Martyrdom

Japanese: martyria
Martyrdom

...Looking at its plan structure, it has its origins in two prototypes: the centralized style and the basilica style. The former are the so-called martyria (churches commemorating martyrs or religious events) and baptistery. The martyria is a type of architecture with a circular or octagonal plan centered around the tomb of a martyr, and if we look further back to its original form, it would be the mausoleum of late antiquity.

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "martyria" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…これはその平面構造からみると集中式とバシリカ式の二つの原形から出発している。前者はいわゆるマルテュリアmartyria(殉教者または宗教的事跡などを記念する聖堂)および洗礼堂である。マルテュリアは殉教者の墓棺などを中心にした円形・八角形などのプランをもつ建築で,さらにその原形を求めれば,古代末期の廟(びよう)がこれであろう。…

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