| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chadō hayagaten 茶道早合点 | A tea ceremony manual compiled by Chin'a 珍阿 and published in two volumes in 1771. |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| Chadō kyūbunroku 茶道旧聞録 | A single volume of regulations for the tea ceremony by Fujimura Yōken 藤村庸軒 (1613-99), edited by his son Seiin 正員 (1650-1733… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| Chadō sentei 茶道筌蹄 | Tea ceremony book, written by Inagaki Kyūsō 稲垣休叟 (1770-1819) in 1816, and published in 1847, printed with woodblocks.… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| chadōshiki chashitsu 茶堂式茶室 | Also called dōshiki chashitsu 堂式茶室. A tea ceremony house which was designed freely according to a tea master's… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chagake 茶掛 | A hanging scroll *kakemono 掛物 for the alcove of a tearoom, mounted… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chaire 茶入 | ✓ | A tea caddy, usually ceramic, used to hold strong tea at a tea ceremony. Its dimensions vary, ranging from 3-15… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| chaki 茶器 | 1 General term for tea ceremony utensils. See *chanoyu-no-dōgu… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chakin 茶巾 | A small napkin used at a tea ceremony for wiping the tea bowl. Generally it is made from a linen cloth 30 cm… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chakushu ちゃく手 | Also takushu 磔手 and chōshu 張手 (Sk: vitasti). A unit of measure that originated in India, used in the… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chakutōden 着到殿 | ✓ | Also written 著到殿 or tōchakuden 到着殿. The designated place for the imperial messenger, chokushi 勅使, and… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| chaniwa 茶庭 | It is also called *roji 露地. Tea garden. The small garden through which one… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chanoma 茶の間 | Lit. tearoom. A Edo period communal living room usually containing a hearth *irori… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| chanoyu 茶湯 | Lit. the hot water for tea. Also known as sadō 茶道 or chadō. The ritual art of preparing and drinking… |
Art History, Tea Houses, General Terms, Architecture | |
| chanoyu no dōgu 茶湯の道具 | Implements necessary for the tea ceremony. Generally classified according to: 1 implements to be displayed… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chanoyugama 茶湯釜 | A cauldron, iron pot, or kettle. Also called *kama 釜 or chagama 茶釜. … |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chasen 茶筅 | ✓ | A tea whisk used to whip powdered green tea, matcha 抹茶, and hot water in a tea bowl until it froths. The whisk… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| chasengaki 茶筅垣 | ✓ | Lit. tea whisk fence. A type of side fence *sodegaki 袖垣 in which… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| chashaku 茶杓 | ✓ | Lit. tea scoop. A spoon-like utensil used to transfer powdered tea from a tea container *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| chashi チャシ | Fort. An Ainu アイヌ term for a fortification surrounded by a stockade fence or palisade *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| Chashiki kogetsu shō 茶式湖月抄 | Three books in six volumes concerning the rituals and utensils used at tea ceremonies. These volumes were published in 1851… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| chashitsu 茶室 | Room where the tea ceremony is performed or sometimes a whole building where such a room is the center. Styles can broadly… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| Chasō kanwa 茶窓閑話 | A four volume explanation of the method and history of tea ceremony by Chikamatsu Shigenori 近松成矩 (1695-1778), a vassal of… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| chatsubo 茶壷 | Tea jar. Earthenware jars to store tea leaves, usually 30-40 cm in height and 30-35 cm in diameter. From the Kamakura until… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chawan 茶碗 | ✓ | Also written 茶盗. 1 A generic term for ceramic wares called tōjiki 陶磁器 from the 9th to 16th… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| chichi-no-ma 乳の間 | ✓ | Also called chi-no-ma 乳の間. A horizontal band of small round projections found around the upper part of a temple… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| chichibu ao-ishi 秩父青石 | Lit. Chichibu blue stone. A type of *ao-ishi 青石, blue stone, from… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| chichikanamono 乳金物 | ✓ | Also manjū kanamono 饅頭金物 (see *manjūgata 饅頭形), hoshu 鋪首,… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| chichinojō 父尉 | Father old man. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a cheerful old man. The powder… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Chidō 治道 | ✓ | The path purifier, mask worn by the first actor in a procession of ancient theatrical performances gigaku 伎楽.… |
Art History, Sculpture |
| chidori-ashi-uchi 千鳥足打ち | A staggered style of round-stone paving *tama-ishijiki 玉石敷… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chidori hafu 千鳥破風 | ✓ | Lit. a plover bargeboard. Also written 鵆破風, lit. a trianglular shape. A dormer gable or a dormer bargeboard, or both… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| chidori 千鳥 | Plovers or (rarely) sanderlings: small birds that live in flocks near water, a popular design motif either alone or combined… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chidorigake 千鳥掛 | The method of off-setting alternate stepping stones *tobi-ishi 飛石 to create a… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chigaidana 違い棚 | ✓ | Staggered shelves. Considered part of the *shoin 書院 style… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| chigi 千木 | Also written 鎮木, 知木, 知疑. Also higi 氷木. 1 Forked finials, which are found on most Shinto… |
