| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| gagyō 丸桁 | ✓ | Also read gangyō, gayō, nokigeta 軒桁, or *dashigeta… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| gagyōbane 丸桁桔 | Also read gangyōbane. A single heavy beam attached at right angles to the eave purlins *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gaien 外苑 | Lit. outer garden. The area outside the sacred enclosure of a shrine, mausoleum, or temple. Typically, the approach to the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gakubuchi 額縁 | 1 The wooden rails and stiles around doors or windows. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gangi hashigo 雁木梯子 | ✓ | Lit. zig-zag ladder. A kind of ladder, hashigo 梯子(see *kaidan 階段),… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| garan haichi 伽藍配置 | ✓ | The arrangement of buildings within the precinct of a Buddhist temple constructed between the late 7th century to 12th… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| garan 伽藍 | An abbreviated form of sōgya ranma 僧伽欄摩 (Sk: samgha arama). Lit. A garden for monks. Also rendered as sōen… |
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| gasshō 合掌 | 1 The triangular frame created by joining a pair of cruck-like members *… |
Architecture, General Terms, Art History, Sculpture | |
| gawageta 側桁 | Also pronounced kawageta. |
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| gawakabe 側壁 | Also read sokuheki or kawakabe. The exterior wall of a building. An outside wall or end wall. |
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| gejin 外陣 | 1 In shrine architecture, the main hall *honden 本殿 is divided… |
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| gekan 下間 | Lit. lower space. It is a room adjoining the main rooms of the priests' quarters in a Zen temple. It is located near the… |
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| genkan 玄関 | 1 The entrance gallery or porch used in the guest hall *kyakuden… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Genroku bunka 元禄文化 | Lit. Genroku culture. The middle Edo period *Edo jidai 江戸時代 chūki 中期… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| giboshi 擬宝珠 | ✓ | Also pronounced gibōshi, giboju, gibōshu, goboshu. A decoration in the shape of the… |
Architecture, General Terms, Decorations |
| gigaku 伎楽 | Also kuregaku 呉楽. Now-lost ancient masked theatrical performances given at temples from the 7th to 9th century.… |
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| gō-ita 格板 | Also called *ura-ita 裏板. The panel used to fill the space made by the… |
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| gōbuchi 格縁 | The wooden ribs or coffers laid in a criss-cross pattern to form a coffered ceiling *gō… |
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| gokakumasu 五角桝 | ✓ | Lit. a five cornered measuring box. A method used to determine the proportions of a bracket arm *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| gōma 格間 | The space created by the coffers or ribs *gōbuchi 格縁 of a coffered or latticed… |
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| gorinmen 五厘面 | Type of a chamfers cut on a square timber or square post with a ratio of 1/20 is called gorinmen along each corner… |
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| goshomune 御所棟 | Also called gosho oni-ita 御所鬼板 or goshomune oni-ita 御所棟鬼板. Lit. the ridge of an imperial palace. The main… |
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| gōtenjō 格天井 | A coffered ceiling. A ceiling with ribs framing recessed panels. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gyobutsu 御物 | Also read gomotsu. The emperor's property. The Imperial Collection of art objects, books, etc., which are either of… |
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| gyōkaigan 凝灰岩 | Tuff or tufa. Popularly called shōkōseki 松香石. A porous stone composed of volcanic ash or from the material loosened… |
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| -zukuri 造 | A suffix meaning style or type frequently used in Japanese architectural history. |
Architecture, General Terms |
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