumon 鉄門

A unique gate at Himeji-jō 姫路城 'Nu'-no-mon 'ぬ'の門 (1601-10), Hyōgo Prefecture. It is tall and has a double story and…

Architecture, Gates
tōdaimon 東大門

The main, east gate of a temple compound.

Architecture, Gates
tsuchimon 土門

A roofless gate set in an earthen wall. At Kyoto Gosho 京都御所, there are two such gates: the Upper East Gate, Jōtōmon 上東門, and…

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