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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
takekugi 竹釘

A bamboo nail. Usually the nail is 7.5 mm square and made from giant bamboo madake 真竹 (also nigatake 苦竹).…

Architecture, Tea Houses
tama-ishijiki 玉石敷 ✓

A type of paving using naturally rounded stones *tama-ishi 玉石, about 15-30 cm in diameter.…

Architecture, Tea Houses
tana 棚

Shelves.

1  A type of shelf, sometimes with a rack, of which there are many ordinary household…

Architecture, General Terms, Aristocratic Dwellings, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings
tanamono 棚物

A simplified portable shelf *daisu 台子 set on the host's mat *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
tatamidoko 畳床

A type of straw matted alcove in which either an ordinary *tatami mat is set on…

Architecture, Tea Houses
temae-datami 点前畳

Also called *dōgu-datami 道具畳, or kyo-datami 居畳. The straw mat…

Architecture, Tea Houses
tesaki 手先

1 A term used to count the number of steps of a bracket complex. For example, futatesaki 二手先, …

Architecture, Tea Houses
teshoku-ishi 手燭石

Lit. "candlestick stone." One of the *yaku-ishi 役石 of the *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
tobi-ishi 飛石 ✓

Lit. "stepping stones." As the key material for the path of the *roji …

Architecture, Tea Houses
toko-bashira 床柱 ✓

Also called nihon-bashira 二本柱, because originally both the pillars to the left and right of the alcove *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
tokomado 床窓

The window in the alcove *tokonoma 床の間 of tea ceremony rooms *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
tokonoma 床の間

Lit. "alcove room." A *tatami 畳 mat room with a small alcove. There…

Architecture, Tea Houses
tsuchibisashi 土廂 ✓

Also called sutebisashi 捨廂. A pent roof with its under structure exposed that extends above a hardpacked earthen…

Architecture, Tea Houses
tsuchitenjō 土天井

A ceiling with a clay or mud plaster coating. Used in tea ceremony house *chashitsu…

Architecture, Tea Houses
tsukedoko 付床

A wooden platform, about 95 cm x 45 cm, attached to a wall to form a type of alcove which has no ceiling or extended wall…

Architecture, Tea Houses
tsukiagemado 突上窓 ✓

Also written 突揚窓. A skylight built into the sloping ceiling *kakekomi tenjō…

Architecture, Tea Houses
tsukubai 蹲踞 ✓

Lit. "stooping basin." A low wash basin used in a tea garden. One has to stoop down to use the basin, hence the name. Before…

Architecture, Tea Houses
tsunodo 角戸

Also tsunogarado 角柄戸. Lit. "rectangular door." A type of wicket *kido…

Architecture, Tea Houses
tsuridana 釣棚

A general term for hanging shelves or shelves suspended from the ceiling by a stick or a piece of bamboo, especially used in…

Architecture, Tea Houses
tsuridoko 釣床 ✓

Also written 吊床, or called kabedoko 壁床. A type of alcove *tokonoma 床の間 which has…

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