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Aizendō 愛染堂		An octagonal hall *hakkaku endō 八角円堂, at Sanshōji 三聖寺 in…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
akaiya 閼伽井屋	✓	Also called wakasaiya 若狭井屋. A small structure that enclosed two wells from which water was drawn to serve the…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
amidadō 阿弥陀堂		A hall in a Buddhist temple dedicated to *Amida 阿弥陀 (Sk: Amitabha), the Buddha…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
bentendō 弁天堂		Also called benzaitendō 弁才天堂. A small structure that houses an image of Benten 弁天 (Sk: Sarasvati, *…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
betsuin 別院		Also called *gobō 御坊. In the Nagoya area, it is called kakesho…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
bishamondō 毘沙門堂	✓	A temple hall dedicated to Bishamonten 毘沙門天, one of the four gods, or …	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
burō 廡廊		A corridor that enclosed an open area or surrounded a space in which buildings were erected. A term from the 7th-9th century…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
bussharitō 仏舎利塔		Also called *sharitō 舎利塔. A reliquary in a stupa or pagoda. These could be…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
busshōya 仏餉屋	✓	Also called gokusho 御供所. A Buddhist building used to prepare ritual food offerings called busshō 仏餉, *…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
butsuden 仏殿	✓	Also *daiyū hōden 大雄宝殿. The main hall of a Zen temple. Butsuden…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
butsudō 仏堂		Also called *butsuden 仏殿; bukkaku 仏閣, *…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
butsuma 仏間		A room for Buddhist images (either two- or three-dimensional images) or, especially in a residence, an altar or tabernacle…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures, Folk Dwellings
byōtō 廟塔		Lit. mausoleum pagoda. 1　A pagoda constructed to enshrine a Buddhist image. 2　A five…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
chōzuya 手水舎		Also written 手水屋. Also called suibansha 水盤舎 or temizuya 手水舎. Shrine or temple building for cleaning hands…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
chūdō 中堂		Lit. central hall. A hall situated between two Buddhist halls or a hall with corridors attached on either side. The most…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
chūkondō 中金堂		Lit. middle golden hall. An image hall *kondō 金堂 located at the center of…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
daiden 大殿		Also daiyūden 大雄殿. 1　A synonym for main hall *hondō…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
daikōdō 大講堂	✓	Lit. large lecture hall. The lecture hall at Hōryūji 法隆寺 in Nara is the most famous and oldest extant daikōdō. The…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
daishidō 大師堂	✓	Lit. great master hall. Daishidō are temple buildings particularly important to the Shingon 真言 sect, established by…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
daitō 大塔	✓	Lit. Large pagoda. A 2-storied pagoda. A large pagoda of the *tahōtō 多宝塔 type,…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
daiyū hōden 大雄宝殿	✓	Also called daiyūden 大雄殿 or *daiden 大殿. Lit. great leader's treasure…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Denpōdō 伝法堂	✓	A lecture hall at Hōryūji Tōin 法隆寺東院 (Hōryūji East Compound), dating from about the mid-8th century, the time when the East…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
dotō 土塔		Also called tsuchi-no-tō 土の塔 or dantō 段塔. Lit. earthen pagoda. Dantō means stepped pagoda. A…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
ebisudō 夷堂		A simple structure that was usually erected in the center of a market place to house the deity *…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
emadō 絵馬堂	✓	Lit. picture horse hall. Also called emaden 絵馬殿; emadokoro 絵馬所 or gakuden 額殿 (frame hall),…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
endō 円堂		Lit. circular hall. Although the literal meaning of endō is round structure (see *…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Fudōdō 不動堂		A hall in a Buddhist temple dedicated to the deity *Fudō Myōō 不動明王 (Sk:…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
fugendō 普賢堂	✓	Also called Shigatsudō 四月堂; *Sanmaidō 三昧堂. A Buddhist temple in which the main deity…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
fukurō 複廊	✓	A double corridor that was two bays, *ken 間, wide. Window frames with vertical…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
fūsuryō 副寺寮		Also called fūsu 副寺. An administrative office often found in part of a Zen temple kitchen, *…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gedō 外堂		Lit. outer hall. The outer part of a two part structure called the *sōdō 僧堂…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Gekkōden 月光殿		A guest hall at Gokokuji 護国寺 in Tokyo. It is a large single storied structure of 7 x 6 bays, and has a hip-and gable roof *…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gobō 御坊		1　Also *betsuin 別院. A branch temple. 2…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gobutsudō 五仏堂		An Esoteric Buddhist hall dedicated to the central Buddha of the Shingon 真言 sect, *…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gochidō 五智堂		Also called shinmendō 真面堂. A very small open building 1 x 1 bay (2.49 m) with a large central pillar to which are…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
