| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| usa torii 宇佐鳥居 | A wooden, gate-like entrance *torii 鳥居 of the myōjin 明神… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| ushiro-nagare 後流 | The flowing curve of the rear slope of a gable roof in the flowing style *nagare-… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| uwakado 上角 | 1 The upper corners of any beam cut at an angle. |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| uzubashira 珍柱 | ✓ | Also written 宇豆柱. The pillars at center, front, and rear of the main prayer hall *honden… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| yasaka-zukuri 八坂造 | Also *yasaka-zukuri 祇園造. A style of shrine architecture which began in the… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| yashiro 社 | 1 A Shinto shrine. 2 In very ancient times before permanent buildings were erected… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| yōhaiden 遥拝殿 | In ancient times called fukukai 伏拝; ippukuhai 一伏拝. The worship of a god that is enshrined at a distant… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| yokohaiden 横拝殿 | ✓ | A long, rectangular worship hall at a Shinto shrine with entrances on the front and rear sides parallel to the ridge. The… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| yūitsu shinmei zukuri 唯一神明造 | Lit. "the unique shinmei style." A style of Shinto Shrine architecture characterized by the main sanctuaries *… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| yuniwa 斎庭 | Also *saijō 斎場. A place to perform purification rituals and to worship the… |
Architecture, Shrines |
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