| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| agedo 揚げ戸 | ✓ | Lit. push-up door. A variety of upward-opening door or shutter used during the Edo period in urban merchant and artisan… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| agemise 揚見世 | Also called *battari shōgi ばったり床几 or age-en あげ縁. |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| ageya 揚屋 | Also called ageya jaya 揚屋茶屋. A type of town house *machiya 町家, found… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| ai-no-ma 相の間 | 1 A space between two main structures or two points. 2 In the case of two buildings… |
Architecture, Shrines, Folk Dwellings | |
| ama 天 | 1 A rack with an open lattice frame of timber or bamboo, suspended from the main crossbeams *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| ashiage 足揚 | 1 A structure erected in the central open space, miyaa みやあ, of a settlement in Okinawa Prefecture… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| atari 当り | 1 The part of an architectural element in which one member meets another. Different from a joint in that it… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| ichi no ma 一の間 | Lit. room one. The innermost and most prestigious room, six to twelve straw mats *tatami… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| ido 井戸 | 1 A well supplying drinking water. It may be deep or narrow, depending on the depth of the water table. The… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tea Houses | |
| idoko 居所 | Shortened form of idokoro 居所. A name for rooms or spaces in the following contexts: |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| ikken'ya 一軒屋 | An independently framed urban-vernacular house *machiya 町家 of a more… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| ima 居間 | Lit. living room. A room commonly utilized as the principal space for daily living. 1 The daily… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| inakama 田舎間 | Also edoma 江戸間. A length of 1.8 m or less, defining the standard length of a single bay: the distance from the… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| inufusegi 犬防木 | Also pronounced inubōgi. 1 In temples and shrines, a lattice *… |
Architecture, General Terms, Folk Dwellings | |
| irori 囲炉裏 | ✓ | Also written 居炉裏. Also called ro 炉. An open hearth set in the floor of various rooms in Japanese buildings.… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| ishioki itabuki 石置板葺 | ✓ | Wood shingles *itabuki 板葺, held in position with stones. Generally used for… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| itabuki 板葺 | ✓ | Wood shingles. Widely used in Japan for buildings of many kinds, ranging from palaces, elite residences, shrines, and… |
Architecture, General Terms, Folk Dwellings |
| itaniwa 板庭 | 1 A low timber platform constructed within the earth-floored area *doma… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
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