| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| bai 唄 | ✓ | A circular nail head cover *kugikakushi 釘隠, placed over a nail to attach a… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| baijō 梅杖 | Lit. plum post. A wooden post used to support the heavy but structurally weak branches of old plum trees. |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| baikenmon 梅軒門 | Lit. plum eaves gate. Also written 梅見門. A type of gate used in tea gardens *roji… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| baku 瀑 | A cascade. A type of garden waterfall in which the water falls at a 90 degree angle. One common type of baku is the… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| bakuhana 獏鼻 | ✓ | Lit. tapir nose. Also called bakugashira 獏頭. A type of nosing *kibana… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| bakuryō 曝涼 | Lit. airing. Also called mushiboshi 虫干. The practice of inspecting and airing valuables that have been in storage… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ban 盤 | A heavy wooden plank placed above the ceiling of the first story of a two-storied pagoda *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| banbei 蕃塀 | ✓ | Also pronounced hanbei. A single, free-standing, short timber fence placed as a guard in front of the north, east,… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| banchi ばん池 | Also called hanchi 畔池 written with the character ばん池, to indicate a 'halved pond.' Lit. levee pond. A type of… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| banjiro 番城 | Short for zaiban shijō 在番支城. A branch castle *shijō 支城, with… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| banshin 番神 | Also kyakushin 客神, ishin 夷神. Also written 蛮神 banshin. Gods that were thought to have originated… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| banzuke 番付 | A system used to label each structural members of a building before construction, while being dismantled for repair, or… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| battari shōgi ばったり床几 | Alternative term for a shop-front shutter and folding table *agemise … |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| bentendō 弁天堂 | Also called benzaitendō 弁才天堂. A small structure that houses an image of Benten 弁天 (Sk: Sarasvati, *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| betsugū 別宮 | Also bessha 別社, edamiya 枝宮, or edayashiro 枝社. |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| betsuin 別院 | Also called *gobō 御坊. In the Nagoya area, it is called kakesho… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| biseki 尾石 | Lit. tail stone. A stone in a rock garden that represents the tail of a tortoise *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| bishamon kikkō 毘沙門亀甲 | A decorative pattern composed of three joined hexagonal shapes. It is named after the guardian deity *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| bishamondō 毘沙門堂 | ✓ | A temple hall dedicated to *Bishamonten 毘沙門天, one of the four gods, or *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| biwa-ita 琵琶板 | Also written 枇杷板. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| bokashi 暈 | 1 A gradation of colors or tones from dark to light or vice versa. One example is colorization of the… |
Architecture, Decorations, Art History, Painting | |
| bokuseki 墨跡 | Black ink brush writing by Zen 禅 priests, as well as by laymen who practiced Zen meditations and wrote Buddhist sermons, or… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| bokusekimado 墨蹟窓 | A window on the side wall of an alcove *tokonoma 床の間, used to provide light… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| bonjimon 梵字文 | ✓ | Lit. Sanskrit motif. A Sanskrit character, bonji 梵字, that decorates pendants *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| bōrōgata tenshu 望楼型天守 | ✓ | A lookout tower set atop the roof of a residence *kyokan 居館, usually a… |
Architecture, Castles |
| botan karakusa 牡丹唐草 | 1 Abbreviation of botan karakusagawara 牡丹唐草瓦. A roof tile, often an eaves-end tile, whose pendant… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles, Painting, Art History | |
| bōzumi 棒隅 | Lit. straight corner. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| budō karakusamon 葡萄唐草文 | ✓ | Also abbreviated to *budō karakusa 葡萄唐草. A grape-patterned arabesque used… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| bugakuryū teien 武学流庭園 | Lit. garden of the Bugaku lineage. A style of Japanese garden developed in the middle of the Edo period by Ōishi Bugaku 大石武学… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| buke-zukuri 武家造 | A style of residential architecture in use among the bushi 武士 or warrior class. As defined by the early 20th-… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| bukku 仏供 | Also jukubukku 熟仏供, butsuhan 仏飯, or butsushō 仏餉. Cooked rice made as an offering to the Buddha,… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| bunmawashi 規 | An old term for a compass used to draw circles. They were imported from Portugal. The beam compass has a large radius,… | Architecture, Tools | |
