| 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 | |
| uchi-umadashi 内馬出 | Lit. "inner horse exit." A defensive installation *umadashi 馬出 constructed to fortify the… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| uchibori 内堀 | 1 The inner moat of a castle that has two or more moats. |
Architecture, Castles | |
| uchidashinomi 打出し鑿 | A strike-through chisel. Normally, when constructing a pass-through mortise, the timber is carved away from both sides with… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| uchigenkan 内玄関 | A subordinate entry in houses possessing a formal guest entry *genkan 玄関, and… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| uchiguruwa 内郭 | Also read naikaku. Also called naijō 内城. An inner compound. Generally, it refers to the central… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| uchikaeshi 打返し | Also pronounced uttegaeshi 打って返し, utasegaeshi 打たせ返し. Perfect symmetry on both sides of a center line… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| uchikomihagi 打込矧ぎ | ✓ | Lit. "pounded and inserted stone joinery." The most common stone work technique used to build a dry construction castle wall… |
Architecture, Castles |
| uchikorobi 内転 | Pillars *hashira 柱 with an inward incline. Uchikorobi… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| uchikoshi daruki | ✓ | Rafters *taruki 垂木 that extend from the flying rafter support *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| uchimasugata 内桝形 | Lit. "inner square box." A type of walled compound *masugata 桝形… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| uchinori 内法 | ✓ | 1 The inside measurement between the inner sides of two posts or pillars *… |
Architecture, Measurement |
| uchinorinuki 内法貫 | A penetrating tie beam *nuki 貫 placed directly on top of a door or… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| uchinorizai 内法材 | Also called uchinorimono 内法物. The wooden materials used for the framework of a sliding screen *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| uchiroji 内露地 | Inner tea garden. The part of the double tea garden nijū roji 二重露地, between the middle gate *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| uchisoto hachimonji 内外八文字 | A type of loophole *sama 狭間. An opening in a wall for soldiers to… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| udatsu-bashira うだつ柱 | 1 A wide post at the interface between the earth-floored space *doma… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| udatsu 卯立 | ✓ | Also written 卯建, 宇立, うだつ; all read udachi, odatsu, or odachi. |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| udatsuya うだつ屋 | 1 A rudimentary thatched dwelling hut or ancillary structure with a gable roof *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| udegi 腕木 | 1 A relatively short horizontal timber that functions like a brace. It is attached to and extends outward… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| udegimon 腕木門 | ✓ | Also called *kidomon 木戸門. A simple gate with two main posts… |
Architecture, Gates |
| uganju 拝所 | An open site, generally in Okinawa, devoid of any kind of structure, from where the gods are worshipped. Most sites are… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| uguisubari 鴬張 | Lit. "nightingale floor." Floor boards which rub together when walked on to produce a pleasant and delicate sound. This type… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| uguisugaki 鴬垣 | Lit. "bush warbler fence." A common type of rustic sleeve fence *sodegaki… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ukebana 受花 | ✓ | Also written 請花, 受華, 請華; sometimes pronounced ukehana. Flower-shaped support. A support in the shape of an open,… |
Architecture, Sculpture, Decorations, Art History |
| ukedai 受台 | Also *chūdai 中台. Middle base. |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ukegi 受木 | A generic term for all supporting or receiving structural members. For example, a timber that receives an eave cornice is… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ukeza 受座 | The indentation in the middle of the base *kiso 基礎 of a lantern… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| umadashi koguchi 馬出虎口 | A main castle gate *koguchi 虎口 with a small barrier or compound… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| umadashi 馬出 | A castle entrance barrier. A small barrier or compound, built in front of a castle gate *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| umaya 馬屋 | ✓ | A stable. Also written 厩. Also maya 馬屋 or 厩, keiya けいや, and kyūsha 厩舎. Applied to both a… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings |
| umebachi gegyo 梅鉢懸魚 | ✓ | A gable pendant *gegyo 懸魚 with an irregular hexagonal shape. The… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| umegi 埋木 | Also read umeki. A wooden dowel or plug used to fill a hole in a piece of timber. If a knot or some other flaw… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| umemodoshi 埋戻 | To fill in any remaining open spaces with sand, gravel, soil, or other such substances, after the foundation and all… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| umi-ishi 海石 | Lit. "sea stone." A generic name for stones found in the ocean or along the seashore. Because sea stones contain salt, and… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| umijiro 海城 | Castle on the sea. |
Architecture, Castles | |
| unbokugata tōrō 雲卜形灯籠 | A type of lantern. These six-sided lanterns are the same as the kasuga type, but they were carved by a stonemason… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| ungenberi 繧繝縁 | A decorated cloth binding used for the border of a straw mat *tatami 畳… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| unkimon 雲気文 | 1 Chinese: yunqiwen. |
Architecture, Painting, Decorations, Art History | |
| unmonchiku 雲紋竹 | Also hanchiku 班竹, madaradake まだらだけ, buchidake ぶちだけ, tanbahanchiku タンバハンチク, … |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| unokedōshi 兎毛通 | Lit. "rabbit-fur cover." Also *karahafu gegyo 唐破風懸魚. … |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| ura-ita 裏板 | A generic term for backing boards, which are boards nailed over rafters to form a backing for the roofing. In an open roof… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| uragaeshi-nuri 裏返塗 | Also called uragaeshi 裏返 or yobinuri 呼塗. Soft, rough plaster arakabe tsuchi 荒壁土 applied to… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| uragane 裏矩 | Also called urame 裏目. |
Architecture, Tools | |
| uragaya 裏茅 | Also urappo 裏穂. A thatching material used on vernacular dwellings *minka… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| uragō 裏甲 | ✓ | Visible eaves filler placed the eave support *kayaoi 茅負, and projected slightly… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| uragome 裏込 | Also read uragomi. The process of filling the gaps in the rear of a stone retaining wall or stone fence with rubble… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| urajirodo 裏白戸 | Also called urajiro 裏白. Type of door used for storage buildings *dozō… |
Architecture, Storehouses | |
| urakabe 裏壁 | A plaster wall which has mud plaster applied to the front side and then to the rear side before the plaster on the front… |
Architecture, General Terms |
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