| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| chanoyu 茶湯 | Lit. "the hot water for tea." Also known as sadō 茶道 or chadō. The ritual art of preparing and… |
Art History, Tea Houses, General Terms, Architecture | |
| 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 |
| chigaidana 違い棚 | ✓ | Staggered shelves. Considered part of the *shoin 書院 style… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| chimaki 粽 | ✓ | The rounded-off top of a pillar. In the daibutsu style *daibutsuyō… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| chinkuguri 狆潜 | ✓ | Also called inukuguri 犬潜. The opening between the floor frame of the alcove *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| 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 |
| chō 丁 | 1 The age divisions of peasants recruited by the state for labor service, building or civil/military… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| 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 | |
| chokusen yane 直線屋根 | Lit. "straight line roof." Roofs without any curved surfaces. A hip roof *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| chōnaguri 釿栗 | Cutting decorative patterns with an adze *chōna 釿 on chestnut wood… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| chōnahajime 釿始 | Also written 釿初, 手斧初. Also called kozukuri hajime 木造り始め or onohajime 斧始め. A carpenter's ceremony performed… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| chōnamekezuri 釿目削 | ✓ | Also called chōnahatsuri 釿斫. A decorative pattern carved into the visible surface of a timber using an adze *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| chūsei kenchiku 中世建築 | Lit. "medieval architecture." Temple and shrine buildings erected during the Kamakura, Nanbokuchō, and Muromachi periods… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| chūtō 柱頭 | A synonym for the large bearing block *daito 大斗 placed on the tops of pillars… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| -zukuri 造 | A suffix meaning style or type frequently used in Japanese architectural history. |
Architecture, General Terms |
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