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Title	Contains Image(s)	Description	Keywords
ebi-no-koshi 海老の腰		Also written 蝦の腰 or 蝦腰. A type of decorative molding *kurigata 繰形, used on…	Architecture, Decorations
ebikōryō 海老虹梁	✓	Also written 蝦虹梁. An usually-shaped rainbow tie beam thought to resemble the back of a lobster or shrimp or an s-shape…	Architecture, General Terms
ebisubashira 恵比須柱		1　A structural post considered sacred in an Edo period vernacular house *…	Architecture, Folk Dwellings
ebisudō 夷堂		A simple structure that was usually erected in the center of a market place to house the deity *…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
ebizuka 海老束		Also written 蝦束; also hinazuka 雛束. A small strut with chamfered corners used between two staggered…	Architecture, General Terms
eburi-ita 柄振板	✓	Also written 絵振板 or 恵振板. A board cut in a decorative shape and attached at a right angle to the projecting end of a…	Architecture, General Terms
eburidai 柄振台	✓	Also written 絵振台. Also called onigawaradai 鬼瓦台, *onidai 鬼台. …	Architecture, General Terms
edazuka 枝束		Lit. branch strut. Also called hōzue 方杖; hasuzuka 斜束 or nanamezuka 斜め束. Diagonal braces used in…	Architecture, General Terms
edazumi 枝炭	✓	Lit. branch charcoal. A type of charcoal which is both ornamental and easy to ignite, used in either a sunken hearth *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
edogawara 江戸瓦		An archaic term for tiles of low quality used in Edo (now Tokyo) during the Edo period to roof tenement houses *…	Architecture, Roofing Tiles
edoguro 江戸黒	✓	Lit. Edo black. A black plaster finish applied to the walls of fireproof mud-plastered storehouses *…	Architecture, Folk Dwellings
edoma 江戸間		A standard unit of measurement used in Edo and various towns in the Kantō 関東 region. In constructing an ordinary…	Architecture, Folk Dwellings
eitaitō 永代灯		Also jōyatō 常夜灯. A device to prevent the votive light in a lantern from going out.	Architecture, Lanterns
ekimon 掖門	✓	Also written 腋門, or read *wakimon 脇門. A small gate…	Architecture, Gates
emadō 絵馬堂	✓	Lit. picture horse hall. Also called emaden 絵馬殿; emadokoro 絵馬所 or gakuden 額殿 (frame hall),…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
emyōbuta 慧明蓋		The domed lid of a tea ceremony kettle with an indentation or depressed area around the knob. Sometimes called a fuji…	Architecture, Tea Houses
en-ita 縁板	✓	The boards used to make the floor over a veranda framework. There are two common methods: kirime-en 切目縁 and …	Architecture, General Terms
en-nageshi 縁長押		Also written 椽長押; sometimes called *kirime nageshi 切目長押. A non-…	Architecture, General Terms
En'ya 園冶		Ch: Yuanye. Lit. garden building. The only extant treatise on classical Chinese garden construction. Written by the…	Architecture, General Terms, Document
en 縁		1　Also *engawa 縁側. A veranda. Formerly, en and …	Architecture, General Terms
enbashira 縁柱		Also engawabashira 縁側柱. Posts or pillars usually set on the floor boards *…	Architecture, General Terms
enchi 園池		Also written 苑池. Lit. garden pond. The large ponds in gardens of the Nara, Heian, and Kamakura periods. Specifically, the…	Architecture, Gardens
enchūza 円柱座		Lit. circular pillar seat. A rounded molding carved into the top of a base stone *soseki…	Architecture, General Terms
endō 円堂		Lit. circular hall. Although the literal meaning of endō is round structure (see *…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
