| 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 | |
| daiba 台場 | ✓ | A fort located at a strategic location on a sea coast, riverbank, or island. It was furnished with large guns. Daiba were… |
Architecture, Castles |
| daiban 台盤 | A long, low, rectangular table on which food was served in the emperor's residential compound, Dairi 内裏, of the imperial… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| daibandokoro 台盤所 | A room that contains a *daiban 台盤, a long, low, rectangular table on which food… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| daibutsuyō 大仏様 | Lit. Indian style. The style of architecture introduced to Japan when the priest Chōgen 重源 (1121-1206) returned from China.… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| daibutsuyō kibana 大仏様木鼻 | Also daibutsuyōkei kibana 大仏様系木鼻. Lit. nosings in the daibutsu style. Incised nosings found on bracket… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| daibutsuyō kumimono 大仏様組物 | Also daibutsuyō tokyō 大仏様斗きょう. Lit. Great-Buddha-style bracket complex. A bracket system introduced by the priest,… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| daibutsuyō kurigata 大仏様繰形 | ✓ | Typical daibutsu style *daibutsuyō 大仏様, decorative carvings *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| daiden 大殿 | Also daiyūden 大雄殿. |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| daidokoro 台所 | 1 Believed to be an abbreviated form of *daibandokoro… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| daigiri-oga 台切大鋸 | A large crosscut saw with a blade 70 cm long and 30 cm wide that has a wooden handle at each end for two people. This saw… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| daiin-no-koguchi 大陰の虎口 | Also written 大陰虎口. A simple, early form of castle entrance *koguchi … |
Architecture, Castles | |
| Daiippōmon 第一峰門 | ✓ | A unique Chinese style four-legged gate made by Chinese carpenters in 1644 using imported, broad leaf cedar. It is located… |
Architecture, Gates |
| daijinbashira 大臣柱 | Also called wakibashira 脇柱; taishōbashira 大将柱. Initially, the square post placed at the right front corner… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Daijōkyū 大嘗宮 | Also daijōgū. A temporary palace of unstripped timber, untreated grasses and reeds, and bamboo, used for the Grand… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| Daijōsai 大嘗祭 | Also read ōnihe matsuri, ōnie matsuri, ōname matsuri, and ōmube matsuri. The Great Food… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| daikagura-zukuri 太神楽造 | Also called daikagurabashira 太神楽柱; *kudabashira 管柱 or… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| daikaiyūshiki teien 大回遊式庭園 | Lit. large strolling-style garden. A type of large-scale garden which is enjoyed on foot. Most large strolling gardens… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| daikōdō 大講堂 | ✓ | Lit. large lecture hall. The lecture hall at Hōryūji 法隆寺 in Nara is the most famous and oldest extant daikōdō. The… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| daikoku-bashira 大黒柱 | ✓ | Also written 大極柱, shin-no-hashira 心の柱, yaku-bashira 役柱, and naka-bashira 中柱. |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Shrines |
| Daikoku 大黒 | 1 An abbreviation for *Daikokuten 大黒天 (Sk: Mahakala). Regarded by… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Sculpture, Art History | |
| daiku 大工 | Carpenter. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| daime datami 台目畳 | Also written 代目畳, 大目畳. A straw mat about three-quarters the length of a standard size mat, about 135-137 cm long. In Kyoto… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| daimebashira 台目柱 | Also called *nakabashira 中柱 or *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| daimedoko 台目床 | An alcove *tokonoma 床の間, with a wooden base, found in a small tea ceremony… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| daimegiri 台目切 | A placement of the firebox or hearth inside the guest's mat which results in a smaller than normal size tatami mat… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| daimochitsugi 台持継 | ✓ | A center joint. An oblique scarf joint combining a housed *daboso 太ぼそ joint and blind tenons. The mortises are… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| daimon 大門 | Also pronounced *ōmon. A generic term for a variety of styles of main gates. One… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| daimyō teien 大名庭園 | Lit. daimyō garden. The Edo period strolling-style *kaiyūshiki teien… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| dainaoshiganna 台直鉋 | A plane used to shave the base of another plane. It is very important in planing that the base of the plane stock, known as… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| Dairimon 内裏門 | A general term for gates belonging to the Imperial Palace, Kyoto Gosho 京都御所. The *Shōmei… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| dairo 大炉 | Also called ōro. A tea-room firebox or hearth made larger than the normal 42 cm square. Measurements varied, but… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| daishidō 大師堂 | ✓ | Lit. great master hall. Daishidō are temple buildings particularly important to the Shingon 真言 sect, established by… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| daisu 台子 | A fairly large, portable, double-shelved display for tea ceremony utensils. Traditionally, it was used at the most formal… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| daitenshu 大天守 | Lit. large *tenshu 天守. The principal tower. The largest tenshu in a… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| daito 大斗 | ✓ | The largest type of bearing block *masu 斗, usually placed directly on top of a… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| daitō 大塔 | ✓ | Lit. Large pagoda. A 2-storied pagoda. A large pagoda of the *tahōtō 多宝塔 type,… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| daito hijiki 大斗肘木 | ✓ | A large bearing block *daito 大斗 with a bracket arm *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| daiwa 台輪 | ✓ | 1 A wall plate or top plate placed along the top of head-penetrating tie beams *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| daiwadome 台輪留 | A mite red, right-angle joint used at the corner, sumi 隅, of a building to join a wall plate, *… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| daiyū hōden 大雄宝殿 | ✓ | Also called daiyūden 大雄殿 or *daiden 大殿. Lit. great leader's treasure… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| daizaseki 台座石 | Also *daiza 台座. The pedestal or base beneath a sculpture, pagoda, or lantern.… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| dakimarugawara 抱丸瓦 | Also kazunemaru 重ね丸. An interjacent tile. A section of a semi-cylindrical roof tile laid between the first broad… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| dan 段 | 1 Also written 反. A step. The level part or tread of a flight of stairs. When made of wood, the tread is… |
Art History, Architecture, General Terms, Crafts | |
| dan 檀 | 1 A generic term for a level mound or platform raised above the surrounding ground. An earthen mound may be… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| danbashigo 段梯子 | ✓ | A simple step-ladder, also called hashigo 梯子 or hashigodan 梯子段. Examples include a *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| danbuki 段葺 | 1 A roofing method that uses copper sheets laid in a step-like pattern. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| danjōzumi 壇上積 | ✓ | Also written 壇正積; danjōzumi kidan 壇上積基壇. A style of podium introduced to Japan from Korea in the latter half of the… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| dankarikomi 段刈込 | Lit. layered pruning. A basic type of pruning *karikomi 刈込. When used for a… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| dankei 断景 | Lit. cutting scenery. The technique of blocking off scenery outside the garden. Most often a large clipped hedge, … |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| danmen 断面 | Lit. a section. A vertical section scale drawing of a building or architectural detail shown either transversely, … |
Architecture, General Terms |
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