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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
nanako 魚々子 ✓

Also written 魚子, 斜子. Lit. "fish-roe."
1 A pattern of small dots thought to resemble fish-roe, and…

Art History, Architecture, Gardens, Crafts
nanakogaki 魚子垣

Also urokogaki 鱗垣, gonomegaki 互の目垣. A fence made from semi-circular pieces of bamboo or metal. Bamboo…

Architecture, Gardens
narihira sodegaki 業平袖垣

Lit. "Narihira sleeve fence." A common type of rustic see-though sleeve fence, sukashi sodegaki 透袖垣. The frame,…

Architecture, Gardens
nebukawa-ishi 根府川石

Lit. "Nebukawa stone." A type of andesite found near Nebukawa 根府川 Village near Odawara 小田原 in modern Kanagawa Prefecture.…

Architecture, Gardens
niban-ishi 二番石

Lit. "second stone."

1 A stone placed outside a house, particularly a *…

Architecture, Gardens
nozokibashi 覗橋

Lit. "peeping bridge." A type of arched, wooden garden bridge that ends abruptly in the water just after beginning its…

Architecture, Gardens
nozokigaki 覗垣

Lit. "peeping fence." A type of *sodegaki 袖垣 with one or more…

Architecture, Gardens
numazugaki 沼津垣 ✓

Also called ajirogaki 網代垣 or ajiro takegaki 網代竹垣. A type of wickerwork fence, especially popular in…

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