| Title | Contains Image(s) | 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… |
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| aioi 相生 | Lit. growing together. The technique of planting two trees so that they grow together. Variations include: the same kind of… |
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| 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… |
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| 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… |
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| 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… |
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| 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… |
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| gan'uchi 雁打 | Lit. "flying geese." The poetic name given to a type of zig-zag arrangement of stepping stones *… |
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| gejōseki 下乗席 | Lit. "dismounting stone." A type of keystone *yakui-shi 役石, stepped on when… |
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| genjibei 源氏塀 | ✓ | Genji 源氏 fence is a board fence with posts set at intervals and a base runner set between the foundation stones of the posts… |
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| genkaibashi 厳海橋 | Lit. "Genkai bridge." A type of bridge used to span deep garden streams or ravines. It is constructed with a triangular… |
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| gentanryū teien 玄丹流庭園 | Lit. "Gentan lineage garden." A style of late Edo period garden in the Izumo 出雲 district, Shimane Prefecture, associated… |
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| ginkakujigata chōzubachi 銀閣寺形手水鉢 | ✓ | Lit. "Ginkakuji type water basin." One kind of water basin *chōzubachi 手水鉢,… |
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| gogyōseki 五行石 | Lit. "five elements of stones." A name for the five types of functional and decorative stones *… |
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| gogyōsetsu 五行説 | Lit. "theory of five elements." A basic principle of Chinese geomancy and cosmology adapted in Japanese garden design. The… |
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| goren'uchi 五連打 | Lit. "row of five stones." One arrangement of stepping stones *tobi-ishi 飛石.… |
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| gorota-ishi 呉呂太石 | Lit. "rolling stones." Small round stones about 10 cm in diameter used for the drainage areas around the stooping basin *… |
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