| 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 | |
| fudegaeshi 筆返し | ✓ | A curved wooden border attached to the end of a desk or shelf to prevent brushes and scrolls from rolling off. It is also… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings |
| Fudōdō 不動堂 | A hall in a Buddhist temple dedicated to the deity *Fudō Myōō 不動明王 (Sk:… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| fuebashira 笛柱 | Lit. flute post. The thick post at the right rear corner of a noh stage, *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fugendō 普賢堂 | ✓ | Also called Shigatsudō 四月堂; *Sanmaidō 三昧堂. A Buddhist temple in which the main deity… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| fujigata chōzubachi 富士形手水鉢 | ✓ | Lit. Fuji shape. A common type of *shizenseki chōzubachi 自然石手水鉢,… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| fukasanjō 深三畳 | Also fukasanjō-no-seki 深三畳席. A tea ceremony room of three mats. One of the mats is about one quarter normal size,… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fukiashi 葺足 | ✓ | The length of the visible surface of an ordinary broad, concave roofing tile, *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| fukikaeshi 吹返 | 1 Also written 葺返. A board which projects diagonally out from the top of a statue canopy, *… |
Architecture, Accessories, Sculpture, Art History | |
| fukinukimon 吹貫門 | A gate without doors. It may be a roofed opening in a fence or wall, but no gate leaves are hung on the structure. |
Architecture, Castles | |
| fukioroshi 葺下 | Also written 葺卸. The extension of a roof or the elongation of eaves on the main part of a building in order to cover an… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fukitsuchi 吹土 | The layer of clay spread on sheathing, *shitaji 下地, sometimes called … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fukiyose 吹寄 | 1 The arrangement of muntins, lattice (*fukiyose gōshi… |
Art History, General Terms, Sculpture, Architecture | |
| fukiyose daruki 吹寄垂木 | ✓ | The grouping of two or three parallel rafters placed closely together with a wide space between each group. The spaces… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| fukiyose gōshi 吹寄格子 | ✓ | Lit. grouped or varying numbered lattice. Lattice or small beams arranged to form patterns in transoms, *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| fukiyosebashira 吹寄柱 | Evenly spaced pillars or posts that are arranged so that two or more are in line. The amount of the space between the… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| fukubachi 伏鉢 | Also written 覆鉢; also called fukuhatsu ふくはつ. The small inverted bowl-like fixture placed on the box-like cover, *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fukuben 複弁 | A motif which consists of a double-stylized lotus petal with a leaf seedling in each petal. Found on the pendant, *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| fukuben rengemon 複弁蓮華文 | ✓ | Also written 複弁蓮花文. A double-lotus-petal motif applied to the pendant tiles, *gatō… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| fukugō tenshu 複合天守 | ✓ | Also fukugōshiki tenshu 複合式天守. A large tower, *daitenshu 大天守, with… |
Architecture, Castles |
| fukumi 含 | ✓ | A channel. The part of a bearing block, *masu 斗, that is cut out either as a one-… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| fukurin 覆輪 | 1 Parallel lines used to mark outlines in a painting or sculpture. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| fukurō 複廊 | ✓ | A double corridor that was two bays, *ken 間, wide. Window frames with vertical… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| fukurodana 袋棚 | Also fukurotodana 袋戸棚 or tenbukuro 天袋. Lit. enclosed shelf. |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings | |
| fukurodoko 袋床 | Lit. pouch or pocket alcove. An alcove, *tokonoma 床の間, characterized by a… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fukurokakekugi 袋掛釘 | Lit. bag-hanging nail. A bamboo or iron nail inserted into the middle post, *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fukusa 袱紗 | Also chabukusa 茶袱紗. A thick silk cloth used by the host at a tea ceremony to wipe tea bowls, *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fumi-ishi 踏石 | ✓ | Lit. stepping stone. The stone placed directly under the crawl door entrance, *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| fumichidana 文道棚 | A very simple type of shelving with sliding doors at floor level. Typically, the shelving is part of the many different… |
Architecture, Accessories | |
| fumikomi-datami 踏込畳 | A straw mat, *tatami 畳, which is placed adjacent to the door from which the… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fumikomidoko 踏込床 | ✓ | Also fungomidoko ふんごみ床. An alcove, *tokonoma 床の間, with a board floor… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| fuminugiishi 踏脱石 | Lit. one of the trump stones, *yaku-ishi 役石, at the guest's entrance to the… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fumisagari 踏下 | The distance from the ridge of a roof, *munagi 棟木, to the eave end, *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fumiwake-ishi 踏分石 | ✓ | Lit. path-dividing stone. A type of trump stone, *yaku-ishi 役石. A stepping… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| fumizura 踏面 | Also called fumi-ita 踏板. The horizontal surface, known as the tread, on steps or stairs. The board, plank, or… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| funagata chōzubachi 舟形手水鉢 | ✓ | Lit. boat shape. A type of functional or decorative water basin, *chōzubachi… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| funahijiki 舟肘木 | ✓ | A boat-shaped bracket arm placed directly on top of a pillar to carry a purlin, *gagyō… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| funatsukiishi 舟着石 | Lit. A boat-landing stone. A large, flat stone used as a kind of dock in large pond gardens where boating took place. Even… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| funazoko tenjō 舟底天井 | Also called *yakata tenjō 屋形天井, an upside-down houseboat-shaped ceiling. A… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| furesumi 振隅 | Refers to the pitch of a roof that is different on the front and back from the pitch of the sides. The hip rafters at the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| furesumigi 振隅木 | A hip rafter, *sumigi 隅木, which cannot bisect the purlins, *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| furiwake 振分 | The center line of a surface that has been divided equally. The line may run vertically or horizontally. This center point… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| furo 風炉 | ✓ | A portable brazier used in the spring and summer seasons when the hearth or fire-box, *ro… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| furoku 不陸 | Lit. not horizontal. A surface which is not flat or horizontal to the ground. | Architecture, General Terms | |
| furosaki byōbu 風炉先屏風 | Sometimes abbreviated to furosaki 風炉先. A partition used in a tea ceremony room *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| furosakimado 風炉先窓 | Lit. window in front of stove. A window opened in the wall by the host's mat, *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fusa 総 | Also written 房. |
Architecture, Accessories | |
| fusahikite 総引手 | Tassels attached to the pull, *hikite 引手, of an opaque sliding screen, *… |
Architecture, Accessories | |
| fuse-zu 伏図 | A framing plan showing the structural arrangement and details of various parts of a building including the floor, ceiling,… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fusegawara 伏瓦 | Also called *ogawara 男瓦 (male tile). |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| fusen 布泉 | An abbreviation of fusen no chōzubachi 布泉の手水鉢. A type of water basin, *… |
Architecture, Gardens |
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