| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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| ebisubashira 恵比須柱 | 1 A structural post considered sacred in an Edo period vernacular house *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| 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 | |
| nagashi 流し | 1 A sink used for washing food before its preparation, for washing utensils after a meal, or for washing… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| nakabashira 中柱 | 1 Also *daimebashira 台目柱. A small pillar which stands at… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings | |
| nakado 中戸 | ✓ | A pair of sliding doors *hikichigai 引違, separating the front… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| nakadoma machiya 中土間町家 | An urban vernacular residence *machiya 町家, characterised by a… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| nakadoma 中土間 | An inner earth-floored area found in *nakadoma machiya… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| nakai 中居 | 1 A private service-oriented room in the mansions of aristocrats, warriors, retired emperors, abbots and… |
Architecture, General Terms, Folk Dwellings | |
| nakaniwa 中庭 | 1 A place for hanging clothes in vernacular dwellings of the Kantō 関東 region.
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Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| namakokabe 海鼠壁 | ✓ | Also written 生子壁. A traditional finish for *dozō-zukuri 土蔵造 and *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| nedoko 寝床 | Architecture, Folk Dwellings | ||
| nema 寝間 | A room for sleeping in vernacular houses *minka 民家 of the Edo period.… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| nichōgake 弐丁懸 | Roughly dressed lumber measuring less than three *ken 間 (5.5 m) in length and more… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| niuji 入地 | The main living room *hiroma 広間, adjacent to the earthen-floored area… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| niwa daikokubashira 庭大黒柱 | Also abbreviated to niwadaikoku 庭大黒. |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| niwakamado 庭竃 | 1 A new cooking range *kamado 竃, or open hearth *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| noren 暖簾 | 1 A hanging cloth suspended from the eaves or in the openings (especially entrances) of a building as… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| nurigome 塗篭 | 1 A sleeping space used by the master and mistress of the house, enclosed with solid plaster walls, usually… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| nuriya tenjō 塗屋天井 | A ceiling of the *sunoko 簀子 type made from bamboo stalks lashed… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| nuriya-zukuri 塗屋造 | An alternative term for *ōkabe-zukuri 大壁造. The fireproofing… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| nyōbōza 女房座 | Lit. "wife's seat." Also frequently called kakaza 嬶座. One of the seats around the edge of the sunken hearth *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
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