Architecture, Shrines, Folk Dwellings | |
| chigiri 千切 | Also written 衽. Also called kusabitsugi 楔継 or suriawasetsugi 摺合継. A small wooden spline, cleat, tie, or… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| chigiritsugi 千切継 | ✓ | Also written 衽継 or 膝継. Spline joints using small pieces of wood, tenons inserted into the slots, mortises, cut in… |
Architecture, Joints |
| Chigo Daishi 稚児大師 | The Buddhist acolyte form of the name *Kūkai 空海 (774-835; see *… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| chigomune 稚児棟 | ✓ | An offspring ridge. The shorter and outer of the two corner ridges which descend along the line of the adjoining surfaces… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| chigomunekawara 稚児棟瓦 | ✓ | Roof tiles used to make the offspring ridge *chigomune 稚児棟, a short… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| chikaradake 力竹 | ✓ | Also aibashira 間柱. A white bamboo post with an odd number of joints, which is positioned beneath the eave overhang… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| chikarahijiki 力肘木 | ✓ | Lit. a strengthening bracket arm. An extension of an interior tie beam which terminates on the exterior as a bracket arm *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| chiken-in 智拳印 | Lit. knowledge-fist mudra. A mudra or hand gesture *in 印 formed by… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chikirinawa ちきり縄 | Lit. cross-stitch layout. Also read chigirinawa. Also written 蟄亀利縄. A generic term for various types of castle… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| Chikō mandara 智光曼荼羅 | Also referred to as the First mandala. A small wooden painting. The oldest of the Three Jōdo Mandalas *… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| chikurin shichiken 竹林七賢 | ✓ | Ch: Zhulin Qixian. Lit. Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove. A pictorial theme based on seven Chinese literati who, to… |
Art History, Painting |
| chikushi 竹紙 | A yellow-brown paper made in China from bamboo fibers. Commonly known in Japan as *tōshi… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Chikyū 地久 | ✓ | Also enjiraku or enchiraku 円地楽. A piece in imperial court dancing *… |
Art History, Sculpture |
| chimaki 粽 | ✓ | The rounded-off top of a pillar. In the daibutsu style *daibutsuyō… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| chinjusha 鎮守社 | ✓ | Also read chinju no yashiro. It is sometimes called chinjudō 鎮守堂; dojidō 土地堂; … |
Architecture, Shrines |
| chinkin 沈金 | Also called chinkinbori 沈金彫. A technique developed in aizunuri 会津塗 that involves cutting a design into a… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| chinkuguri 狆潜 | ✓ | Also called inukuguri 犬潜. The opening between the floor frame of the alcove *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| chinsō chōkoku 頂相彫刻 | Also chinzō chōkoku, see *chinsō 頂相. Portrait sculptures of… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chinsō 頂相 | ✓ | Also chinzō. Lit. head's appearance. A naturalistic portrait, sculpted or painted, of a Zen 禅 master's head. … |
Art History, Painting |
| chira ちら | A mat binding that covers more than half of the wale of a straw mat *tatami 畳… |
Architecture, Accessories | |
| chirashihassō 散八双 | A generic name for the decorative metal fittings *kazarikanagu 飾金具,… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chirashikanagu 散金具 | A metal fitting *kanagu 金具 attached to the corners of a door and… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chirashimanji 散万字 | A pattern which consists of swastika manji 卍 motifs inside a square grid. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chirashiōgi 散扇 | Also chiriōgi. A decorative, geometric pattern that resembles closed fan shapes on a square grid. It is found on… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chiri 散 | ✓ | A generic term used to express the distance between two flat, adjacent surfaces, between the surface of a wall and a post… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| chiriana 塵穴 | ✓ | Dust or trash holes dug under the eaves of the tea hut *chashitsu 茶室, the… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| chirifusegi 塵防 | An extremely low embankment *dote 土手, beside a castle moat *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| chirimen-e 縮緬絵 | A multi-colored print which was rolled around a bar and then rubbed to give it crinkles and creases as if it had been… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chirin 地輪 | 1 The base of a lantern. Also dairin 台輪. 2 The base of a five-storied… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| chiriotoshi 塵落 | Also termed fujōnagashi 不浄流. A garbage drop. An area for discarding garbage and human and animal excrement from… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| chiriotoshi fusuma 塵落襖 | Also called *kirihikite 切引手. The catch on a sliding door used in… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chiritori 塵取 | A passageway in a castle, used to clean out the moat. An opening in the wall of the main compound of a castle *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| chisen kaiyūshiki teien 池泉回遊式庭園 | Lit. pond stroll style garden. A type of pond