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Chadō hayagaten 茶道早合点

A tea ceremony manual compiled by Chin'a 珍阿 and published in two volumes in 1771.

Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
Chadō kyūbunroku 茶道旧聞録

A single volume of regulations for the tea ceremony by Fujimura Yōken 藤村庸軒 (1613-99), edited by his son Seiin 正員 (1650-1733…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
Chadō sentei 茶道筌蹄

Tea ceremony book, written by Inagaki Kyūsō 稲垣休叟 (1770-1819) in 1816, and published in 1847, printed with woodblocks.…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
chadōshiki chashitsu 茶堂式茶室

Also called dōshiki chashitsu 堂式茶室. A tea ceremony house which was designed freely according to a tea master's…

Architecture, Tea Houses
chagake 茶掛

A hanging scroll *kakemono 掛物 for the alcove of a tearoom, mounted…

Architecture, Tea Houses
chaire 茶入 ✓

A tea caddy, usually ceramic, used to hold strong tea at a tea ceremony. 

Its dimensions vary, ranging from 3-15…

Architecture, Tea Houses
chaki 茶器

1 General term for tea ceremony utensils. See *chanoyu-no-dōgu…

Architecture, Tea Houses
chakin 茶巾

A small napkin used at a tea ceremony for wiping the tea bowl. 

Generally it is made from a linen cloth 30 cm…

Architecture, Tea Houses
chaniwa 茶庭

It is also called *roji 露地. Tea garden. The small garden through which one…

Architecture, Tea Houses
chanoyu 茶湯

Lit. the hot water for tea. Also known as sadō 茶道 or chadō. The ritual art of preparing and drinking…

Art History, Tea Houses, General Terms, Architecture
chanoyu no dōgu 茶湯の道具

Implements necessary for the tea ceremony. Generally classified according to: 1 implements to be displayed…

Architecture, Tea Houses
chanoyugama 茶湯釜

A cauldron, iron pot, or kettle. Also called *kama 釜 or chagama 茶釜.

…
Architecture, Tea Houses
chasen 茶筅 ✓

A tea whisk used to whip powdered green tea, matcha 抹茶, and hot water in a tea bowl until it froths. The whisk…

Architecture, Tea Houses
chashaku 茶杓 ✓

Lit. tea scoop. A spoon-like utensil used to transfer powdered tea from a tea container *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
Chashiki kogetsu shō 茶式湖月抄

Three books in six volumes concerning the rituals and utensils used at tea ceremonies. These volumes were published in 1851…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
chashitsu 茶室

Room where the tea ceremony is performed or sometimes a whole building where such a room is the center. Styles can broadly…

Architecture, Tea Houses
Chasō kanwa 茶窓閑話

A four volume explanation of the method and history of tea ceremony by Chikamatsu Shigenori 近松成矩 (1695-1778), a vassal of…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
chatsubo 茶壷

Tea jar. Earthenware jars to store tea leaves, usually 30-40 cm in height and 30-35 cm in diameter. From the Kamakura until…

Architecture, Tea Houses
chawan 茶碗 ✓

Also written 茶盗.

1 A generic term for ceramic wares called tōjiki 陶磁器 from the 9th to 16th…

Architecture, Tea Houses
chidori-ashi-uchi 千鳥足打ち

A staggered style of round-stone paving *tama-ishijiki 玉石敷…

Architecture, Tea Houses
chidorigake 千鳥掛

The method of off-setting alternate stepping stones *tobi-ishi 飛石 to create a…

Architecture, Tea Houses
chikaradake 力竹 ✓

Also aibashira 間柱. A white bamboo post with an odd number of joints, which is positioned beneath the eave overhang…

Architecture, Tea Houses
chiriana 塵穴 ✓

Dust or trash holes dug under the eaves of the tea hut *chashitsu 茶室, the…

Architecture, Tea Houses
chiriotoshi fusuma 塵落襖

Also called *kirihikite 切引手. The catch on a sliding door used in…

Architecture, Tea Houses
choku'uchi 直打

The method of arranging stepping stones *tobi-ishi 飛石 in a straight line. If…

Architecture, Tea Houses
chōzu-ishi 手水石

Lit. hand-washing stone. One of the seven trump stones *nanatsu-ishi 七つ石…

Architecture, Tea Houses
gakumi-ishi 額見石

Lit. plaque-viewing stone. One of the trump stones *yakui-ishi 役石 in the…

Architecture, Tea Houses
gamamushiro tenjō 蒲蓆天井 ✓

Also called gamatenjō 蒲天井. A wood-board ceiling to which reed-mace, braided straw or rush mats are attached.…

Architecture, Tea Houses
gangidana 雁木棚

Also aikidana 合木棚 or kangidana 函木棚. An alcove in a *shoin…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tea Houses
ganro-no-seki 丸炉席

Also called chadō 茶堂. A tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室 which…

Architecture, Tea Houses
ganro 丸炉

Also called *ganro-no-seki 丸炉席. A cylindrical iron stove used in a tea…

Architecture, Tea Houses
ganwaridoko 龕破床

Also called ganaidoko, gangōdoko 龕合床. An alcove with the floor board the same height as the matted room, a…

Architecture, Tea Houses
garan-ishi 伽藍石

Also garanseki 伽藍石. Lit. temple stone. A base stone from a ruined temple used as a stepping stone *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
gensōdoko 原叟床

A style of alcove *tokonoma 床の間, attributed to Kakukasai Sōsa 覚々斎宗左…

Architecture, Tea Houses
gezadoko-no-seki 下座床の席

A tearoom with a decorative alcove *tokonoma 床の間 placed behind the host's mat…

Architecture, Tea Houses
gezadoko 下座床

Lit. lower seat alcove. An alcove *tokonoma 床の間, positioned behind the host's…

Architecture, Tea Houses
gyakugatte 逆勝手

The reverse arrangement of the fire-box or hearth in a tea ceremony room, or when the guest's mat *…

Architecture, Tea Houses

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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