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  2. Traditional lighting equipment of Japan - Wikipedia

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    move to sidebarhide. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Japanese Lantern Makers, photo by T. Enami. The traditional lighting equipment of Japanincludes the andon(行灯), the bonbori(雪洞), the chōchin(提灯), and the tōrō(灯篭). Andon.

  3. Stone lantern - Wikipedia

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    Stone lanterns (灯籠/灯篭/灯楼, Chinese: dēnglóng; Japanese: tōrō, meaning 'light basket', 'light tower')[ a ] are a type of traditional East Asian lantern made of stone, wood, or metal. Originating in China, stone lanterns spread to Japan, Korea and Vietnam, though they are most commonly found in both China – extant in Buddhist ...

  4. List of legendary creatures from Japan - Wikipedia

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    A female yōkai that crawls on the ceiling. Tenka Atmospheric ghost lights, once believed to be a type of onryō. Tenko An elderly fox spirit that has gained its ninth and final tail and thusly reached the full extent of its power. Tennin The Japanese Buddhist version of angels. Tenome A ghostly blind man with his eyes on his palms. Teratsutsuki

  5. Kasuga-taisha - Wikipedia

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    Kasuga-taisha (春日大社) is a Shinto shrine in Nara, Nara Prefecture, Japan. [ 1] It is the shrine of the Fujiwara family, established in 768 CE and rebuilt several times over the centuries. The interior is famous for its many bronze lanterns, as well as the many stone lanterns that lead up the shrine. The architectural style Kasuga-zukuri ...

  6. Roof lantern - Wikipedia

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    Roof lantern. A roof lantern is a daylighting architectural element. Architectural lanterns are part of a larger roof and provide natural light into the space or room below. In contemporary use it is an architectural skylight structure. A lantern roof will generally mean just the roof of a lantern structure in the West, but has a special ...

  7. Japanese pagoda - Wikipedia

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    Japanese pagoda. Multi-storied pagodas in wood and stone, and a gorintō. Pagodas in Japan are called tō (塔, lit. pagoda), sometimes buttō (仏塔, lit. Buddhist pagoda) or tōba (塔婆, lit. pagoda), and derive historically from the Chinese pagoda, itself an interpretation of the Indian stupa. [ 1] Like the stupa, pagodas were originally ...

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