godaidō 五大堂	✓	A hall dedicated to the five guardian kings, also called the five renowned deities *Godai…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gojū-no-tō 五重塔	✓	A five-storied pagoda usually 3 x 3 bays square with the central bays used as entrances. The corner bays most often contain…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
goken-sanko 五間三戸		Any gate five bays wide of which the three center ones are usually entrances. Often, there is only one opening for passage…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gomadō 護摩堂		Small buildings at Buddhist temples of Shingon 真言 and Tendai 天台 sects, used especially for Esoteric Buddhism mikkyō…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gorintō 五輪塔	✓	Lit. five-ring pagoda. Also gorin 五輪, gorin sekitō 五輪石塔, hōkaitō 法界塔, gorin tōba 五輪塔婆,…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gyōya 行屋		1　Small buildings or huts where village representatives used to stay en route to or upon return from a…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
hakamagoshi 袴腰	✓	1　A trapezoidal form created on top of the posts that frame the host's entrance *…	Architecture, Tea Houses, Structures, Buildings
hakkaku butsuden 八角仏殿		An octagonal hall in a Buddhist temple. One or more Buddhist deities are enshrined within. The record Shizaichō…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
hakkaku enden 八角円殿		An octagonal hall. Temple records owned by Hōryūji 法隆寺 and Gangōji 元興寺 mention the existence of a hakkaku enden as…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
hakkaku endō 八角円堂		Lit. eight-sided circular. An octagonal circular hall *hakkakudō 八角堂,…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
hakkakudō 八角堂	✓	Also called *hakkaku endō 八角円堂. An octagonal hall. There are six…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
hakkakutō 八角塔	✓	An octagonal pagoda of which there is only one in Japan. Although a plan to erect an octagonal pagoda existed at Saidaiji…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
hashirō 橋廊		A bridge-like corridor that spans a garden pond or an area between two buildings.	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
hattō 法堂	✓	A lecture hall which corresponds to the *kōdō 講堂 in temples of…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
hide 碑伝		Markers set at intervals along a mountain trail by ascetic monks called yamabushi 山伏 or shugenja 修験者. Many…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Higashimuro 東室	✓	The east dormitory for Buddhist priests at Hōryūji 法隆寺 in Nara. It is located in the west precinct Saiin 西院, and has nine,…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
hiraya 平家		A house with only one story.	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Hiunkaku 飛雲閣		Lit. a flying cloud tower. Unique, three-storied timber building, rōkaku 楼閣, built in asymmetrical design and…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
hōjō 方丈	✓	The name given to the type of residence that had evolved by the end of the 14th century for the abbot, i.e., the head priest…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
hokkedō 法華堂	✓	Also called hokke sanmaidō 法華三昧堂. 1　A meditation hall based on a plan that allows…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Hokuendō 北円堂		The largest extant octagonal Buddhist temple hall, dated 1210. It is located at Kōfukuji 興福寺 in Nara, and is placed on a…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
hōkyōintō 宝筺印塔	✓	Lit. Hōkyōin pagoda. A type of pagoda (Sk: stupa) originally made as a repository for copies of the Hōkyōin…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
hondō 本堂	✓	Lit. main hall. A Buddhist hall housing the principal images most revered by the particular sect of a temple. The use of the…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Hōōdō 鳳凰堂	✓	Lit. Phoenix Hall. The Hōōdō is the central hall *Chūdō 中堂 of…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
hosodono 細殿		Lit. long narrow hall. 1　In Buddhist architecture, a long narrow structure set in front of…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
hōtō 宝塔		1　Lit. treasure pagoda. A generic name for a pagoda (Sk: stupa) of a type associated with the Buddhist…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
hyakumantō 百万塔		Lit. one million pagodas. Wooden, miniature, three-storied, circular, memorial pagodas wrought on a lathe for Empress Kōken…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
intō 印塔		A representation of a pagoda that has been printed or rubbed onto paper or cloth. The paper or cloth was laid on a carved…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
iwayadō 岩屋堂		A temple hall built into a natural grotto, or a grotto cut from rock high up on the face of a cliff or steep slope. One…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
jibutsudō 持仏堂		Also called *butsuma 仏間. 1　Small, private buildings or…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
jikidō　食堂		Also called saidō 斎堂. A refectory. An independent building on temple grounds where priests and monks had their…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
jingūji　神宮寺		Also called jingoji 神護寺, jingū'in 神宮院, jinganji 神願寺, miyadera 宮寺, or bettōji…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
