Lit. plum post. A wooden post used to support the heavy but structurally weak branches of old plum trees.

A cascade. A type of garden waterfall in which the water falls at a 90 degree angle. One common type of baku is the…

Also called hanchi 畔池 written with the character ばん池, to indicate a 'halved pond.' Lit. levee pond. A type of…

Lit. tail stone. A stone in a rock garden that represents the tail of a tortoise *…

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…

1　Two strips of fabric directly above and below a painting measuring the exact width of the painting,…

Lit. pond garden. A very general term for any garden with a pond. It includes other terms such as the archaic garden pond *…

Lit. heart of the pond. The most important part of a pond, which, may be the center, bottom, or surface. The term is…

Lit. living fence. A type of hedge made of trees, bamboo, or other living plants planted in a row and trimmed so as to form…

Lit. yin and yang stone. A pair of stones representing male and female principles or genitalia. Also called on'yōseki…

Lit. stone bridge. A general term for a garden bridge made of stones, typically granite or schist. Ishibashi may be…

Also *nobedan 延段; tatami ishi 畳石.

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Lit. stone arrangement. Also called iwagumi. The arrangement of stones for symbolical, functional, or decorative…

Lit. stone paving. The place where paving stones are to be laid, or the stones themselves. Stones are carefully selected for…