Also written つくり絵. A painting process associated with the *yamato-e …

Lit. "constructed spring." The artificial watercourse built to conduct spring water into a garden. The term, found in the…

The point where two downward sloping roofs meet to form a valley, under which gutters must be set to carry off rain water.…

An incised or molded decoration *kurigata 繰形 applied to an…

Trim, molding, casings, cornices, etc. Trim at the edge of cupboards, doors, windows or on the sides of drawers. Also…

Also shortened to tsumakudari 妻降; also called hafu kudarimune 破風降棟 or shortened to hafukudari…

1　The gable pediment or the gable side of a building with a gable roof *…

A transverse beam that is visible in a gable pediment *tsuma 妻. It is one example of a gable…

Also called kowakido 小脇戸. Because they were hinged, they are also called hirakido 開戸. A side entrance. A…

The entrance of a shrine or temple building in one of the gable ends *tsuma 妻, constructed in…

The embellishment of gable pediments *tsuma 妻 by exposed structural members that were part of…

The dormitory for ordinary attendant monks at Hōryūji 法隆寺 in Nara. The present Tsumamuro was constructed in the Heian period…

Also read tsumejiro 詰城, or written 爪城 or tsume-no-shiro 攻の城.

1　The castle…

Intermediate bracket complexes. An arrangement of bracket complexes *tokyō…

1　A short curved rainbow beam *kōryō 虹梁 that connects a bracket…

Same as tsunagijiro or tsunagishiro 繋城.

1　A type of branch castle *…

Lit. "connecting beam."

1　Also *geyabari 下屋梁. A short…

A penetrating tie beam used to stabilize the lower part of exposed posts *subashira…

Also read tsukkomihozo. Also *sashikomihozo 差込ほぞ. Tsungomi…

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

A perfectly smooth, absolutely flat, unblemished surface. The term is applied to timber or stone structural members.

The exterior face of a stone rampart or a stone fence. In cases where both the front and back surfaces of a stone or wall…

Shortened form of tsure mitsudogumi 連三斗組. A variation of mitsudogumi 三斗組 (*…

Dangling chin, a gimmick used on some bugaku masks *bugakumen…

The gap between an opened door or gate stile and the pillar to which it is attached.

A decoy wall, or pseudo-wall. A wall that was built so as to hang over an earthen embankment or stone wall of a castle. When…

A small upper floor or mezzanine loft space *chūnikai 中二階, usually only about…

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

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

Also *kaitomoshi 掻灯. A lantern hung from the corner of the eaves of a…

Also written 吊木; called tenjō tsurigi 天井釣木. Long narrow strips of wood, like straps, that provide support for a…

Also written 吊壁. A narrow wall suspended from a ceiling to form the front and side of a boundary for an alcove set in the…

Also written 吊金物. Metal fittings that are used to suspend various types of structural members, which include: hanging struts…

A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing the God of Thunder. Great…

Also called tsurimoto 吊元, jikumoto kamachi 軸元框. The stile, tatekamachi 縦框, of a door or gate…

Also jikumoto karado 軸元唐戸; moroori ryōbiraki 両折両開. Two doors *…

Lit. "crane island." A garden island made with several stones and, usually, a pine to suggest the flight of a crane. As a…

Also read zushi nikai. A loft in the roof space of a single-story vernacular house *…

Lit. "narrow road of ivy." Pictorial subject matter taken from Episode 9, *Azuma…

A barrel shape or cylindrical shape. Example: *marugawara 丸瓦…

Enclosed inner mould. The *nakago 中型 was a term used in metal…

Also called *fusumagawara 伏間瓦. Lit. "dike tile." A slightly…

A shiny black colorant made by mixing thick carbon ink *sumi 墨 with rice paste…

Also written 続画. A set of *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 prints with a continuous composition in…

Tower connected with a gate or another tower. Examples connected to gates include Hikone-jō Taikomon 彦根城太鼓門 in Shiga…