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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
machi-ishi 待石

Lit. "waiting stone." One of the seven trump stones *nanatsu-ishi 七つ石 in…

Architecture, Tea Houses
machiai 待合 ✓

Also machiaishitsu 待合室.

1 A waiting and resting shelter. Typically a rustic structure…

Architecture, Tea Houses
mae-ishi 前石

1 Also called kazari-ishi 飾石, tōage-ishi 灯あげ石, tōtomoshi-ishi 灯ともし石. A flat…

Architecture, Tea Houses
magaribashira 曲柱

Also pronounced magamibashira. Also called *yugamibashira 歪柱.…

Architecture, Tea Houses
marume 丸目 ✓

To expose the whole wale or rib next to the binding on a straw mat *tatami 畳.…

Architecture, Tea Houses
masudoko 桝床

An alcove room *tokonoma 床の間, usually 91 to 95 cm square, equal…

Architecture, Tea Houses
minatogami 湊紙

Also read minatoshi. Paper pasted from the edge of *tatami 畳 to at…

Architecture, Tea Houses
mizuage-ishi 水揚石

One of the trump stones for used in a wash-basin group *hachimae-no-ishigumi…

Architecture, Tea Houses
mizukumi-ishi 水汲石

One of the group of trump stones *yaku-ishi 役石 placed around…

Architecture, Tea Houses
mizusashi 水指 ✓

Also mizutsubo 水壷. Lit. "a water jar." A container of fresh water used either to fill the tea bowl *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
mizusashidana 水指棚

A small shelf unit with side boards that have an openwork *sukashibori…

Architecture, Tea Houses
mizuya dōko 水屋洞庫 ✓

A type of small built-in cabinet of the *mizuyadana 水屋棚 style placed in the wall of a tea…

Architecture, Tea Houses
mizuya 水屋 ✓

1 Also written 水遣, 水谷, 水舎. Also called *daidokoro 台所, *…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings
mizuyadana 水屋棚

Shelves constructed in the *mizuya 水屋, the room which serves as a kitchen for a…

Architecture, Tea Houses
monomi-ishi 物見石

Lit. "scenery-viewing stone." An alternate name for the *gakumi-ishi 額見石,…

Architecture, Tea Houses
morokazari 諸飾り

Alcove ornaments found in tea ceremony rooms of various types. The term morokazari is derived from the time when…

Architecture, Tea Houses
mukō-ita 向板 ✓

A board, usually of pine but sometimes Japanese cedar, placed between a normal sized host's mat *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
mukōgiri 向切 ✓

Also mukōgiriro 向切炉. Mukōgiri refers to *hongatte 本勝手 and…

Architecture, Tea Houses
murodoko 室床

Also called *horadoko 洞床 or tsuchidoko 土床. An alcove…

Architecture, Tea Houses
musōkugi 無双釘 ✓

Also musō orekugi 無双折釘. A type of nail used to hang a scroll in an alcove *…

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