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| kuyōtō 供養塔 | A memorial pagoda, for which there is no particular shape or size. Kuyōtō is an offering of worldly goods such… |
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| kyakuden 客殿 | Lit. guest hall. A building constructed in one of three residential styles: *shoin-… |
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| kyōzō 経蔵 | ✓ | Also called kyōko 経庫, kyōdō 経堂, zōden 蔵殿. A repository and storehouse for sutras, or sacred books… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| Mandaradō 曼荼羅堂 | ✓ | Also Taimadera *Hondō 当麻寺本堂. Mandaradō literally means a hall… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| mandokoro 政所 | The administrative offices housed in the refectory of an ancient temple. During the Heian period, and continuing through the… |
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| Masodō 媽姐堂 | ✓ | 1 A Chinese temple Sōfukuji 崇福寺 in Nagasaki prefecture, called Masodō, which enshrines a deity called… |
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| menzō 眠蔵 | Also mendō 眠堂. Sleeping quarters for the head priest behind the main room at a subsidiary Zen temple *… |
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| midō 御堂 | 1 Another name for a temple called Hōjōji 法成寺, built at the end of the tenth to beginning of the 11th… |
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| mieidō 御影堂 | ✓ | Lit. "image hall." Also called eidō 影堂, goeidō or goedō 御影堂. A temple hall explicitly assigned to… |
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| mirokudō 弥勒堂 | A Buddhist hall dedicated to *Miroku 弥勒 (Sk: Maitreya), the compassionate bodhisattva of… |
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| moji-etō 文字絵塔 | Sutras written in such a way that the characters form the image of a pagoda. One of the two methods is called moji… |
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| momitō 籾塔 | Lit. "unhulled rice pagoda." A small wooden votive pagoda carved with a knife. It is related to *… |
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| monbansho 門番所 | The quarters for the caretaker of the main gate of a Japanese temple. These may be attached to or near the main gate. |
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| Monjudō 文殊堂 | A small Buddhist hall dedicated to the Bodhisattva of wisdom *Monju 文殊 (Sk. Manjusri) who usually is… |
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| muhōtō 無縫塔 | ✓ | Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| muryōjuin 無量寿院 | 1 A name given to the *amidadō 阿弥陀堂, a temple hall dedicated… |
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| Nageiredō 投入堂 | ✓ | Also once known as Zaōdō 蔵王堂. The Nageiredō is a small building, constructed in the overhang style kake-zukuri 懸造,… |
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| naidō 内堂 | Buddhist priests' living quarters. Higher-ranking priests had two rooms one behind the other. The inner room was called the… |
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| nanto shichidaiji 南都七大寺 | Lit. "southern capital seven great temples." A generic expression in use by the 8th century referring to the seven great… |
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| narabidō 双堂 | ✓ | Also read sōdō. Twin buildings in the grounds of a Japanese temple that are of equal length, but not necessarily of… |
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| narabigura 双倉 | ✓ | Also read sōsō. Lit. "twin storehouses." Two storehouses of the same size placed so that the space between was the… |
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| nenbutsudō 念仏堂 | ✓ | A hall within the precinct of a Buddhist temple used for the purpose of training Buddhist monks to meditate on and recite… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| Nigatsudō 二月堂 | ✓ | Lit. "second month hall." A temple widely known for its famous ancient festival called omizutori お水取り in March… |
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| nijū butsudō 二重仏堂 | A term that can be applied to any temple or shrine building etc., which has either a double roof, a skirting *… |
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| nikairō 二階廊 | A second story corridor. A corridor of this type is thought to have first existed at Tōfukuji 東福寺, in Kyoto established in… |
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| niōdō 二王堂 | A building or often a gate that enshrines the two guardian deities, protectors of Buddhism. They are generally placed at the… |
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| nishimuro 西室 | West dormitory. In the 7th and 8th centuries, some temples had monk's quarters to the west of the lecture hall as well as… |
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| nōkotsudō 納骨堂 | 1 A hall where cinerary urns are stored and human ashes are kept. |
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| nōsashōtō 能作生塔 | A miniature pagoda in a bowl or rotund bottle shape. The pagoda is made of gilt bronze *… |
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| ōbaku kenchiku 黄檗建築 | Architecture introduced at temples of the Ōbaku 黄檗 sect, in the Edo period. This sect is one of the three Zen 禅 sects. The… |
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| Ōkakudai 黄鶴台 | A sukiya style *sukiya-zukuri 数寄屋造 bathhouse, yokushitsu… |
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| oku-no-in 奥の院 | A structure named for its location behind the main hall of a Buddhist temple or Shinto shrine. Sometimes it is a… |
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| Onrindō 園林堂 | A small, 2 × 2 1/2 bay private Buddhist hall (1685?) at Katsura Rikyū 桂離宮, Kyoto. The hall has a tiled roof *… |
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| ōyuya 大湯屋 | ✓ | Also called yuya 湯屋, yokushitsu 浴室, onshitsu 温室. A bathhouse. Traditionally, a separate… |
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| raidō 礼堂 | Also called raihaidō 礼拝堂. A worship hall. When Buddhist temples were constructed during the 7th-8th century,… |
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| rantō 卵塔 | A stone pagoda with an egg-shaped main body placed directly on a base. It differs from the *… |
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| rinzō 輪蔵 | Also called kaiten rinzō 回転輪蔵. Octagonal sutra storage shelves that revolve around a central pillar, which acts as… |
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| rokkaku endō 六角円堂 | ✓ | Also rokkakudō 六角堂. A hexagonal building of relatively small scale found at some temples. Like octagonal halls… |
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| rokkaku sanjū-no-tō 六角三重塔 | A type of three-storied, hexagonal pagoda made in relief on a copper plate in accordance with an explanation found in the… |
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| Saiendō 西円堂 | ✓ | An octagonal hall at Hōryūji 法隆寺, Nara, which was destroyed by a typhoon in 1050. The structure was rebuilt in 1250. It is… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| saikondō 西金堂 | An image hall *kondō 金堂 situated to the west of a pagoda in temple grounds.… |
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| sangen-ikko 三間一戸 | ✓ | A 3 x 2 bay gate, often 8-legged style *hakkyakumon 八脚門, with entrance… |
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| sangendō 三間堂 | ✓ | A building with 3 bays on all four sides, commonly written 3 × 3 bays. The result is usually a square building. However,… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| sanjū-no-tō 三重塔 | Three-storied pagodas, most of which are made of wood, but a small percentage are made of stone. See *… |
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| sanmaidō 三昧堂 | Also called nenbutsu sanmaidō 念仏三昧堂. Nenbutsu 念仏 prayers are recited, to obtain unity with *… |
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| sanmen sōbō 三面僧房 | Priest and monk dormitories constructed to the north, east and west of the lecture hall *… |
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| sanrō 山廊 | ✓ | Also kirō 機廊. Small, single-storied, detached buildings on temple grounds constructed on each side of a two-… |
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| sayadō 鞘堂 | Also ōidō 覆堂, ōiya 覆屋 or tōdō 套堂. Lit. "sheath hall." A building constructed over a shrine or… |
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| sazaedō 栄螺堂 | ✓ | Also called sansōdō or sasaidō 三匝堂. An hexagonal Buddhist hall constructed with two internal, circuitous… |
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| sekidō 石幢 | Lit. "stone flag." A type of stone pagoda with a hexagonal or octagonal base, a banner-shaped shaft, dōshin 幢身, a… |
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| sekitō 石塔 | ✓ | Also read ishitō. A generic term for pagodas or stupas made of stone. It includes multiple-storied stone pagodas… |
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| sen-in 賤院 | Also written 賎院. The quarters where the lowliest serfs lived in a Buddhist temple. In ancient Japan, these people were… |
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| shakadō 釈迦堂 | ✓ | A hall in which a statue of the historical Buddha *Shaka 釈迦, born in either the mid-6th or mid-… |
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| shariden 舎利殿 | ✓ | A square reliquary hall, used to enshrine the relics of Buddha, called *shari 舎利… |
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| sharitō 舎利塔 | A stupa-shaped container for relics *shari 舎利 that may itself be set within a small shrine … |
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| shi-in 子院 | A subsidiary temple belonging to the main temple and serving as the founder's mausoleum. This arrangement is most frequently… |
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| shichidō garan 七堂伽藍 | The seven principal buildings considered necessary for a Buddhist temple from the 7-12th century. They include: the main… |
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| shidō 祠堂 | A mortuary hall. One example is the rear part of the *Kaisandō 開山堂 at Eihōji… |
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| shindō 新堂 | Lit. "new hall." Several of Japan's temple complexes include a building known as shindō. One of the most famous is… |
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| Shingon-in 真言院 | Also called Shingondō 真言堂, Shūhōin 修法院 or Mandara dōjō 曼荼羅道場. Lit. "the mantra hall." A hall… |
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| shisōbō 私僧房 | A private residence for high-ranking priests within the confines of a Buddhist temple. During the Heian period, this type of… |
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| shitagoya 下小屋 | A temporary shed used by carpenters, stone masons, and plasterers to prepare structural members for a building. Often parts… |
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| shōden 正殿 | Also pronounced seiden. |
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| shōdō 正堂 | Also seidō. |
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| shōrō 鐘楼 | ✓ | Also called shūrō; kanetsukidō 鐘突堂, lit. "bell hitting hall"; and tsuriganedō 釣鐘堂, belfry. A… |
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| Shōryōin 聖霊院 | ✓ | A hall dedicated to the soul of Shōtoku Taishi (see *Shōtoku Taishi-zō 聖徳太子像) at… |
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| Shōsōin 正倉院 | Also called Sōen-in 倉垣院. A treasure storehouse *hōko 宝庫 with a raised floor at… |
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| sōbō 僧房 | ✓ | Also written 僧坊. Buddhist priests', monks' or nuns' living quarters in the 7th-8th century. One of the seven buildings… |
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| sōdō 僧堂 | A large hall at a Zen temple. It was divided into two parts. The front part, called the *… |
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| soshidō 祖師堂 | A hall dedicated to the founder of a temple, especially at Zen 禅 temples. |
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| sōtō 層塔 | A generic name for a pagoda (Sk: stupa) which has several roofs. Invariably they have an odd number of roofs. Most… |
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| tahōtō 多宝塔 | ✓ | A 2-storied pagoda that developed from the circular, roofed one called *hōtō 宝塔… |
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| taibō 大房 | Also pronounced daibō. A large room 6.7 m wide and 12.7 m deep, constructed in a style customary from about the mid… |
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| taishidō 太子堂 | A hall either dedicated to Shōtoku Taishi 聖徳太子 (ca. 574-622), the second son of Emperor Yōmei 用明 (r. 585-87), or a building… |
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| tanrō 単廊 | A single corridor that is 182 cm wide, commonly found in temples. Some shrines have double corridors *… |
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| tasōtō 多層塔 | ✓ | Also called tajūtō 多重塔. A generic term for pagodas that are from three to thirteen stories. An even number of… |
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| tatchū 塔頭 | Also written 塔中. A simple building containing a pagoda that enshrined the ashes of a founder or head priest of a Zen 禅… |
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| Tatekaketō 建掛塔 | Lit. "under construction pagoda." A pagoda at Kanshinji 観心寺 in Osaka that has only its first story. Kusunoki Masashige 楠木正成… |
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| tō 塔 | Also called tōba 塔婆, sotoba 卒都婆 or *tasōtō 多層塔 (many-layered… |
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| Tōgudō 東求堂 | Lit. "east seeking hall." A small building at Jishōji 慈照寺, also popularly known as Ginkakuji 銀閣寺 (1485), Kyoto, built by… |
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| tōkondō 東金堂 | Also originally called higashi butsuden'in 東仏殿院. A worship hall placed to the east of the pagoda *… |
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| tōshin 塔身 | The framework of a pagoda *tō 塔, excluding the roof *… |
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| tōsu 東司 | ✓ | Also read tōshi. Originally tōsu was the god of the latrine who was also called fujō kongō… |
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| tōtō 東塔 | Lit. "east pagoda." A pagoda located toward the front and on the east side of a temple's precinct grounds. When there are… |
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| tsujidō 辻堂 | Lit. "cross roads hall." A small Buddhist structure erected at the main intersection of a village, along a village road, or… |
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| Tsumamuro 妻室 | ✓ | The dormitory for ordinary attendant monks at Hōryūji 法隆寺 in Nara. The present Tsumamuro was constructed in the Heian period… |
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| uganju 拝所 | An open site, generally in Okinawa, devoid of any kind of structure, from where the gods are worshipped. Most sites are… |
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| uwaya 上家 | A temporary roof or simple structure erected over a building that is being dismantled for repairs or reconstruction. Modern… |
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| wakijin 脇陣 | Side sanctuary. Areas beside the main hall *hondō 本堂 of a Buddhist… |
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| 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.… |
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| yakushidō 薬師堂 | ✓ | A Buddhist temple hall housing a statue of *Yakushi 薬師 (Sk: Bhaisajyaguru), the Buddha… |
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| yokurō 翼廊 | ✓ | Lit. "wing corridors." A corridor that extends outward from the side or rear of a building. Examples: Byōdōin *… |
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| yugitō 瑜祇塔 | Lit. "jewel, prayer, pagoda." |
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| Yumedono 夢殿 | Lit. "Hall of Dreams." A large octagonal hall *hakkakudō 八角堂, in the… |
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| Zendō 禅堂 | ✓ | Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| zenpai 前拝 | Old name kizahashi 階 means steps (see *hashi 階). The front steps… |
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| Zenshitsu 禅室 | Sometimes an alternative *Zendō 禅堂. |
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