| 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. |
Architecture, Gardens |
| ishigumi 石組 | Lit. stone arrangement. Also called iwagumi. The arrangement of stones for symbolical, functional, or decorative… |
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| 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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