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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…

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
ichimonji 一文字

1 Two strips of fabric directly above and below a painting measuring the exact width of the painting,…

Art History, Painting, Architecture, Gardens
ike niwa 池庭

Lit. pond garden. A very general term for any garden with a pond. It includes other terms such as the archaic garden pond *…

Architecture, Gardens
ike no kokoro 池の心

Lit. heart of the pond. The most important part of a pond, which, may be the center, bottom, or surface. The term is…

Architecture, Gardens
ikegaki 生垣 ✓

Lit. living fence. A type of hedge made of trees, bamboo, or other living plants planted in a row and trimmed so as to form…

Architecture, Gardens
in'yōseki 陰陽石 ✓

Lit. yin and yang stone. A pair of stones representing male and female principles or genitalia. Also called on'yōseki…

Architecture, Gardens
ishibashi 石橋

Lit. stone bridge. A general term for a garden bridge made of stones, typically granite or schist. Ishibashi may be…

Architecture, Gardens
ishidan 石段 ✓

Also *nobedan 延段; tatami ishi 畳石.

1 …

Architecture, Gardens
ishigumi 石組

Lit. stone arrangement. Also called iwagumi. The arrangement of stones for symbolical, functional, or decorative…

Architecture, Gardens
ishijiki 石敷 ✓

Lit. stone paving. The place where paving stones are to be laid, or the stones themselves. Stones are carefully selected for…

Architecture, Gardens

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University