Lit. push-up door. A variety of upward-opening door or shutter used during the Edo period in urban merchant and artisan…

Also called *battari shōgi ばったり床几 or age-en あげ縁.

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Also called ageya jaya 揚屋茶屋. A type of town house *machiya 町家, found…

1　A space between two main structures or two points.

2　In the case of two buildings…

1　A rack with an open lattice frame of timber or bamboo, suspended from the main crossbeams *…

1　A structure erected in the central open space, miyaa みやあ, of a settlement in Okinawa Prefecture…

1　The part of an architectural element in which one member meets another. Different from a joint in that it…

1　The parts of a stone wall such as exterior corners, top surfaces, or openings for drainage where…

An alternative term for a roof style found on Edo period farmhouses nōka 農家, called *…

Also yamadake 屋間竹. The bamboo purlins, about 20-30 cm in circumference, that are placed about 30-36 cm apart over a…

1　The seat of the principal and most honored guest sonsha 尊者 at formal banquets in the shinden…

1　A rectangular window used in exterior walls, fitted with thick horizontal timber bars *…

Also written 寄附.

1　Room immediately inside an entrance to the raised floor zone; *…

Also *yoritsuki 寄付. A structural system found in farmhouses, nōka 農家, of the Edo…

The house of a procurer in the pleasure districts *yūkaku 遊廓 of Edo period…

Also written 遊郭. The pleasure district of the early modern Japanese city. The earliest developed example is said to have…