| 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 | |
| ibara 茨 | Also called iga いが. Lit. cusp. 1 The point where two curved lines or forms meet. The… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ibaraki 茨城 | Lit. thorn tree fortress. A simple and usually temporary fortress surrounded by thorn trees or briar bushes to defend it… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| ichi no ji kuzushi 一の字崩 | ✓ | A decorative pattern used for muntins on sliding doors *shōji 障子, and transoms*… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| ichi no ji tsunagi 一の字繋 | A decorative pattern used for muntins on sliding doors *shōji 障子 and transoms*… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| ichi no ma 一の間 | Lit. room one. The innermost and most prestigious room, six to twelve straw mats *tatami… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| ichi no mon 一の門 | The first or main gate of a castle. At Matsuyamajō 松山城 in Ehime Prefecture, the gate plan was square *… |
Architecture, Gates, Castles | |
| ichi no oni 一の鬼 | ✓ | The ogre-face tile *onigawara 鬼瓦, placed at the ends of offspring ridges *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| ichiboku kaidan 一木階段 | A ladder hewed from a single log during the Yayoi period. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ichijōhan no seki 一畳半の席 | ✓ | Also written 一帖半の席. A very small tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室, no more… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| ichijūdana 一重棚 | ✓ | Also ichijū tsuridana 一重釣棚. A single shelf suspended by a slender bamboo pole. It is made of paulownia when it… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| ichimai biraki 一枚開 | A single window or door opening. Also, a single door or window. They may swing on hinges one way, both ways, or slide. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ichimonji dana 一文字棚 | A term used in all parts of Japan in the Edo period, for a straight shelf *tana… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ichimonji gawara 一文字瓦 | 1 Also called ichimonji nokigawara 一文字軒瓦; ichimonji karakusagawara 一文字唐草瓦. A type of… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| 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 | |
| ichirin ike 一輪生 | ✓ | A small flower vase which is just large enough for one flower stalk. Most vases of this type were made of ceramic but… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| ido 井戸 | 1 A well supplying drinking water. It may be deep or narrow, depending on the depth of the water table. The… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tea Houses | |
| idoko 居所 | Shortened form of idokoro 居所. A name for rooms or spaces in the following contexts: |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| iejiro 家城 | Lit. house castle. |
Architecture, Castles | |
| igeta 井桁 | 1 A generic term for any group of structural members set in a grid pattern. 2 The… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ijō kōbai 居定勾配 | Also abbreviated to ijō 居定. The degree of pitch on the underside of a rafter support *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ikazuchimon いかずち文 | Lit. lightning pattern. A pattern of thick and thin zig-zag lines. A variation of raimon 雷文 (see *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| 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 |
| ikekomigata tōrō いけこみ形灯籠 | Also written 生込み形灯籠. A lantern which lacks a base; the stem is inserted directly into the ground. Most lanterns of this type… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| ikken ikka 一間一花 | ✓ | A type of decorative pattern painted on coffered ceilings *gōtenjō 格天井 or… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| ikken'ya 一軒屋 | An independently framed urban-vernacular house *machiya 町家 of a more… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| ikkensha zukuri 一間社造 | A style of main shrine building that has a small one-bay sanctuary *honden… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| ikuwamon 的門 | A gate at Heijō palace, Heijōkyū 平城宮 (8th century), in Nara that no longer exists but is mentioned in Shoku Nihongi… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| ima 居間 | Lit. living room. A room commonly utilized as the principal space for daily living. 1 The daily… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| imae 居前 | The correct seating position for the host when performing tea ceremony. For example, in the Urasenke 裏千家 school, a portable… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| imibiyaden 忌火屋殿 | Lit. pure fire hall. A hall for the preparation of food to be offered to the gods at Ise Jingu 伊勢神宮. The character 忌 imi… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| imotsugi 芋継 | Same meaning as imomeji 芋目地. 1 A straight-line, end-to-end blind stub tenon *… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| in no koguchi 陰の虎口 | Defensive castle entrance, or yin entrance. A generic term for various types castle entrance *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| in'yō no kuruwa 陰陽の郭 | Defensive castle compounds in no kuruwa 陰の郭 and offensive castle compounds yō no kuruwa 陽の郭. In Chinese,… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| 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 |
| inagi 稲城 | Also read inaki. Lit. rice plant fortress. A small and temporary defensive palisade of bundles or sheaves of rice… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| inago 稲子 | Slip fasteners. The wooden or bamboo pieces used on the reverse side of the overlapped boards of a board-and-batten ceiling… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| inakama 田舎間 | Also edoma 江戸間. A length of 1.8 m or less, defining the standard length of a single bay: the distance from the… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| inari torii 稲荷鳥居 | ✓ | A type of gate-like structure *torii 鳥居 at inari 稲荷… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| inazuma kanamono 稲妻金物 | T-shaped metal fitting inserted into a track and used for hanging scrolls in an alcove *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| inazuma orekugi 稲妻折釘 | Also *nijū orekugi 二重折釘. A twice bent nail that is used under the ceiling… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| inazumabishi 稲妻菱 | ✓ | A architectural design pattern in the shape of a diamond, *hishi 菱, which… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| inazumamon 稲妻文 | ✓ | Also *raimon 雷文. An architectural design pattern thought to be based on flashes… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| inokosasu 豕扠首 | ✓ | Also sasuzuka sasuzaoshiki 扠首束扠首竿式, *sasuzao 扠首竿, *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| inome gegyo 猪目懸魚 | ✓ | Lit. boar's-eye gable pendant. A gable pendant *gegyo 懸魚, decorated with heart-… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| inomedana 猪目棚 | ✓ | Also kariokidana 仮置棚. Lit. boar's eye shelf. A two-tiered shelf *nijūdana… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| inomemado 猪目窓 | Lit. boar's eye window. A window in a tea ceremony structure thought to resemble a boar's eye. The window is really… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
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