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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Lit. "big fence." Large, continuous fences in distinction to short screen fences *…

Lit. "a visitor's garden." A garden at an aristocratic dwelling, located at the entrance for royalty, shogun, and noblemen.…

Lit. "spiral well with shade tree." A tree planted near a spiral well *oriido…

Lit. "descending well." A deep well. It is also called spiral well rasei 螺井 or snail well maimai ido…

Lit. "pushing frame." The horizontal bars to which the vertical slats *tateko…

Also called yarai 矢来, yaraigaki 矢来垣, chōsengaki 朝鮮垣, and chōsen yarai 朝鮮矢来…