| buntōgata 分棟型 | ✓ | Lit. divided-ridge style. Often abbreviated to buntō 分棟 and sometimes referred to as betsumune-zukuri… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| burō 廡廊 | A corridor that enclosed an open area or surrounded a space in which buildings were erected. A term from the 7th-9th century… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| bussharitō 仏舎利塔 | Also called *sharitō 舎利塔. A reliquary in a stupa or pagoda. These could be… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| busshōya 仏餉屋 | ✓ | Also called gokusho 御供所. A Buddhist building used to prepare ritual food offerings called busshō 仏餉, *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| busshudana 仏守棚 | Lit. Buddha protecting shelf. A type of decorative shelf with sliding-door cabinets on the bottom and an ogee-shaped… | Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| butaigamachi 舞台框 | Lit. stage framework. A framing member that runs the entire width of the upper part of a *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| butaikabe 舞台壁 | Lit. proscenium wall. The wall at the front part of a *kabuki 歌舞伎 stage. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| butsudan 仏壇 | ✓ | An altar or tabernacle in the form of a podium, table, recess, or cabinet used in the sanctuaries of temples and in private… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| butsudan-no-ma 仏壇の間 | ✓ | A room in traditional vernacular houses *minka 民家, in parts of Hyōgo Prefecture… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| butsuden 仏殿 | ✓ | Also *daiyū hōden 大雄宝殿. The main hall of a Zen temple. Butsuden… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| butsudō 仏堂 | Also called *butsuden 仏殿; bukkaku 仏閣, *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| butsuma 仏間 | A room for Buddhist images (either two- or three-dimensional images) or, especially in a residence, an altar or tabernacle… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures, Folk Dwellings | |
| butsumon 仏門 | Architecture, Gates | ||
| buzai 部材 | A generic term for the structural members which form the framework *honegumi… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| byōbudana 屏風棚 | A type of decorative double hanging shelf *tsuridana 釣棚, placed in an alcove… |
Architecture, Accessories | |
| byōbuori 屏風折 | Also termed *orihei 折塀 (folding wall). A castle wall that zig-zags… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| byōmon 廟門 | ✓ | Also called reibyōmon 霊廟門. An entrance gate to a mausoleum. It can be an elaborate gate in two-storied or simulated… |
Architecture, Gates |
| byōtō 廟塔 | Lit. mausoleum pagoda. |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| Chadō hayagaten 茶道早合点 | A tea ceremony manual compiled by Chin'a 珍阿 and published in two volumes in 1771. |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| Chadō kyūbunroku 茶道旧聞録 | A single volume of regulations for the tea ceremony by Fujimura Yōken 藤村庸軒 (1613-99), edited by his son Seiin 正員 (1650-1733… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| Chadō sentei 茶道筌蹄 | Tea ceremony book, written by Inagaki Kyūsō 稲垣休叟 (1770-1819) in 1816, and published in 1847, printed with woodblocks.… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| chadōshiki chashitsu 茶堂式茶室 | Also called dōshiki chashitsu 堂式茶室. A tea ceremony house which was designed freely according to a tea master's… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chagake 茶掛 | A hanging scroll *kakemono 掛物 for the alcove of a tearoom, mounted… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chaire 茶入 | ✓ | A tea caddy, usually ceramic, used to hold strong tea at a tea ceremony. Its dimensions vary, ranging from 3-15… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| chaki 茶器 | 1 General term for tea ceremony utensils. See *chanoyu-no-dōgu… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chakin 茶巾 | A small napkin used at a tea ceremony for wiping the tea bowl. Generally it is made from a linen cloth 30 cm… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chakutōden 着到殿 | ✓ | Also written 著到殿 or tōchakuden 到着殿. The designated place for the imperial messenger, chokushi 勅使, and… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| chaniwa 茶庭 | It is also called *roji 露地. Tea garden. The small garden through which one… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chanoma 茶の間 | Lit. tearoom. A Edo period communal living room usually containing a hearth *irori… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| chanoyu 茶湯 | Lit. the hot water for tea. Also known as sadō 茶道 or chadō. The ritual art of preparing and drinking… |
Art History, Tea Houses, General Terms, Architecture | |
| chanoyu no dōgu 茶湯の道具 | Implements necessary for the tea ceremony. Generally classified according to: 1 implements to be displayed… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chanoyugama 茶湯釜 | A cauldron, iron pot, or kettle. Also called *kama 釜 or chagama 茶釜. … |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chasen 茶筅 | ✓ | A tea whisk used to whip powdered green tea, matcha 抹茶, and hot water in a tea bowl until it froths. The whisk… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| chasengaki 茶筅垣 | ✓ | Lit. tea whisk fence. A type of side fence *sodegaki 袖垣 in which… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| chashaku 茶杓 | ✓ | Lit. tea scoop. A spoon-like utensil used to transfer powdered tea from a tea container *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| chashi チャシ | Fort. An Ainu アイヌ term for