engamachi 縁框	✓	A heavy horizontal member attached to the outside of the veranda framework over the veranda struts *…	Architecture, General Terms
engatō 円瓦当		Also called *gatō 瓦当. The circular pendant tiles attached to semi-circular…	Architecture, Roofing Tiles
engawa 縁側	✓	Also wirtten 掾側. The area beside or surrounding the straw matted *tatami 畳…	Architecture, General Terms
engetsukyō 円月橋	✓	Lit. full moon bridge. A semi-circular garden bridge that, when reflected in the water below, presents the circular…	Architecture, Gardens
enkazura 縁葛		The horizontal boards positioned across the front of a veranda on top of the struts *…	Architecture, General Terms
enmimi-ita 縁耳板	✓	Lit. veranda ear board. The outermost board on the kure-en 榑縁 type of veranda which has long floor boards running…	Architecture, General Terms
ennuki 縁貫		A penetrating tie-beam that connects and strengthens the veranda struts *enzuka…	Architecture, General Terms
ensaki chōzubachi 縁先手水鉢	✓	Lit. end of the veranda water basin. A type of tall, cylindrical wash basin *…	Architecture, Gardens
enseishukugata chōzubachi 円星宿形手水鉢		Lit. round star type. A variety of *ensaki chōzubachi 縁先手水鉢, end of…	Architecture, Gardens
enshūgaki 遠州垣		Lit. Enshū gate. A type of projecting fence *sodegaki 袖垣 featuring upper…	Architecture, Gardens
enshūgata tōrō 遠州形灯籠		One type of lantern. Generally six-sided with an elongated canopy *kasa 笠 and…	Architecture, Lanterns
ensōdoko 円窓床	✓	Also written 円相床; also marumadodoko 丸窓床. A circular window placed in the center of the rear wall of an alcove *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
ensōgaki 円窓垣		Lit. circular window fence. A common type of projecting fence *sodegaki 袖垣…	Architecture, Gardens
ensōhishi sodegaki 円窓菱袖垣		Lit. circular window lattice sleeve fence. A type of narrow screen fence *sodegaki…	Architecture, Gardens
ensumigi 縁隅木		Lit. veranda corner rafter. Also called sumisasu 隅扠首. A brace placed under the outer corners of a…	Architecture, General Terms
entsunagi 縁繋		Also written 椽繋. Short horizontal bearers that join the outer veranda posts *enzuka…	Architecture, General Terms
enza 円座		1　A matting made of straw, rushes, sedge, or cattails woven in a spiral pattern that was used for bedding,…	Architecture, Accessories
enzanseki 遠山石		Lit. distant mountain stone. The stone in an arrangement placed above or behind artificial mountains *…	Architecture, Gardens
enzuka 縁束	✓	Also written entanbashira 縁短柱, also pronounced entsuka. Struts *tsuka…	Architecture, General Terms
eriwa 襟輪	✓	Also called iriwa 入輪. Lit. a collar ring. A collar tenon. It has a step-like piece called a collar, cut on each…	Architecture, Joints
eriwadome 襟輪留		Also called iriwadome 入輪留 or eridome 襟留. Lit. collar miter. An angle joint *…	Architecture, Joints
etsuri 桟		Also read san. Lit. hanging branches. 1　A sheathing made of boards and bamboo woven…	Architecture, General Terms
etsuriana 桟孔		The holes made in roofing lath to allow rope to be passed through and tied, thus making the lath secure. An example can be…	Architecture, General Terms
etsuridake 桟竹		Sometimes called *tarukidake 垂木竹: noboridake 昇竹 or sasudake…	Architecture, General Terms
eyō hijiki 絵様肘木		Bracket arms *hijiki 肘木, that are decorated with *…	Architecture, Decorations
eyō 絵様		1　A Nara and Heian periods term used to refer to any kind of design, which included a sketch for a statue…	Architecture, Decorations
eyō kurigata 絵様繰形		Also written 絵様刳形. Low relief carvings which use curved lines. The carvings are found, for example, on nosings *…	Architecture, Decorations
