| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| baijō 梅杖 | Lit. plum post. A wooden post used to support the heavy but structurally weak branches of old plum trees. |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| biseki 尾石 | Lit. tail stone. A stone in a rock garden that represents the tail of a tortoise *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| 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 | |
| gan'uchi 雁打 | Lit. flying geese. The poetic name given to a type of zig-zag arrangement of stepping stones *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gejōseki 下乗席 | Lit. dismounting stone. A type of keystone *yakui-shi 役石, stepped on when… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| genjibei 源氏塀 | ✓ | Genji 源氏 fence is a board fence with posts set at intervals and a base runner set between the foundation stones of the posts… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| genkaibashi 厳海橋 | Lit. Genkai bridge. A type of bridge used to span deep garden streams or ravines. It is constructed with a triangular timber… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gentanryū teien 玄丹流庭園 | Lit. Gentan lineage garden. A style of late Edo period garden in the Izumo 出雲 district, Shimane Prefecture, associated with… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ginkakujigata chōzubachi 銀閣寺形手水鉢 | ✓ | Lit. Ginkakuji type. One kind of water basin *chōzubachi 手水鉢, based on the… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| gogyōseki 五行石 | Lit. five elements of stones. A name for the five types of functional and decorative stones *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gogyōsetsu 五行説 | Lit. theory of five elements. A basic principle of Chinese geomancy and cosmology adapted in Japanese garden design. The… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| goren'uchi 五連打 | Lit. row of five stones. One arrangement of stepping stones *tobi-ishi 飛石. It… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gorota-ishi 呉呂太石 | Lit. rolling stones. Small round stones about 10 cm in diameter used for the drainage areas around the stooping basin *… |
Architecture, Gardens |
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