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daikaiyūshiki teien 大回遊式庭園

Lit. large strolling-style garden. A type of large-scale garden which is enjoyed on foot. Most large strolling gardens…

Architecture, Gardens
daimyō teien 大名庭園

Lit. daimyō garden. The Edo period strolling-style *kaiyūshiki teien…

Architecture, Gardens
daizaseki 台座石

Also *daiza 台座. The pedestal or base beneath a sculpture, pagoda, or lantern.…

Architecture, Gardens
dankarikomi 段刈込

Lit. layered pruning. A basic type of pruning *karikomi 刈込. When used for a…

Architecture, Gardens
dankei 断景

Lit. cutting scenery. The technique of blocking off scenery outside the garden. Most often a large clipped hedge, …

Architecture, Gardens
dobashi 土橋

1 Lit. earthen bridge. An earthen bridge, which is made by leaving an unexcavated section of moat in front…

Architecture, Castles, Gardens
dōbuchi 胴縁

1a.) Furring strips made of thin wood or bamboo that are nailed horizontally to posts to form the base for…

Architecture, Gardens
dōkyōshiki teien 道教式庭園

Lit. Daoist-style gardens. A general term designating gardens which incorporated Chinese Daoist ideas or motifs. The Daoist…

Architecture, Gardens
gan'uchi 雁打

Lit. flying geese. The poetic name given to a type of zig-zag arrangement of stepping stones *…

Architecture, Gardens
gejōseki 下乗席

Lit. dismounting stone. A type of keystone *yakui-shi 役石, stepped on when…

Architecture, Gardens
genjibei 源氏塀 ✓

Genji 源氏 fence is a board fence with posts set at intervals and a base runner set between the foundation stones of the posts…

Architecture, Gardens
genkaibashi 厳海橋

Lit. Genkai bridge. A type of bridge used to span deep garden streams or ravines. It is constructed with a triangular timber…

Architecture, Gardens
gentanryū teien 玄丹流庭園

Lit. Gentan lineage garden. A style of late Edo period garden in the Izumo 出雲 district, Shimane Prefecture, associated with…

Architecture, Gardens
ginkakujigata chōzubachi 銀閣寺形手水鉢 ✓

Lit. Ginkakuji type. One kind of water basin *chōzubachi 手水鉢, based on the…

Architecture, Gardens
gogyōseki 五行石

Lit. five elements of stones. A name for the five types of functional and decorative stones *…

Architecture, Gardens
gogyōsetsu 五行説

Lit. theory of five elements. A basic principle of Chinese geomancy and cosmology adapted in Japanese garden design. The…

Architecture, Gardens
goren'uchi 五連打

Lit. row of five stones. One arrangement of stepping stones *tobi-ishi 飛石. It…

Architecture, Gardens
gorota-ishi 呉呂太石

Lit. rolling stones. Small round stones about 10 cm in diameter used for the drainage areas around the stooping basin *…

Architecture, Gardens

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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