a fortification surrounded by a stockade fence or palisade *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| Chashiki kogetsu shō 茶式湖月抄 | Three books in six volumes concerning the rituals and utensils used at tea ceremonies. These volumes were published in 1851… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| chashitsu 茶室 | Room where the tea ceremony is performed or sometimes a whole building where such a room is the center. Styles can broadly… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| Chasō kanwa 茶窓閑話 | A four volume explanation of the method and history of tea ceremony by Chikamatsu Shigenori 近松成矩 (1695-1778), a vassal of… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| chatsubo 茶壷 | Tea jar. Earthenware jars to store tea leaves, usually 30-40 cm in height and 30-35 cm in diameter. From the Kamakura until… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chawan 茶碗 | ✓ | Also written 茶盗. 1 A generic term for ceramic wares called tōjiki 陶磁器 from the 9th to 16th… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| chichi-no-ma 乳の間 | ✓ | Also called chi-no-ma 乳の間. A horizontal band of small round projections found around the upper part of a temple… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| chichibu ao-ishi 秩父青石 | Lit. Chichibu blue stone. A type of *ao-ishi 青石, blue stone, from… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| chichikanamono 乳金物 | ✓ | Also manjū kanamono 饅頭金物 (see *manjūgata 饅頭形), hoshu 鋪首,… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| chidori-ashi-uchi 千鳥足打ち | A staggered style of round-stone paving *tama-ishijiki 玉石敷… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chidori hafu 千鳥破風 | ✓ | Lit. a plover bargeboard. Also written 鵆破風, lit. a trianglular shape. A dormer gable or a dormer bargeboard, or both… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| chidorigake 千鳥掛 | The method of off-setting alternate stepping stones *tobi-ishi 飛石 to create a… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chigaidana 違い棚 | ✓ | Staggered shelves. Considered part of the *shoin 書院 style… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| chigi 千木 | Also written 鎮木, 知木, 知疑. Also higi 氷木. 1 Forked finials, which are found on most Shinto… |
Architecture, Shrines, Folk Dwellings | |
| chigiri 千切 | Also written 衽. Also called kusabitsugi 楔継 or suriawasetsugi 摺合継. A small wooden spline, cleat, tie, or… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| chigiritsugi 千切継 | ✓ | Also written 衽継 or 膝継. Spline joints using small pieces of wood, tenons inserted into the slots, mortises, cut in… |
Architecture, Joints |
| chigomune 稚児棟 | ✓ | An offspring ridge. The shorter and outer of the two corner ridges which descend along the line of the adjoining surfaces… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| chigomunekawara 稚児棟瓦 | ✓ | Roof tiles used to make the offspring ridge *chigomune 稚児棟, a short… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| chikaradake 力竹 | ✓ | Also aibashira 間柱. A white bamboo post with an odd number of joints, which is positioned beneath the eave overhang… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| chikarahijiki 力肘木 | ✓ | Lit. a strengthening bracket arm. An extension of an interior tie beam which terminates on the exterior as a bracket arm *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| chikirinawa ちきり縄 | Lit. cross-stitch layout. Also read chigirinawa. Also written 蟄亀利縄. A generic term for various types of castle… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| chimaki 粽 | ✓ | The rounded-off top of a pillar. In the daibutsu style *daibutsuyō… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| chinjusha 鎮守社 | ✓ | Also read chinju no yashiro. It is sometimes called chinjudō 鎮守堂; dojidō 土地堂; … |
Architecture, Shrines |
| chinkuguri 狆潜 | ✓ | Also called inukuguri 犬潜. The opening between the floor frame of the alcove *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| chira ちら | A mat binding that covers more than half of the wale of a straw mat *tatami 畳… |
Architecture, Accessories | |
| chirashihassō 散八双 | A generic name for the decorative metal fittings *kazarikanagu 飾金具,… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chirashikanagu 散金具 | A metal fitting *kanagu 金具 attached to the corners of a door and… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chirashimanji 散万字 | A pattern which consists of swastika manji 卍 motifs inside a square grid. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chirashiōgi 散扇 | Also chiriōgi. A decorative, geometric pattern that resembles closed fan shapes on a square grid. It is found on… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chiri 散 | ✓ | A generic term used to express the distance between two flat, adjacent surfaces, between the surface of a wall and a post… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| chiriana 塵穴 | ✓ | Dust or trash holes dug under the eaves of the tea hut *chashitsu 茶室, the… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| chirifusegi 塵防 | An extremely low embankment *dote 土手, beside a castle moat *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| chirin 地輪 | 1 The base of a lantern. Also dairin 台輪. 2 The base of a five-storied… |
Architecture, Gardens |
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