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daiban 台盤

A long, low, rectangular table on which food was served in the emperor's residential compound, Dairi 内裏, of the imperial…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings
daibandokoro 台盤所

A room that contains a *daiban 台盤, a long, low, rectangular table on which food…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings
daidokoro 台所

1 Believed to be an abbreviated form of *daibandokoro…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings
dei 出居

An abbreviated form of idei-no-za 出居座, lit. lodging without, lodging away from the main structure of a residence.…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings
takudana 卓棚

A set of decorative shelves used in an alcove. A single, high shelf with enclosed sliding doors is constructed slightly…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings
tana 棚

Shelves.

1  A type of shelf, sometimes with a rack, of which there are many ordinary household…

Architecture, General Terms, Aristocratic Dwellings, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings
tsukebashira 付柱

Also kobashira 小柱 or shoinbashira 書院柱. A post placed at the exterior corner of the alcove that…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings

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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