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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. 2　A narrow band…	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. 1　A small cupboard…	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. 1　A tassel, tuft, fringe, cluster, or bunch. 2　Silk is for the elite and rough fabric for…	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). 1　A semi…	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
jabara ita　蛇腹板	✓	Lit. snake belly board. The boards lined up under the thick eave ends nokizuke 軒付 of a cypress bark *…	Architecture, General Terms
jabara　蛇腹		Lit. snake's belly. 1　A cornice. Called nokijabara 軒蛇腹, at the eaves of a building and …	Architecture, General Terms
jabara shirin　蛇腹支輪	✓	Also called honshirin 本支輪 (main shirin). A short, curved, non-supporting transitional member that connects…	Architecture, General Terms
jabara tenjō　蛇腹天井	✓	Lit. snake belly ceiling. An open or exposed ceiling composed of curved, parallel rafters, thought to resemble a snake's…	Architecture, General Terms
jabaragawa　蛇腹皮		Lit. snake skin. The boards lined up under the thick eave ends nokizuke 軒付 of a cypress bark *…	Architecture, General Terms
jari　砂利		Gravel, small stones, or pebbles. A corrupted form of sazare 細 meaning tiny stones. Jari have been given…	Architecture, General Terms
jibuki　地葺		The traditional method of laying or setting tiles on the sheathing *noji 野地 of…	Architecture, Roofing Tiles
jibukuro 地袋	✓	A small cabinet with sliding doors at the bottom of open, often split-level shelves *…	Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings
jibutsudō 持仏堂		Also called *butsuma 仏間. 1　Small, private buildings or…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
jichinsai　地鎮祭		Also called chinjisai 鎮地祭; jisai 地祭, jiiwai 地祝, tsuchimatsuri 土祭 or tokoshizume no…	Architecture, Shrines
jidaruki 地垂木		Also called omodaruki 母垂木. A base rafter that extends outward from the roof framework, generally the eave purlin *…	Architecture, General Terms
jien hikaku　地円飛角	✓	Also read chien hikaku. Double eaves *futanoki 二軒, composed of base…	Architecture, General Terms
jifuku 地覆		1　A sleeper. The lowermost horizontal beam that spans the width of a bay *…	Architecture, General Terms
jifuku-ishi 地覆石		Also written 地幅石. A long horizontal base stone, sometimes called a sleeper, or a continuous plinth course. It is placed at…	Architecture, General Terms
jifuku nageshi　地覆長押		Also jinageshi 地長押. A non-penetrating tie beam that is shaped to fit snugly around the base of a pillar.	Architecture, General Terms
jigokuhozo　地獄ほぞ	✓	Lit. hell tenon. So named because once it is inserted, it is impossible to withdraw. A blind tenon joint with wedges *…	Architecture, Joints
jigyō 地業		Also 地形 chikei. The preliminary foundation work on a building. Materials for this include: rubble *…	Architecture, General Terms
jihiro 地火炉		Also read jikaro. 1　A hearth *ro 炉 excavated in…	Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings
jikidō　食堂		Also called saidō 斎堂. A refectory. An independent building on temple grounds where priests and monks had their…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
jiku 軸		1　A roller used for a hanging scroll *kakemono 掛物 or hand…	Art History, Painting, Tea Houses, Architecture
jikuana　軸穴		Also 軸孔; jikuzuriana 軸吊穴; jiku uke 軸受; tobira jikuana 扉軸穴. The socket into which the pivot hinge…	Architecture, General Terms
jikubu 軸部		The framework or body of a building between the foundation and the roof structure. In traditional architecture it includes…	Architecture, General Terms
jikukakekugi　軸掛釘		Also jikukugi 軸釘, kakemonokugi 掛物釘. A hook for hanging scrolls, *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
jikuzuri　軸吊	✓	Also written 軸釣, 軸摺. Pivot hinge. A metal covered wooden-core pivot inserted into a socket *…	Architecture, General Terms
jimune　地棟		A base ridge. 1　A longitudinal timber plate resting upon the principal transverse roof beams *…	Architecture, Folk Dwellings
jinaimachi　寺内町		Also jinaichō. A type of religious township that developed in the Sengoku period in connection mainly with temples…	Architecture, Folk Dwellings
jingūji　神宮寺		Also called jingoji 神護寺, jingū'in 神宮院, jinganji 神願寺, miyadera 宮寺, or bettōji…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
jinja kenchiku 神社建築		Lit. shrine architecture. The architecture associated with Shinto shrines, including all the shrine buildings, shaden…	Architecture, Shrines
jinja 神社	✓	A generic name for a Shinto shrine. Before World War Two shrines were classified into five categorize: first rank, …	Architecture, Shrines
jinjiro　陣城		Lit. camp fortress. A temporary fortification constructed on a battlefield or stopping-place by armies on the march, used…	Architecture, Castles
jinuki 地貫		Also called shimonuki 下貫. A penetrating tie beam at the base of a pillar or a tie beam beneath a building's…	Architecture, General Terms
jiro　地炉		Also *ro 炉 1　A hearth constructed in an earth…	Architecture, Folk Dwellings
jishin bansho　自身番所		The office or guardroom provided in each city ward *machi 町, in the city of Edo…	Architecture, Folk Dwellings
jisumigi　地隅木		A base hip rafter found at the corners of a roof. Ordinary rafters *jidaruki…	Architecture, General Terms
jizaikagi 自在鈎	✓	A pothook. A device that enables a pot nabe 鍋 or tea kettle tetsubin 鉄瓶 to be suspended over a sunken…	Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tea Houses