| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| fudegaeshi 筆返し | ✓ | A curved wooden border attached to the end of a desk or shelf to prevent brushes and scrolls from rolling off. It is also… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings |
| Fudōdō 不動堂 | A hall in a Buddhist temple dedicated to the deity *Fudō Myōō 不動明王 (Sk:… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| fuebashira 笛柱 | Lit. flute post. The thick post at the right rear corner of a noh stage, *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fugendō 普賢堂 | ✓ | Also called Shigatsudō 四月堂; *Sanmaidō 三昧堂. A Buddhist temple in which the main deity… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| fujigata chōzubachi 富士形手水鉢 | ✓ | Lit. Fuji shape. A common type of *shizenseki chōzubachi 自然石手水鉢,… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| fukasanjō 深三畳 | Also fukasanjō-no-seki 深三畳席. A tea ceremony room of three mats. One of the mats is about one quarter normal size,… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fukiashi 葺足 | ✓ | The length of the visible surface of an ordinary broad, concave roofing tile, *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| fukikaeshi 吹返 | 1 Also written 葺返. A board which projects diagonally out from the top of a statue canopy, *… |
Architecture, Accessories, Sculpture, Art History | |
| fukinukimon 吹貫門 | A gate without doors. It may be a roofed opening in a fence or wall, but no gate leaves are hung on the structure. |
Architecture, Castles | |
| fukioroshi 葺下 | Also written 葺卸. The extension of a roof or the elongation of eaves on the main part of a building in order to cover an… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fukitsuchi 吹土 | The layer of clay spread on sheathing, *shitaji 下地, sometimes called … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fukiyose 吹寄 | 1 The arrangement of muntins, lattice (*fukiyose gōshi… |
Art History, General Terms, Sculpture, Architecture | |
| fukiyose daruki 吹寄垂木 | ✓ | The grouping of two or three parallel rafters placed closely together with a wide space between each group. The spaces… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| fukiyose gōshi 吹寄格子 | ✓ | Lit. grouped or varying numbered lattice. Lattice or small beams arranged to form patterns in transoms, *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| fukiyosebashira 吹寄柱 | Evenly spaced pillars or posts that are arranged so that two or more are in line. The amount of the space between the… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| fukubachi 伏鉢 | Also written 覆鉢; also called fukuhatsu ふくはつ. The small inverted bowl-like fixture placed on the box-like cover, *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fukuben 複弁 | A motif which consists of a double-stylized lotus petal with a leaf seedling in each petal. Found on the pendant, *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| fukuben rengemon 複弁蓮華文 | ✓ | Also written 複弁蓮花文. A double-lotus-petal motif applied to the pendant tiles, *gatō… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| fukugō tenshu 複合天守 | ✓ | Also fukugōshiki tenshu 複合式天守. A large tower, *daitenshu 大天守, with… |
Architecture, Castles |
| fukumi 含 | ✓ | A channel. The part of a bearing block, *masu 斗, that is cut out either as a one-… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| fukurin 覆輪 | 1 Parallel lines used to mark outlines in a painting or sculpture. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| fukurō 複廊 | ✓ | A double corridor that was two bays, *ken 間, wide. Window frames with vertical… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| fukurodana 袋棚 | Also fukurotodana 袋戸棚 or tenbukuro 天袋. Lit. enclosed shelf. |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings | |
| fukurodoko 袋床 | Lit. pouch or pocket alcove. An alcove, *tokonoma 床の間, characterized by a… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fukurokakekugi 袋掛釘 | Lit. bag-hanging nail. A bamboo or iron nail inserted into the middle post, *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fukusa 袱紗 | Also chabukusa 茶袱紗. A thick silk cloth used by the host at a tea ceremony to wipe tea bowls, *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fumi-ishi 踏石 | ✓ | Lit. stepping stone. The stone placed directly under the crawl door entrance, *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| fumichidana 文道棚 | A very simple type of shelving with sliding doors at floor level. Typically, the shelving is part of the many different… |
Architecture, Accessories | |