eyōjakuri 絵様决		A low relief architectural decoration carved into beams *hari 梁, nosings…	Architecture, Decorations
hachimae-no-ishigumi 鉢前の石組		A washstand placed near a veranda or in the corner of an open veranda, shoin zashiki 書院座敷, or in the chief priest's…	Architecture, Gardens
hachimaki 鉢巻	✓	The name for a thickly plastered area projecting from the wall below the eaves of a building. Used on storehouses, *…	Architecture, General Terms
hachimaki doi 鉢巻土居		A "headband" earthen embankment. An earthen embankment with a stone wall constructed on the upper portion. Also …	Architecture, Castles
hachiman torii 八幡鳥居	✓	A pillar of the shinmei type, *shinmei torii 神明鳥居, with no…	Architecture, Shrines
hachiman-zukuri 八幡造		A style of shrine architecture characterized by a structure which from the side-view gives the impression of two separate…	Architecture, Shrines
hachiro 八炉	✓	The eight basic ways of positioning a hearth, ro 炉, in a tea ceremony room, …	Architecture, Tea Houses
hachiyō 八葉		Lit. eight leaves. Also hachiyō kanagu 八葉金具. A metal decoration carved into the shape of eight petals with a central…	Architecture, Decorations
hachiyō fukuben rengemon 八葉複弁蓮華文		A decorative stylized lotus-flower pattern, *rengemon 蓮華文, found on eaves…	Architecture, Roofing Tiles
hada noshigawara 肌熨斗瓦		1　The second layer of tiles that is curved and set at a same angle to the first layer of tiles, …	Architecture, Roofing Tiles
hadakaniwa 裸庭		Lit. naked or bare yard. A term for the earth-floored area, *doma 土間, in…	Architecture, Folk Dwellings
haegi 延木		Also haigi. An archaic term for *nodaruki, 野垂木 (a hidden rafter). A…	Architecture, General Terms
hafu kazari kanagu 破風飾金具		Also hafu kanagu 破風金具. Decorative metal fittings, *kazari kanagu…	Architecture, Decorations
hafu kojiri 破風木尻		Also written 破風鐺, hafujiri 破風尻, or hafubana 破風鼻. The lower end of a bargeboard on a hip-and-gable…	Architecture, General Terms
hafu ogami 破風拝	✓	Also called hafugashira, 破風頭, or hafu-no-ogami, 破風の拝. The joint between two bargeboards, hafu-ita…	Architecture, General Terms
hafu 破風		Also written 搏風. Also called hafu-ita 破風板. A bargeboard. Straight or curved boards laid flat against the ridge ends…	Architecture, General Terms
hafugoshi 破風腰		The center of a bargeboard, *hafu 破風, which is determined by its length. It…	Architecture, General Terms
hagarazai 端柄材		Also written 羽柄材. Also called hagaramono, 端柄物, 羽柄物; or yamabikizai 山挽材. A general term for trimmed boards…	Architecture, General Terms
hagi 矧	✓	A suffix used to describe edge joints of various types. 1　Imohagi 芋矧, a straight…	Architecture, Joints
haichi-zu 配置図		A layout drawing on a plot plan showing topography in minute detail and the position of buildings within the boundaries of a…	Architecture, General Terms
haiden 拝殿	✓	A worship hall at a Shinto shrine, usually placed on the same axis as the offering hall, *…	Architecture, Shrines
hainobe 配延		Also hainobi 配延び or nobi 延び. A carpenters' standard term for extensions created by slopes. Example: Where the horizontal…	Architecture, General Terms
haiseki 拝石		Lit. worship stone. A type of trump stone *yaku-ishi 役石 from which one can…	Architecture, Gardens
haiseki 配石		Lit. stone arrangement. To arrange stones in consideration of their shape, color, and character.	Architecture, General Terms
haitsuke daruki 配付垂木	✓	Also sashidaruki 挿垂木 or 指垂木. To join rafters *taruki 垂木 which is…	Architecture, General Terms
