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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
chasengaki 茶筅垣 ✓

Lit. tea whisk fence. A type of side fence *sodegaki 袖垣 in which…

Architecture, Gardens
chichibu ao-ishi 秩父青石

Lit. Chichibu blue stone. A type of *ao-ishi 青石, blue stone, from…

Architecture, Gardens
chirin 地輪

1 The base of a lantern. Also dairin 台輪.

2 The base of a five-storied…

Architecture, Gardens
chisen kaiyūshiki teien 池泉回遊式庭園

Lit. pond stroll style garden. A type of pond garden in which one walks around the pond. The most common kind of large…

Architecture, Gardens
chisen kanshōshiki teien 池泉観賞式庭園 ✓

Lit. pond appreciation style. A type of small garden in which the pond is viewed from a veranda or from inside a room,…

Architecture, Gardens
chisen shūyūshiki teien 池泉舟遊式庭園

Lit. boating pond style. A type of pond-stroll garden *chisen kaiyūshiki…

Architecture, Gardens
chōshizenshugi 超自然主義

Lit. hyper-naturalism. The idea of basing a garden, or a single element in it, on nature, but exaggerating the natural…

Architecture, Gardens
chōzubachi 手水鉢

Lit. hand water bowl. A water basin used to rinse the hands or as a decorative element in gardens. Usually made of stone,…

Architecture, Gardens
chūdai 中台

The middle base of a lantern *tōrō 灯籠 upon which rests the flame holder and…

Architecture, Gardens
chūshinseki 中心石

Lit. center stone(s). A single stone or stone arrangement *ishigumi 石組,…

Architecture, Gardens
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
daimyō teien 大名庭園

Lit. daimyō garden. The Edo period strolling-style *kaiyūshiki teien…

Architecture, Gardens
daizaseki 台座石

Also *daiza 台座. The pedestal or base beneath a sculpture, pagoda, or lantern.…

Architecture, Gardens
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
dobashi 土橋

1 Lit. earthen bridge. An earthen bridge, which is made by leaving an unexcavated section of moat in front…

Architecture, Castles, Gardens
dōbuchi 胴縁

1a.) Furring strips made of thin wood or bamboo that are nailed horizontally to posts to form the base for…

Architecture, Gardens
dōkyōshiki teien 道教式庭園

Lit. Daoist-style gardens. A general term designating gardens which incorporated Chinese Daoist ideas or motifs. The Daoist…

Architecture, Gardens

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University