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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
yaku-ishi 役石 ✓

Also kaname-ishi 要石. Rocks and stones which in a tea garden *roji 露地…

Architecture, Tea Houses
yamatobuki 大和葺 ✓

1 A type of board roofing made by first spacing boards of equal width at predetermined intervals and then…

Architecture, General Terms, Tea Houses
yamatokaki 大和掻

A type of bamboo lattice entwined with wisteria vine set in a window opening *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
yanagikugi 柳釘

Also yanagikakekugi 柳掛け釘. A nail hammered into a partially plastered post yanagibashira 柳柱 (see *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
yōjibashira 楊子柱

Also called nuritatebashira 塗立柱, nuridashibashira 塗出柱 or yanagibashira 柳柱. A corner pillar in a…

Architecture, Tea Houses
yojōhan 四畳半 ✓

A four and a half 4 1/2 mat tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室, the most common…

Architecture, Tea Houses
yojōhangiri 四畳半切

Lit. "four mats and a half cut." A firebox or hearth used in a 4 1/2 mat or larger tea ceremony room *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
yokogi 横木

Also hikigi 引木 Lit. "horizontal timber." Although the term yokogi can refer to any horizontal timber, it…

Architecture, Tea Houses
yoritsuki 寄付

Also written 寄附.

1 Room immediately inside an entrance to the raised floor zone; *…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tea Houses
yose-ishijiki 寄石敷

Stone paving in which various sizes of cut and natural stones are arranged in unique patterns. Different sizes of regular…

Architecture, Tea Houses
yugamibashira 歪柱

Also called *magaribashira 曲柱. Lit. "crooked or bent post." Posts that…

Architecture, Tea Houses
yuoke-ishi 湯桶石

Also called yutōseki, katakuchi-ishi 片口石, yuage-ishi 湯揚げ石, and oke-ishi 桶石. Lit. "warm…

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