hajikidake 弾竹		Also bakuchiku-bashira 爆竹柱. 1　A method. Introduced in the Edo period, of constructing the…	Architecture, General Terms
hakamagoshi 袴腰	✓	1　A trapezoidal form created on top of the posts that frame the host's entrance *…	Architecture, Tea Houses, Structures, Buildings
hakamazuri-ishi 袴ずり石		Lit. hakama 袴 brushing stone. A name for the front stone in a stone grouping arranged around a low basin *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
hakarihijiki 秤肘木	✓	A single bracket arm *hijiki 肘木, which is set into a large bearing block *…	Architecture, General Terms
hakkaku butsuden 八角仏殿		An octagonal hall in a Buddhist temple. One or more Buddhist deities are enshrined within. The record Shizaichō…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
hakkaku enden 八角円殿		An octagonal hall. Temple records owned by Hōryūji 法隆寺 and Gangōji 元興寺 mention the existence of a hakkaku enden as…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
hakkaku endō 八角円堂		Lit. eight-sided circular. An octagonal circular hall *hakkakudō 八角堂,…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
hakkakudō 八角堂	✓	Also called *hakkaku endō 八角円堂. An octagonal hall. There are six…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
hakkakuotoshi-no-kado 八角落の角	✓	Also yatsunaka-no-korobi 八中の転. The method used to determine the incline of the main posts of a *…	Architecture, General Terms
hakkakutō 八角塔	✓	An octagonal pagoda of which there is only one in Japan. Although a plan to erect an octagonal pagoda existed at Saidaiji…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
hakkyakumon 八脚門	✓	Also read yatsuashimon. Also called sangenikkomon 三間一戸門 or sangen sankomon 三間三戸門 depending upon…	Architecture, Gates
hakogata jōgi 箱型定規		Box-shaped measuring tool used when inking and marking off a pillar in order to fit the horizontal beams surrounding a…	Architecture, Tools
hakokaidan 箱階段	✓	Also referred to as hakodan 箱段 and hakohashigo 箱梯子. A combined stairway and storage chest, common in town…	Architecture, Folk Dwellings
hakokanagu 箱金具		Also hakokanamono 箱金物, *makikanagu 巻金具, makikanamono 巻金物. U-strap, strap, stirrup.…	Architecture, Decorations
hakomune 箱棟		A prominent box-like ridge framed in timber astride the apex of a roof. In section it resembles a miniature building with a…	Architecture, General Terms
hakozaki torii 筥崎鳥居		Also called Hakozaki Hachimangū 筥崎八幡宮, Hakozaki no Miya 筥崎宮 or Hizen torii 肥前鳥居. A stone pillar type of gate characterized…	Architecture, Shrines
Hamagurimon 蛤門	✓	Lit. clam gate. One of the four gates on the westside of the outer enclosure of Kyoto Gosho 京都御所. Altogether there were nine…	Architecture, Gates
hamayuka 浜床		Also called *chōdai 帳台 in the Heian period. 1　A low…	Architecture, General Terms
hame-ishi 羽目石		Also written 嵌石. A stone panel. A component of the formal style podium *danjōzumi…	Architecture, General Terms
hame-ita 羽目板		Also written 嵌板. A wooden panel or board used as wall covering. It may be horizontally or vertically set. The boards may…	Architecture, General Terms
hamontai 波文帯		Also called a zigzag motif inazumamon 稲妻文 or a saw tooth pattern …	Architecture, Roofing Tiles
han-nageshi 半長押	✓	Lit. half non-penetrating horizontal beam. A non-penetrating beam which is 3/5 the diameter of a building 's main pillar…	Architecture, General Terms
han-noshigawara 半熨斗瓦		Rectangular ridge tiles with half the width of an ordinary ridge tile *noshigawara…	Architecture, Roofing Tiles
hana-akarimado 花明窓		Also kameimado, *oribemado 織部窓, *…	Architecture, General Terms