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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 *…

Architecture, Shrines
shikinen sengū 式年遷宮

The transfer of a deity, goshintai 御神体, from a permanent building to a temporary one *…

Architecture, Shrines
shimaki 島木

1 The secondary or collateral lintel placed against the underside of the top lintel *…

Architecture, Shrines
shimaki torii 島木鳥居

An expression used to refer to any entrance gate at a Shinto shrine *torii 鳥居…

Architecture, Shrines
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,…

Architecture, Shrines
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…

Architecture, Shrines
shinmei torii 神明鳥居 ✓

Also futabashira torii 二柱鳥居. A generic name for a Shinto gate *torii…

Architecture, Shrines
shinmei-zukuri 神明造 ✓

An ancient style of Shinto shrine architecture used especially for the main sanctuary *…

Architecture, Shrines
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…

Architecture, Shrines
shinpukuden 神服殿

A Shinto shrine building where winter and summer clothing are sewn and offered to the deities. Some scholars believe that…

Architecture, Shrines
shinsenjo 神饌所

Also called gokūsho 供御所 or goryōya 御料屋; also nieden or niedono 贄殿. The place where…

Architecture, Shrines
shiromaruta torii 白丸太鳥居

Also goryō torii 御陵鳥居, shiroki torii 白木鳥居 or *shimaki torii…

Architecture, Shrines
shitakado 下角

1 The lower corners of any beam cut at an angle.

2 The lower corners of the…

Architecture, Shrines
shitennōji torii 四天王寺鳥居

A stone entrance gate *torii 鳥居 of the myōjin type *…

Architecture, Shrines
sōja 総社

Also written 惣社. Also pronounced sōsha or subeyashiro. A shrine that contains many deities, which may…

Architecture, Shrines
sumiyoshi torii 住吉鳥居

A stone gate-like entrance, torii of the myōjin type *myōjin…

Architecture, Shrines
sumiyoshi-zukuri 住吉造

A style of main sanctuary *honden 本殿 in Shinto shrine…

Architecture, Shrines
taisha-zukuri 大社造 ✓

Also called ōyashiro-zukuri. The oldest style of shrine architecture. Its small scale is thought to resemble that…

Architecture, Shrines
tasukizumi 襷墨 ✓

A diagonal line. A word applied to structural members used in the modular system kikujutsu 規矩術. Specifically, this…

Architecture, Shrines
tatehaiden 縦拝殿 ✓

A type of worship hall *haiden 拝殿 which is attached to the main…

Architecture, Shrines
teinaisha 邸内社

Also dainaisha 第内社. A shrine within the estate or premises teinai 邸内 of a nobleman. The mansion, …

Architecture, Shrines
tenchi kongen-zukuri 天地根元造

1 A prehistoric pit dwelling *tateana jūkyo …

Architecture, Shrines
torii 鳥居

Also written 鳥栖; 鶏栖. Lit. "bird perch." At one time, torii were called uefukazu-no-mikado or…

Architecture, Shrines
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 *…

Architecture, Shrines
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.

2 The upper corners of the…

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
warihaiden 割拝殿 ✓

Lit. "divided worship hall." A long structure under a single roof divided in the center by a passageway *…

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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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