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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
sadōguchi 茶道口 ✓

Also written 茶堂口, 茶頭口; also chatateguchi 茶立口, or *katteguchi 勝手口.…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sagekiri 下げ切

A little used placement of the firebox *ro 炉, in a tea ceremony room *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
Saimyōji shiorido 西明寺枝折戸

Lit. "Saimyōji 西明寺-style latticed bamboo door." One type of raised lattice door *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sanjūdana 三重棚 ✓

1 Triple shelves. Shelves which now are rarely seen in a tea ceremony room except at Nishihonganji…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sarudo 猿戸 ✓

Lit. "monkey door." A type of bolted gate, called a wicket or a *kido 木戸, used at…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sashi-ishi 差石

Small, oblong (6-10 cm) or rectangular stones placed in the space below the bamboo wall base kabedomari 壁留り of the…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sekimori-ishi 関守石 ✓

Lit. "barrier-keeper stone." A stone placed atop a stepping stone *tobi-ishi…

Architecture, Tea Houses
Sekishū-ryū 石州流

1 An Edo period school of tea ceremony founded by Katagiri Sekishū 片桐石州 (1605-73). Branch schools…

Architecture, Tea Houses
Sekishū sanbyakukajō 石州三百ヶ条

A tea ceremony encyclopedia based on the methods of Katagiri Sekishu 片桐石州 (1605-73), who is believed to have authored 300…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
shakutate 杓立

Also hishakutate 柄杓立. A ladle stand or holder for the ladle or dipper, and charcoal tongs. Shakutate is…

Architecture, Tea Houses
shiki-ishi 敷石 ✓

A stone-cutting technique for paving stones. According to certain tea ceremony sources various sized stones were used for…

Architecture, Tea Houses
shikishimado 色紙窓 ✓

Lit. "poetry paper windows." *Shikishi 色紙 refers to the square paper on which short poems…

Architecture, Tea Houses
shiorido 枝折戸 ✓

Also written 紫折戸. Lit. "broken branch door." A type of wicket *kido 木戸 used at…

Architecture, Tea Houses
shitabara setchin 下腹雪隠

Also pronounced the kafuku setchin. A functional toilet placed in the outer tea garden *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
shitajimado 下地窓 ✓

Also written 助枝窓. Also called nurisashimado 塗さし窓, nurinokoshimado 塗残し窓, kakisashimado 掻さし窓. A…

Architecture, Tea Houses
shōbanseki 相伴席

A special mat for one or more guests, shōban 相伴, who are companions to the guest of honor, shōkyaku…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sōan 草庵

A small, rustic style tea ceremony structure up to 4 1/2 mats *yojōhan 四畳半,…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sokujō 触杖

Also called sunakake 砂かけ, sunasukui 砂掬い, and ezue え杖. Also written 束杖. A thin wooden board…

Architecture, Tea Houses
Sōtan nikki 宗湛日記

The diaries of Kamiya Sōtan 神谷宗湛 (1551-1635), a wealthy merchant and tea ceremony master in Fukuoka Prefecture. Written…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
Sōtankitsune 宗旦狐

A tea ceremony legend that probably dates from the first half of the 17th century. An old fox, the story goes, lived in the…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sōteigakoi 宗貞囲 ✓

Also called sōtei zashiki 宗貞座敷. A 3-mat tea ceremony room *chashitsu…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sotogaki 外垣

Lit. "outer fence." A generic name for any fence that encloses a tea ceremony house and garden *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sotoroji 外露地

Outer tea garden. The section of the double teagarden nijū roji 二重露地 closest to the entrance gate, sotorojimon…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sukiya 数奇屋

A tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室 distinguished from a genuine tea ceremony…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sumichigai 隅違い

1 A term referring to the arrangement of the utensils employed during a tea ceremony. Specifically, …

Architecture, Tea Houses
sumiro 隅炉

One of several arrangements for positioning the fire-box *ro 炉 or fixed hearth in a…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sunasetchin 砂雪隠

Lit. "sand toilet." Originally a functioning toilet for use during tea gatherings, it later became a purely ornamental…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sute-ishi 捨石

Lit. "discarded stone." One of the seven trump stones *nanatsu-ishi…

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