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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
daime datami 台目畳

Also written 代目畳, 大目畳. A straw mat about three-quarters the length of a standard size mat, about 135-137 cm long. In Kyoto…

Architecture, Tea Houses
daimebashira 台目柱

Also called *nakabashira 中柱 or *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
daimedoko 台目床

An alcove *tokonoma 床の間, with a wooden base, found in a small tea ceremony…

Architecture, Tea Houses
daimegiri 台目切

A placement of the firebox or hearth inside the guest's mat which results in a smaller than normal size tatami mat…

Architecture, Tea Houses
dairo 大炉

Also called ōro. A tea-room firebox or hearth made larger than the normal 42 cm square. Measurements varied, but…

Architecture, Tea Houses
daisu 台子

A fairly large, portable, double-shelved display for tea ceremony utensils. Traditionally, it was used at the most formal…

Architecture, Tea Houses
dero 出炉

A fixed-hearth, *ro 炉 or *rodan 炉壇,…

Architecture, Tea Houses
dōangakoi 道安囲

Lit. dōan enclosure. Also called dōan zashiki 道安座敷 (dōan room). An enclosure used in a tea…

Architecture, Tea Houses
dōangakoi-no-seki 道安囲席

A tea ceremony room with an enclosure, *dōangakoi 道安囲 named after Sen Dōan 千道安 (1546-1606…

Architecture, Tea Houses
dōgu-datami 道具畳

Lit. implement mat. The straw mat, *tatami 畳, on which the host sits when he…

Architecture, Tea Houses
dōko 洞庫

Also written 洞戸, 道幸, 道古, 堂庫、or 道籠. A storage space for utensils used for the tea ceremony. The earliest type was probably a…

Architecture, Tea Houses
gakumi-ishi 額見石

Lit. plaque-viewing stone. One of the trump stones *yakui-ishi 役石 in the…

Architecture, Tea Houses
gamamushiro tenjō 蒲蓆天井 ✓

Also called gamatenjō 蒲天井. A wood-board ceiling to which reed-mace, braided straw or rush mats are attached.…

Architecture, Tea Houses
gangidana 雁木棚

Also aikidana 合木棚 or kangidana 函木棚. An alcove in a *shoin…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tea Houses
ganro-no-seki 丸炉席

Also called chadō 茶堂. A tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室 which…

Architecture, Tea Houses
ganro 丸炉

Also called *ganro-no-seki 丸炉席. A cylindrical iron stove used in a tea…

Architecture, Tea Houses
ganwaridoko 龕破床

Also called ganaidoko, gangōdoko 龕合床. An alcove with the floor board the same height as the matted room, a…

Architecture, Tea Houses
garan-ishi 伽藍石

Also garanseki 伽藍石. Lit. temple stone. A base stone from a ruined temple used as a stepping stone *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
gensōdoko 原叟床

A style of alcove *tokonoma 床の間, attributed to Kakukasai Sōsa 覚々斎宗左…

Architecture, Tea Houses
gezadoko-no-seki 下座床の席

A tearoom with a decorative alcove *tokonoma 床の間 placed behind the host's mat…

Architecture, Tea Houses
gezadoko 下座床

Lit. lower seat alcove. An alcove *tokonoma 床の間, positioned behind the host's…

Architecture, Tea Houses
gyakugatte 逆勝手

The reverse arrangement of the fire-box or hearth in a tea ceremony room, or when the guest's mat *…

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