| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| chanoma 茶の間 | Lit. tearoom. A Edo period communal living room usually containing a hearth *irori… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| chigi 千木 | Also written 鎮木, 知木, 知疑. Also higi 氷木. 1 Forked finials, which are found on most Shinto… |
Architecture, Shrines, Folk Dwellings | |
| chōdai 帳台 | 1 A curtained sleeping platform used by those of highest rank in shinden style *… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| chōdaigamae 帳台構え | 1 A built-in ornamental doorway found in the raised area *jōdan… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| chōna-zukuri 釿造り | A method of construction that employed long substantial beams called *chōnabari… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| chōnabari 釿梁 | ✓ | Transverse roof beams that span the distance from the center posts of a vernacular house with a thatched roof to the *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| chūmon-zukuri 中門造り | A type of vernacular house *minka 民家, characterized by one or more wings or… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| chūnikai 中二階 | ✓ | A term for a loft or attic occupying the roof space of a vernacular house *minka… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| ichi no ma 一の間 | Lit. room one. The innermost and most prestigious room, six to twelve straw mats *tatami… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| ido 井戸 | 1 A well supplying drinking water. It may be deep or narrow, depending on the depth of the water table. The… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tea Houses | |
| idoko 居所 | Shortened form of idokoro 居所. A name for rooms or spaces in the following contexts: |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| ikken'ya 一軒屋 | An independently framed urban-vernacular house *machiya 町家 of a more… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| ima 居間 | Lit. living room. A room commonly utilized as the principal space for daily living. 1 The daily… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| inakama 田舎間 | Also edoma 江戸間. A length of 1.8 m or less, defining the standard length of a single bay: the distance from the… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| inufusegi 犬防木 | Also pronounced inubōgi. 1 In temples and shrines, a lattice *… |
Architecture, General Terms, Folk Dwellings | |
| irori 囲炉裏 | ✓ | Also written 居炉裏. Also called ro 炉. An open hearth set in the floor of various rooms in Japanese buildings.… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| ishioki itabuki 石置板葺 | ✓ | Wood shingles *itabuki 板葺, held in position with stones. Generally used for… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| itabuki 板葺 | ✓ | Wood shingles. Widely used in Japan for buildings of many kinds, ranging from palaces, elite residences, shrines, and… |
Architecture, General Terms, Folk Dwellings |
| itaniwa 板庭 | 1 A low timber platform constructed within the earth-floored area *doma… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
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