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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
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
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
fumiwake-ishi 踏分石 ✓

Lit. path-dividing stone. A type of trump stone, *yaku-ishi 役石. A stepping…

Architecture, Tea Houses
furo 風炉 ✓

A portable brazier used in the spring and summer seasons when the hearth or fire-box, *ro…

Architecture, Tea Houses
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
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
naga-ita 長板

Lit. "a long board."


1 The board used as the base of the *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
naka-ita 中板

A board which is inserted between the host's mat *temaedatami 点前畳 and the…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nakabachi-no-tsukubai 中鉢の蹲踞

A garden wash-basin set characterized by the use of gravel surrounding it. The gravel allows the water from hand washing to…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nakabashira 中柱

1 Also *daimebashira 台目柱. A small pillar which stands at…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings
nakaita-no-seki 中板席

A tea ceremony room or house that contains a board *naka-ita 中板, set between the host's mat…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nakakugi 中釘

Also *hanakugi 花釘, tokonakakugi 床中釘 (see *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nakakuguri 中潜

Lit. "middle wicket." Also pronounced uchisomi. It is sometimes called kuguri 潜. A type of middle…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nanatsu-ishi 七つ石

Seven trump stones in the *roji 露地 or tea garden. They are the hand-washing stone…

Architecture, Tea Houses
Nanbōroku 南方録

Book of Sen no Rikyū's 千利休 (1522-91) tea ceremony secrets which consists of seven volumes entitled: "Memoranda Oboegaki…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
narukodo 鳴子戸

A gate used between the outer and inner gardens *roji 露地 leading to a teahouse *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
natsume 棗 ✓

A tea caddy for storing weak green powdered tea. Also called *usuchaki…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nijiriguchi 躙口 ✓

Also called nijiri agariguchi 躙上り口; nijirido 躙戸 and kuguriguchi 潜口. Lit. "a crawl-in or wriggle-…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nijūdana 二重棚 ✓

Also nijū tsuridana 二重釣棚. A double hanging shelf *tsuridana 釣棚,…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nobedan 延段 ✓

Also written 展段 and 展檀. A method of stone paving in the *roji 露地 or tea garden in…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nori-ishi 乗石

Lit. "mounting stone." One of the trump stones *yaku-ishi 役石 placed in front…

Architecture, Tea Houses
norigoe-ishi 乗越石

Lit. "step-over stone." One of the trump stones *yaku-ishi 役石 set…

Architecture, Tea Houses

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University