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JAANUS

ōmagari 大曲

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Architecture

Tea Houses

Lit. "large curve." An arrangement of stepping stones *tobi-ishi 飛石, laid in an arc shape.

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University