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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
ichimonji 一文字

1 Two strips of fabric directly above and below a painting measuring the exact width of the painting,…

Art History, Painting, Architecture, Gardens
ike niwa 池庭

Lit. pond garden. A very general term for any garden with a pond. It includes other terms such as the archaic garden pond *…

Architecture, Gardens
ike no kokoro 池の心

Lit. heart of the pond. The most important part of a pond, which, may be the center, bottom, or surface. The term is…

Architecture, Gardens
ikegaki 生垣 ✓

Lit. living fence. A type of hedge made of trees, bamboo, or other living plants planted in a row and trimmed so as to form…

Architecture, Gardens
in'yōseki 陰陽石 ✓

Lit. yin and yang stone. A pair of stones representing male and female principles or genitalia. Also called on'yōseki…

Architecture, Gardens
ishibashi 石橋

Lit. stone bridge. A general term for a garden bridge made of stones, typically granite or schist. Ishibashi may be…

Architecture, Gardens
ishidan 石段 ✓

Also *nobedan 延段; tatami ishi 畳石.

1 …

Architecture, Gardens
ishigumi 石組

Lit. stone arrangement. Also called iwagumi. The arrangement of stones for symbolical, functional, or decorative…

Architecture, Gardens
ishijiki 石敷 ✓

Lit. stone paving. The place where paving stones are to be laid, or the stones themselves. Stones are carefully selected for…

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