garden in which one walks around the pond. The most common kind of large… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| chisen kanshōshiki teien 池泉観賞式庭園 | ✓ | Lit. pond appreciation style. A type of small garden in which the pond is viewed from a veranda or from inside a room,… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| chisen shūyūshiki teien 池泉舟遊式庭園 | Lit. boating pond style. A type of pond-stroll garden *chisen kaiyūshiki… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| chō 丁 | 1 The age divisions of peasants recruited by the state for labor service, building or civil/military… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Chō Karō 張果老 | Ch: Zhang Guolao. Also called Tongxuan (Jp: Tsūgen 通玄). One of the Daoist, eight immortals *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chō-no-ya 庁の屋 | Also written 庁舎 and read chō-no-ya or chōsha. A building in which priests gathered to discuss ceremonies… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| Chō Ryō・Kō Sekikō 張良・黄石公 | Ch: Zhang Liang・Huang Shigong. Heroic Chinese warriors of the Han dynasty. Zhang Liang (BC 168-137), originally… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chōba-zu 調馬図 | Lit. pictures of horse training. One theme of genre painting *fūzokuga 風俗画… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chōban 長判 | Also read nagaban. Also called naga-e 長絵. Lit. long format. A size of *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chōchinbishi 提灯菱 | Lit. Lantern diamond. A type of diamond pattern *hishi 菱 used on mullions *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chōdai-no-ma 帳台の間 | A small enclosed room in a large *shoin 書院 style structure built in the… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| chōdai 帳台 | 1 A curtained sleeping platform used by those of highest rank in shinden style *… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| chōdaigamae 帳台構え | 1 A built-in ornamental doorway found in the raised area *jōdan… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| chōdōin 朝堂院 | In ancient Japan, a complex of buildings within the Imperial Palace used for affairs of State, enthronement ceremonies, and… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| chōgan 彫眼 | Eyes carved directly into the surface of a wooden sculpture. This method was in general use until the late Heian period when… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chōji 丁子 | Also written 丁字. A deep yellow, dull orange, or tan colored aromatic dye senryō 染料 made from the flowers or… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chōjikuzushi 丁字崩 | A decorative, geometric pattern based on the character 丁 chō that is found on transoms *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chōjō 長城 | Also termed chōrui 長塁, bōrui 防塁. A long defensive fortification consisting of a continuous, extended… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| chōjōfuku 長条幅 | 1 A hanging scroll *kakemono 掛物 that is vertically oriented… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chōjūza 鳥獣座 | Also kinjūza 禽獣座 and jūza 獣座. A pedestal or throne for a Buddhist image in the form of a bird or a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chōka 鳥窠 | Ch: Niaoke. Lit. bird's nest. A painting subject depicting the Tang dynasty eccentric priest Dōrin 道林 (Ch: Daolin), also… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chōkan zuhō 鳥瞰図法 | A bird's-eye view. Also fukan zuhō 俯瞰図法 (view from above). One type of perspective popular in Japanese… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chōketsue 長袂衣 | Also pronounced chōketsui. A garment with long sleeves. Seen, for example, on images of *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chōkin 彫金 | Chasing. Carving patterns or letters with a chisel on metal work. A common technique is nanako-uchi 魚々子打 (fish-roe… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| chōkō-zu 蝶幸図 | Ch: diexingtu. Lit. Picture of the Butterfly of Happiness, or Picture of the Butterfly and the Emperor's Visit. A… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chōkoku ranma 彫刻欄間 | ✓ | Lit. carved transom. A decorative frieze consisting of carved panels fixed above the head of a door. Transom designs include… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| choku'uchi 直打 | The method of arranging stepping stones *tobi-ishi 飛石 in a straight line. If… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chokuhitsu 直筆 | A painting and calligraphy technique where the brush is held perpendicular to the paper so that just the tip is used to… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chokusen yane 直線屋根 | Lit. straight line roof. Roofs without any curved surfaces. A hip roof *yosemune… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| chokushiden 勅使殿 | ✓ | The chokushiden is the place where an envoy, chokushi 勅使, stays when he is sent to a shrine to offer… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| chokushimon 勅使門 | A gate originally used only by the Emperor. Primarily found at Buddhist temples, it is usually a four-legged gate *… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| chōna 釿 | ✓ | An adze. Also written 手斧. A carpenters' tool with a curved handle fitted with a blade. It is used for rough finishing of… |
Architecture, Tools |
| chōna-zukuri 釿造り | A method of construction that employed long substantial beams called *chōnabari… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
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