A sandō (参道, visiting road?) in Japanese architecture is the road approaching either a Shinto shrine or a Buddhist temple.[1] Its point of origin is usually straddled in the first case by a Shinto torii, in the second by a Buddhist sanmon, gates which mark the beginning of the shrine's or temple territory. There can also be stone lanterns and other decorations at any point along its course.
A sandō can be called a front sandō (表参道, omote-sandō?), if it is the main entrance, or a rear sandō (裏参道, ura-sandō?) if it is a secondary point of entrance, especially to the rear; side sandō (脇参道, waki-sandō?) are also sometimes found. The famous Omotesandō district in Tokyo, for example, takes its name from the nearby main access path to Meiji Shrine.[2] An ura-sandō also used to exist.
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- Shendao, a decorated road to a grave of an emperor or another dignitary in China
References [edit]
- ^ Iwanami Kōjien (広辞苑?) Japanese dictionary, 6th Edition (2008), DVD version.
- ^ "Omotesandō ga aru nara, Urasandō mo aru no de wa" (in Japanese). Ameba News. Retrieved 4 December 2009. [dead link]
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