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Title	Description	Keywords
aboshigaki 網干垣	Lit. hanging net fence. A generic name for a bamboo fence whose surface resembles the diagonal weave of a fishing net. Often…	Architecture, Gardens
aioi 相生	Lit. growing together. The technique of planting two trees so that they grow together. Variations include: the same kind of…	Architecture, Gardens
aioibashi 相生橋	Lit. twin bridges. Side-by-side bridges constructed over a garden stream. Usually one bridge is larger than the other in…	Architecture, Gardens
amigaki 網垣	Lit. wattle fence. A common type of low fence with a framework of whole and split bamboo into which thin boards or reeds are…	Architecture, Gardens
ao-ishi 青石	Lit. blue stone. A generic name for a blue green stone of chlorite schist much used in gardens from the Muromachi period…	Architecture, Gardens
aoshibagaki 青柴垣	Lit. fresh brushwood fence. A simple type of low fence made out of fresh brushwood. Popular in ancient times, when it was…	Architecture, Gardens
ashimotogaki 足下垣	Lit. footstep fence. A generic term for a fence made alongside a path. It is similar to the *…	Architecture, Gardens
awa-ishi 阿波石	Lit. sea-foam stone. A type of blue stone *ao-ishi 青石, produced in modern…	Architecture, Gardens
baijō 梅杖	Lit. plum post. A wooden post used to support the heavy but structurally weak branches of old plum trees.	Architecture, Gardens
baku 瀑	A cascade. A type of garden waterfall in which the water falls at a 90 degree angle. One common type of baku is the…	Architecture, Gardens
banchi ばん池	Also called hanchi 畔池 written with the character ばん池, to indicate a 'halved pond.' Lit. levee pond. A type of…	Architecture, Gardens
biseki 尾石	Lit. tail stone. A stone in a rock garden that represents the tail of a tortoise *…	Architecture, Gardens
bugakuryū teien 武学流庭園	Lit. garden of the Bugaku lineage. A style of Japanese garden developed in the middle of the Edo period by Ōishi Bugaku 大石武学…	Architecture, Gardens