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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
uganju 拝所

An open site, generally in Okinawa, devoid of any kind of structure, from where the gods are worshipped. Most sites are…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
uwaya 上家

A temporary roof or simple structure erected over a building that is being dismantled for repairs or reconstruction. Modern…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
yakimono-no-tō 焼物の塔

A bisque ware or unglazed pagoda. Plain, unglazed small pagodas are called deitō 泥塔, meaning mud pagodas.…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
yakushidō 薬師堂 ✓

A Buddhist temple hall housing a statue of *Yakushi 薬師 (Sk: Bhaisajyaguru), the Buddha…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
yokurō 翼廊 ✓

Lit. "wing corridors." A corridor that extends outward from the side or rear of a building. Examples: Byōdōin *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
yugitō 瑜祇塔

Lit. "jewel, prayer, pagoda."
Also called gohō hatchū 五峯八柱, lit. "five peaks, eight pillars." A circular…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Yumedono 夢殿

Lit. "Hall of Dreams." A large octagonal hall *hakkakudō 八角堂, in the…

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