jizōdō　地蔵堂	✓	A temple hall where the Buddhist deity *Jizō 地蔵 (Sk. Ksitigarbha) is…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Jōdodō 浄土堂		Lit. Pure Land Hall. The main hall of the Shingon 真言 sect temple of Jōdoji 浄土寺 in Hyōgo Prefecture, dedicated to *…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
jōgyōdō 常行堂		Also called jōgyō sanmaidō 常行三昧堂. A hall where a devotee walks around a statue of the *…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
jūbō　住房		The earliest (6th-12th century) Buddhist living quarters for priests' and monks. Arranged outside the sacred area containing…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Jūjūtō　十重塔		A unique, ten-story stone pagoda *sekitō 石塔 at Injōji 引接寺(1386) in Kyoto.…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
jūsanjū-no-tō 　十三重の塔	✓	A thirteen-storied pagoda. The only wooden thirteen-storied pagoda extant is located at Danzan Jinja 談山神社 (1532) in Nara.…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
kagariya 篝屋		Guardhouses for soldiers placed at street corners in Kyoto and Kamakura during the Kamakura period. The earliest known …	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
kaidan'in 戒壇院	✓	A Tendai 天台 sect building that contains an ordination platform used exclusively for the ceremony to impart the Buddhist…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
kaidan 戒壇		A platform or dais used for the Buddhist ordination ceremony.	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
kairō 回廊	✓	Also written 廻廊; also called bu 廡, sōrō 走廊 or *horō 歩廊. Single-…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
kaisandō 開山堂	✓	A hall that enshrines a statue, portrait or memorial tablet of the founder of a temple or the founder of a particular…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
kaisantō 開山塔		Lit. founder's pagoda. A rare type of wooden pagoda *hōtō 宝塔, constructed…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
kaisho 会所		1　A meeting place. Originally specified as a place in a shinden style mansion *…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Kami-no-midō 上御堂		Lit. Upper honorable hall. A Buddhist image hall at Hōryūji 法隆寺 (1318) in Nara, rebuilt long after the original hall, built…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Kangakuin 勧学院		Also omotemon 表門. The front gate of Shūgenji 宗源寺 a subsidiary temple of Hōryūji 法隆寺. It serves as a place for study…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
kanjōdō 潅頂堂		Also called kanjōin 潅頂院. The hall used to conduct the ceremony to confer the basic precepts and mystic teachings of…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
kannondō 観音堂	✓	A Buddhist temple hall dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy *Kannon 観音. Fukushima…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
kansuryō 監寺寮		One of the administration offices within the priests' living quarters *kuri 庫裡,…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
kasatōba 笠塔婆	✓	Also called kasasotōba 笠卒都婆. A memorial or grave stone. The most common has a square shaft *…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Keikyūin 桂宮院		Lit. cinnamon hall. An octagonal main hall, Hondō 本堂, of the subsidiary temple, Keikyūin at Kōryūji 広隆寺 (1251…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
kōdō 講堂		1　Lecture hall in a Buddhist temple. In the Nara and Heian periods, it was one of the principal buildings…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
kōfūzō 綱封蔵	✓	Also called *narabigura 双倉 or twin storehouses. A large…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
kondō 金堂	✓	Lit. golden hall. The name given to the principal hall housing the most sacred images at Buddhist temples from the Asuka…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Konjikidō 金色堂		Also called Hikaridō 光堂 or Konjikiin 金色院. Lit. Gold colored hall. A small Buddhist edifice at…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Konpon chūdō 根本中堂		Lit. original central hall. The main hall, Kondō 金堂 of Enryakuji 延暦寺 (1640), Shiga Prefecture. A large single storied…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
konrō 軒廊		Lit. eave corridor. A roofed corridor with open sides. A connecting corridor between two buildings.	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
korō 鼓楼	✓	A small, two-storied structure *rō-zukuri 楼造, in which a drum is suspended in…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
kui 杭		Also kigui 木杭. Pile. A wooden stake or post driven into the ground. Closely placed round wooden posts, often shaved…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
kujū-no-tō 九重塔		Also pronounced kyūjū-no-tō. A 9-storied pagoda. Kudaradaiji 百済大寺 (6th-7th century) in Nara, and Hōshōji 法勝寺 (Heian…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
kunisakitō 国東塔		A single-storied, circular pagoda with a pyramidal roof. A type of *hōtō…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
kuri 庫裡		1　Aiso written 庫裏. A structure in the precincts of a temple originally associated primarily with food…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
kurodo-no-gosho 黒戸の御所		Also abbreviated to kurodo 黒戸. Lit. black door of the palace. A long narrow structure that was used for private…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
kuyōtō 供養塔		A memorial pagoda, for which there is no particular shape or size. Kuyōtō is an offering of worldly goods such…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures