| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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| shichimen-zukuri 七面造 | A style of Shinto shrine architecture originating in the Edo period, similar to the sengen style *… |
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| shikinen sengū 式年遷宮 | The transfer of a deity, goshintai 御神体, from a permanent building to a temporary one *… |
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| shimaki 島木 | 1 The secondary or collateral lintel placed against the underside of the top lintel *… |
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| shimaki torii 島木鳥居 | An expression used to refer to any entrance gate at a Shinto shrine *torii 鳥居… |
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| shin-no-mihashira 心の御柱 | Also called shin-no-hashira 心の柱, imibashira 忌柱 or 斎柱, or shin-no-mihashira 真の御柱. Non-structural,… |
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| shinkyū 神厩 | ✓ | A special stable to house the sacred horse offered to a shrine by the imperial family or a nobleman. The most famous is that… |
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| shinmei torii 神明鳥居 | ✓ | Also futabashira torii 二柱鳥居. A generic name for a Shinto gate *torii… |
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| shinmei-zukuri 神明造 | ✓ | An ancient style of Shinto shrine architecture used especially for the main sanctuary *… |
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| shinmon 神門 | ✓ | Lit. "deity gate." Any type of gate found at a shrine, excluding the gate-like entrance to the sacred ground of a Shinto… |
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| shinpukuden 神服殿 | A Shinto shrine building where winter and summer clothing are sewn and offered to the deities. Some scholars believe that… |
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| shinsenjo 神饌所 | Also called gokūsho 供御所 or goryōya 御料屋; also nieden or niedono 贄殿. The place where… |
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| shiromaruta torii 白丸太鳥居 | Also goryō torii 御陵鳥居, shiroki torii 白木鳥居 or *shimaki torii… |
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| shitakado 下角 | 1 The lower corners of any beam cut at an angle. |
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| shitennōji torii 四天王寺鳥居 | A stone entrance gate *torii 鳥居 of the myōjin type *… |
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| sōja 総社 | Also written 惣社. Also pronounced sōsha or subeyashiro. A shrine that contains many deities, which may… |
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| sumiyoshi torii 住吉鳥居 | A stone gate-like entrance, torii of the myōjin type *myōjin… |
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| sumiyoshi-zukuri 住吉造 | A style of main sanctuary *honden 本殿 in Shinto shrine… |
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| taisha-zukuri 大社造 | ✓ | Also called ōyashiro-zukuri. The oldest style of shrine architecture. Its small scale is thought to resemble that… |
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| tasukizumi 襷墨 | ✓ | A diagonal line. A word applied to structural members used in the modular system kikujutsu 規矩術. Specifically, this… |
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| tatehaiden 縦拝殿 | ✓ | A type of worship hall *haiden 拝殿 which is attached to the main… |
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| teinaisha 邸内社 | Also dainaisha 第内社. A shrine within the estate or premises teinai 邸内 of a nobleman. The mansion, … |
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| tenchi kongen-zukuri 天地根元造 | 1 A prehistoric pit dwelling *tateana jūkyo … |
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| torii 鳥居 | Also written 鳥栖; 鶏栖. Lit. "bird perch." At one time, torii were called uefukazu-no-mikado or… |
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| toriimon 鳥居門 | Lit. "bird perch gate." A shrine gate with a board fence attached to the outer part of each of the two pillars. A *… |
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| usa torii 宇佐鳥居 | A wooden, gate-like entrance *torii 鳥居 of the myōjin 明神… |
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| ushiro-nagare 後流 | The flowing curve of the rear slope of a gable roof in the flowing style *nagare-… |
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| uwakado 上角 | 1 The upper corners of any beam cut at an angle. |
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| uzubashira 珍柱 | ✓ | Also written 宇豆柱. The pillars at center, front, and rear of the main prayer hall *honden… |
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| warihaiden 割拝殿 | ✓ | Lit. "divided worship hall." A long structure under a single roof divided in the center by a passageway *… |
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| yasaka-zukuri 八坂造 | Also *yasaka-zukuri 祇園造. A style of shrine architecture which began in the… |
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| yashiro 社 | 1 A Shinto shrine. 2 In very ancient times before permanent buildings were erected… |
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| 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… |
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| 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… |
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| yūitsu shinmei zukuri 唯一神明造 | Lit. "the unique shinmei style." A style of Shinto Shrine architecture characterized by the main sanctuaries *… |
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| yuniwa 斎庭 | Also *saijō 斎場. A place to perform purification rituals and to worship the… |
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