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| A tapering tower with multiple roofs, built by Buddhists particularly in China and Japan. The word derives from the Sanskrit dagoba, meaning stupa. |
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| A module used in Chinese wooden architecture, particularly houses, measuring about 12 by 20 ft. |
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| The inner gateway of a Japanese temple. |
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| In Shinto architecture, upward extensions of bargeboards at gable ends of the shrine, forming and X-shape. |
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| Short horizontal elements set atop the ridge of Shinto shrines; probably used originally to hold down the thatch roof. |
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| In Japanese Buddhist architecture, the name given to the lecture hall. |
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| Wooden Japanese folk houses, typical of rural communities. |
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| Mats woven of rice straw, approximately 3 by 6 ft, that establish the module for room dimensions in traditional Japanese houses. |
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| In Japanese houses, an alcove in the vestibule of a house where treasured objects are displayed. |
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