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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
hachiro 八炉 ✓

The eight basic ways of positioning a hearth, *ro 炉, in a tea ceremony room, *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
hakamagoshi 袴腰 ✓

1 A trapezoidal form created on top of the posts that frame the host's entrance *…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Structures, Buildings
hakamazuri-ishi 袴ずり石

Lit. hakama 袴 brushing stone. A name for the front stone in a stone grouping arranged around a low basin *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
hanaire 花入

A container for displaying flowers, or a flower vase. Generally, there are three types found in tea ceremony rooms *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
hanakugi 花釘 ✓

A nail used to hang a flower vase in a tea ceremonyroom *chashitsu 茶室. Some…

Architecture, Tea Houses
hanme 半目

Also called hankirime 半切目. Wale next to the binding of a straw mat *tatami…

Architecture, Tea Houses
hanmekiri 半目切

Also called *hanme 半目; kogirime 小切目. The partially exposed wale next to…

Architecture, Tea Houses
hasami shikii kamoi 挟敷居鴨居

The threshold and head jamb used for a single sliding door at the guest's entrance *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
hashirakugi 柱釘

Also *hanakugi 花釘. A nail on which a flower vase can be hung. It is nailed…

Architecture, Tea Houses
hatsu-no-ishi 初の石

Lit. first stone. The stone nearest the crawl-in entrance *nijiriguchi…

Architecture, Tea Houses
hengaku 扁額

1 Also called *gaku 額. A tablet or board, framed or unframed, on…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Art History, Painting
hibashi 火箸

Also called koji 火筋 or hisuji. Lit. fire-chopsticks. Charcoal tongs. A pair of metal chopsticks used for…

Architecture, Tea Houses
hikidake 引竹

Transverse finishing bamboo attached to a sleeve wall *sodekabe 袖壁. It is…

Architecture, Tea Houses
hirakishōji 開障子

A translucent paper-covered frame attached to a door jam by a socket hinge hijitsubo 肘壷 or chōtsugai 蝶番,…

Architecture, Tea Houses
hirasanjō 平三畳 ✓

Also hirasanjō-no-seki 平三畳席. A three-mat tea ceremony room *chashitsu…

Architecture, Tea Houses
hiroma 広間

1 The generic term used for a large room occupying the full cross section of a building in Edo period…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings
hirukan 蛭環 ✓

Also hirukagi 蛭鈎 or hirukugi 蛭釘. Lit. leech hook. A pothook attached to the ceiling of the tea ceremony…

Architecture, Tea Houses
hishaku 柄杓

1 A utensil with a long handle and dipper used to ladle hot water from the kettle, or cold water from the…

Architecture, Tea Houses
hōdateguchi 方立口 ✓

Also hōtateguchi. An entrance to a tea ceremony room *chashitsu…

Architecture, Tea Houses
hondoko 本床 ✓

A formal alcove *tokonoma 床の間 in a large *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
hongatte 本勝手

Also called migigatte 右勝手. The so-called normal arrangement for most tea ceremony rooms *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
horadoko 洞床

Lit. cave alcove. A cave-like entrance to a tea ceremony room, partially enclosed by a side wall. The side wall is called *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
horaguchi 洞口

Also horakuchi. An opening on the side wall of an alcove *tokonoma…

Architecture, Tea Houses
Hosokawa Sansai Chasho 細川三斎茶書

A book of explanations and regulations of tea ceremony in one volume, believed to be the teaching of Ichio Iori 一尾伊織 (1602-…

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