| fumikomi-datami 踏込畳 | A straw mat, *tatami 畳, which is placed adjacent to the door from which the… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fumikomidoko 踏込床 | ✓ | Also fungomidoko ふんごみ床. An alcove, *tokonoma 床の間, with a board floor… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| fuminugiishi 踏脱石 | Lit. one of the trump stones, *yaku-ishi 役石, at the guest's entrance to the… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fumisagari 踏下 | The distance from the ridge of a roof, *munagi 棟木, to the eave end, *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fumiwake-ishi 踏分石 | ✓ | Lit. path-dividing stone. A type of trump stone, *yaku-ishi 役石. A stepping… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| fumizura 踏面 | Also called fumi-ita 踏板. The horizontal surface, known as the tread, on steps or stairs. The board, plank, or… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| funagata chōzubachi 舟形手水鉢 | ✓ | Lit. boat shape. A type of functional or decorative water basin, *chōzubachi… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| funahijiki 舟肘木 | ✓ | A boat-shaped bracket arm placed directly on top of a pillar to carry a purlin, *gagyō… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| funatsukiishi 舟着石 | Lit. A boat-landing stone. A large, flat stone used as a kind of dock in large pond gardens where boating took place. Even… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| funazoko tenjō 舟底天井 | Also called *yakata tenjō 屋形天井, an upside-down houseboat-shaped ceiling. A… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| furesumi 振隅 | Refers to the pitch of a roof that is different on the front and back from the pitch of the sides. The hip rafters at the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| furesumigi 振隅木 | A hip rafter, *sumigi 隅木, which cannot bisect the purlins, *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| furiwake 振分 | The center line of a surface that has been divided equally. The line may run vertically or horizontally. This center point… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| furo 風炉 | ✓ | A portable brazier used in the spring and summer seasons when the hearth or fire-box, *ro… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| furoku 不陸 | Lit. not horizontal. A surface which is not flat or horizontal to the ground. | Architecture, General Terms | |
| furosaki byōbu 風炉先屏風 | Sometimes abbreviated to furosaki 風炉先. A partition used in a tea ceremony room *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| furosakimado 風炉先窓 | Lit. window in front of stove. A window opened in the wall by the host's mat, *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fusa 総 | Also written 房. |
Architecture, Accessories | |
| fusahikite 総引手 | Tassels attached to the pull, *hikite 引手, of an opaque sliding screen, *… |
Architecture, Accessories | |
| fuse-zu 伏図 | A framing plan showing the structural arrangement and details of various parts of a building including the floor, ceiling,… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fusegawara 伏瓦 | Also called *ogawara 男瓦 (male tile). |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| fusen 布泉 | An abbreviation of fusen no chōzubachi 布泉の手水鉢. A type of water basin, *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| fushin 普請 | Originally, the solicitation of great numbers of people to help construct Zen temple buildings. By the 14th century, … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fushinchō 普請帳 | ✓ | The ledger or account books in which material and labor costs incurred during a construction project were recorded. … |
Architecture, General Terms |
| fushoku 腐蝕 | Wood rot. Wood rot can be either dry rot, kanshoku 乾蝕, or wet rot, shisshoku 湿蝕. Wet rot is particularly… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fusuma 襖 | ✓ | An abbreviation for fusumashōji 襖障子, an opaque sliding screen, as distinguished from the translucent screen, *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| fusumagawara 伏間瓦 | Also written 衾瓦; also called *kanmurigawara 冠瓦 or *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| fūsuryō 副寺寮 | Also called fūsu 副寺. An administrative office often found in part of a Zen temple kitchen, *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| futaebei 二重塀 | Also called taikobei 太鼓塀 or drum wall. A double castle wall that consisted of two separate walls between which… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| futakoshi yane 二腰屋根 | A roof that has two different inclines between the ridge and eave ends. It changes its direction of flow without any… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| futamune-zukuri 二棟造り | Alternatively known as futatsuie 二つ家. A style of vernacular house, *minka… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| futamunerō 二棟廊 | A long, wide, double-bay corridor with an open ceiling, *keshō yaneura… |
Architecture, Buildings | |
| futanoki 二軒 | ✓ | A double row of rafters, called base rafters and flying rafters, that appears beneath the eaves of a roof. The base rafters… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| futaoki 蓋置 | ✓ | A stand, made of ceramic, bamboo, or metal, on which the lid of a tea ceremony kettle is placed. When the cover is placed on… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| futate hijiki 二手肘木 | A bracket arm that forms the second outward step of a two-stepped bracket complex. | Architecture, General Terms | |
| futatesakigumi 二手先組 | ✓ | Also called futatesaki tokyō 二手先斗きょう or futatesaki kumimono 二手先組物. A bracket complex composed of two steps… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| futatsudo tokyō 二(双)斗斗(きょう) | Also written 双斗斗きょう and pronounced the same way, or these characters can be read narabido tokyō or sōdo tokyō… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| 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 |
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