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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
dōjime 胴締

The decorated 'belts' around the upper, middle, and lower circumference of the stem, sao 竿, of a lantern.

Architecture, Lanterns
eitaitō 永代灯

Also jōyatō 常夜灯. 

A device to prevent the votive light in a lantern from going out.

Architecture, Lanterns
enshūgata tōrō 遠州形灯籠

One type of lantern. Generally six-sided with an elongated canopy *kasa 笠 and…

Architecture, Lanterns
hiage-ishi 灯上石 Also kazari-ishi 飾石, hitomoshi-ishi 火灯石, tenka-ishi 点火石. Originally, the stone on which a flame was placed before it was… Architecture, Lanterns
higuchi 灯口

Also 火口. Openings around the flame holder *hibukuro 火袋 of a lantern…

Architecture, Lanterns
honka dōrō 本歌灯籠

Lanterns, usually found at shrines or temples, with sufficient aesthetic and historical fame to warrant copying by later…

Architecture, Lanterns
hōtōgata tōrō 宝塔形灯籠

An unusual type of pagoda-shaped lantern found in a graveyard at Tsubakidera 椿寺 near Kitano Tenmangū 北野天満宮 in Kyoto.…

Architecture, Lanterns
ikekomigata tōrō いけこみ形灯籠

Also written 生込み形灯籠. A lantern which lacks a base; the stem is inserted directly into the ground. Most lanterns of this type…

Architecture, Lanterns
jōōgata tōrō 紹鴎形灯籠

A lantern with a canopy and a square fire holder higuchi 火口 supported below the middle base by a single natural…

Architecture, Lanterns
jukōgata tōrō 珠光形灯籠

Also read shukōgata tōrō. Also written shikōgata 四光形. A type of lantern with a gently rounded canopy…

Architecture, Lanterns
kaeribana 反花

1 Lotus petal design carved around the lower base kiban 基盤 of a lantern *…

Architecture, Art History, Sculpture, Lanterns
kaitomoshi 掻灯

Also *tsuridōrō 釣灯籠. Lanterns, usually made of metal, hung in the…

Architecture, Lanterns
kanshūjigata tōrō 勧修寺形灯籠

A lantern style based on lanterns found in the Heian period Kanshūji or Kajūji 勧修寺 garden in Kyoto. It is low with a large,…

Architecture, Lanterns
kasa 笠

Lit.umbrella. The part of a stone lantern ishidōrō 石灯籠 that acts as an umbrella over the fire box *…

Architecture, Lanterns
kirishitan dōrō キリシタン灯篭

Lit. A Christian lantern. A lantern with carved designs of Christian figures were influenced by the early Christians in 16th…

Architecture, Lanterns
komachideragata tōrō 小町寺形灯籠

A six-sided lantern type found at Fudarakuji 補陀洛寺 in Kyoto.

Architecture, Lanterns
kotojigata tōrō 琴柱形灯籠

A lantern found on the north bank of Kasumigaike 霞が池 in Kenrokuen 兼六園, Ishikawa Prefecture. It is very large, approximately…

Architecture, Lanterns
kusayagata tōrō 草屋形灯籠

A type of lantern where the canopy is in the shape of a hipped roof and the flame recipient looks like a house.

Architecture, Lanterns
maria tōrō マリア灯篭

Also referred to as Christian lanterns *kirishitan dōrō キリシタン灯籠.…

Architecture, Lanterns
meibutsudōrō 名物灯篭

Lanterns at shrines and temples which have come to be known as historically or aesthetically important.

Architecture, Lanterns
mizubotarugata tōrō 水蛍形灯籠

Firefly lantern type. An example of this small lantern can be seen near the edge of the boat dock at Katsura Rikyū 桂離宮 in…

Architecture, Lanterns
niwadōrō 庭灯篭

Lit. "garden lantern." Lanterns, not for exclusive use in gardens, but are also placed at shrines and at roadsides. One…

Architecture, Lanterns
nuresagigata tōrō 濡鷺形灯籠

Lit. "wet-heron type." A lantern with six uniform sides and a long, thick bell-shaped canopy without…

Architecture, Lanterns
okidōrō 沖灯籠 ✓

A lantern placed in the water or near the water's edge. These can be clearly viewed from rocks or a boat, and boats use them…

Architecture, Lanterns
oribe dōrō 織灯籠

A small lantern used to light pathways. It is baseless and inserted directly into the earth. On top is a spherical jewel *…

Architecture, Lanterns
rengejigata tōrō 蓮華寺形灯籠

1 Rengeji type lantern. So named because a pair of these lanterns stand in front of the main building at…

Architecture, Lanterns
Rikyūgata tōrō 利休形灯籠

A type of lantern. Lanterns of various shapes may be called Rikyūgata. It is difficult to judge which are authentic…

Architecture, Lanterns
sankaku tōrō 三角灯篭

A variation on the *yukimi dōrō 雪見灯籠. This type of lantern is found in the…

Architecture, Lanterns
sankō tōrō 三光灯籠

An unusual lantern style found along the pond at Katsura Rikyū 桂離宮, Kyoto. It is a small, rectangular box-shaped lantern…

Architecture, Lanterns
sekidōgata ishidōrō 石幢形石灯籠

A type of stone lantern, ishidōrō 石灯籠. Shaped like a Buddhist memorial *sekidō…

Architecture, Lanterns
shinzengata tōrō 神前形灯籠

A lantern type that was designed after the Edo period for exclusive use for votive lights at shrines; it is not used for…

Architecture, Lanterns
sōtōgata tōrō 層塔形灯籠

A lantern built for gardens in the form of a multi-storied stone pagoda with a flame holder. A famous example may be found…

Architecture, Lanterns
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
yukimi dōrō 雪見灯籠

An unusual type of lantern. Like the *oribe dōrō 織部灯籠, its form is…

Architecture, Lanterns
Zendōjigata tōrō 善導寺形灯籠

Type of lantern found in the garden of Zendōji 善導寺, Kyoto. Six semi-spherical swellings surround the base and have been…

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