Table of Contents
15 relations: Baluster, Buddhist temples in Japan, East Asian hip-and-gable roof, Eaves, Iwanami Shoten, Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System, Japanese Buddhist architecture, Ken (unit), Mon (architecture), Muntin, Nijūmon, Shinto shrine, Tahōtō, Tōdai-ji, Tokyō (architecture).
- Gates in Japan
- Japanese Buddhist architecture
- Japanese architectural features
- Shinto architecture
Baluster
A baluster is an upright support, often a vertical moulded shaft, square, or lathe-turned form found in stairways, parapets, and other architectural features.
Buddhist temples in Japan
Buddhist temples or monasteries are (along with Shinto shrines) the most numerous, famous, and important religious buildings in Japan. Rōmon and Buddhist temples in Japan are Japanese Buddhist architecture.
See Rōmon and Buddhist temples in Japan
East Asian hip-and-gable roof
The East Asian hip-and-gable roof (Xiēshān (歇山) in Chinese, Paljakjibung (팔작지붕) in Korean and Irimoya (入母屋) in Japanese) also known as 'resting hill roof', consists of a hip roof that slopes down on all four sides and integrates a gable on two opposing sides. Rōmon and East Asian hip-and-gable roof are Japanese architectural features and Shinto architecture.
See Rōmon and East Asian hip-and-gable roof
Eaves
The eaves are the edges of the roof which overhang the face of a wall and, normally, project beyond the side of a building.
See Rōmon and Eaves
Iwanami Shoten
is a Japanese publishing company based in Tokyo.
Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System
Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System, or JAANUS, is an online dictionary of Japanese architecture and art terms compiled by Dr.
See Rōmon and Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System
Japanese Buddhist architecture
Examples of Buddhist architecture in Japan Japanese Buddhist architecture is the architecture of Buddhist temples in Japan, consisting of locally developed variants of architectural styles born in China.
See Rōmon and Japanese Buddhist architecture
Ken (unit)
The is a traditional Japanese unit of length, equal to six Japanese feet (shaku). Rōmon and Ken (unit) are Japanese architectural features.
Mon (architecture)
is a generic Japanese term for gate often used, either alone or as a suffix, in referring to the many gates used by Buddhist temples, Shinto shrines and traditional-style buildings and castles. Rōmon and Mon (architecture) are gates in Japan, Japanese Buddhist architecture, Japanese architectural features and Shinto architecture.
See Rōmon and Mon (architecture)
Muntin
A muntin (US), muntin bar, glazing bar (UK), or sash bar is a strip of wood or metal separating and holding panes of glass in a window.
See Rōmon and Muntin
Nijūmon
is one of two types of two-story gate presently used in Japan (the other one being the rōmon, see photo in the gallery below), and can be found at most Japanese Buddhist temples. Rōmon and Nijūmon are gates in Japan, Japanese Buddhist architecture and Japanese architectural features.
Shinto shrine
A Stuart D. B. Picken, 1994.
Tahōtō
A is a form of Japanese pagoda found primarily at Esoteric Shingon and Tendai school Buddhist temples.
See Rōmon and Tahōtō
Tōdai-ji
is a Buddhist temple complex that was once one of the powerful Seven Great Temples, located in the city of Nara, Japan.
Tokyō (architecture)
Dougong in Chinese (also called or) is a system of and supporting the eaves of a Japanese building, usually part of a Buddhist temple or Shinto shrine. Rōmon and Tokyō (architecture) are Japanese Buddhist architecture and Shinto architecture.
See Rōmon and Tokyō (architecture)
See also
Gates in Japan
- Akamon (Tokyo)
- Edo Castle Gates
- Hōzōmon
- Itsukushima Shrine
- Kaminarimon
- Karamon
- Kuromon (Tokyo)
- Mihashira Torii
- Mon (architecture)
- Nijūmon
- Niōmon
- Rajōmon
- Rashōmon
- Rōmon
- Sakurada Gate
- Sanmon
- Shureimon
- Suzakumon
- Sōmon
- Torii
Japanese Buddhist architecture
- Bonshō
- Buddhist temples in Japan
- Buddhist texts library
- Daibutsuyō
- Dō (architecture)
- Hall of Guru
- Japanese Buddhist architecture
- Japanese pagoda
- Kairō
- Katōmado
- Komainu
- Kyōzō
- Lāhainā Jodo Mission
- Main Hall (Japanese Buddhism)
- Mon (architecture)
- Nijūmon
- Niōmon
- Rōmon
- Sanmon
- Setchūyō
- Shichidō garan
- Shōrō
- Stone lantern
- Sōmon
- Tokyō (architecture)
- Wayō
- Zenshūyō
- Ōbaku Zen architecture
Japanese architectural features
- Burdock piling
- Chigi (architecture)
- Chikaraishi
- Chōzubachi
- Danchi
- Disordered piling
- Dō (architecture)
- East Asian hip-and-gable roof
- Engawa
- Fusuma
- Giboshi
- Hidden roof
- Kairō
- Kamidana
- Karahafu
- Karamon
- Katsuogi
- Ken (unit)
- Komainu
- Kotatsu
- List of partitions of traditional Japanese architecture
- Makiki Christian Church
- Mihashira Torii
- Mitamaya
- Mon (architecture)
- Moon bridge
- Nakazonae
- Nightingale floor
- Nijūmon
- Nio (Buddhism)
- Niōmon
- Onigawara
- Rōmon
- Shibi (roof tile)
- Shinbashira
- Shitomi
- Shoin
- Shoji
- Shōrō
- Sudare
- Sōmon
- Sōrin
- Tatami
- Tenshu
- Toilet meal
- Toilets in Japan
- Tokonoma
- Torii
- Washitsu
Shinto architecture
- Azekura-zukuri
- Chancel
- Chigi (architecture)
- Chōzuya
- Dohyō
- Dougong
- East Asian hip-and-gable roof
- Giboshi
- Hachiman-zukuri
- Haiden (Shinto)
- Heiden (Shinto)
- Hiyoshi-zukuri
- Honden
- Irimoya-zukuri
- Ishi-no-ma-zukuri
- Kagura-den
- Kairō
- Kasuga-zukuri
- Katōmado
- Kibitsu-zukuri
- Mihashira Torii
- Mon (architecture)
- Nagare-zukuri
- Owari-zukuri
- Rōmon
- Sandō
- Setsumatsusha
- Shinmei-zukuri
- Shinto architecture
- Shōrō
- Stone lantern
- Sumiyoshi-zukuri
- Taisha-zukuri
- Tamagaki
- Tokyō (architecture)
- Torii
- Wood shingle
References
Also known as Romon, Roumon.