Lit. "cloth construction." Ashlar construction. Also termed nunozumi 布積 (cloth piling). A technique used in dry…

Lit. "wet veranda." Also called *ochi-en 落縁, kirime-en 切目縁. A…

Lit. "wet-heron type." A lantern with six uniform sides and a long, thick bell-shaped canopy without…

Also pronounced nurikamachi. The lacquered rails or finishing strips used for the framework of sliding screens *…

1　A sleeping space used by the master and mistress of the house, enclosed with solid plaster walls, usually…

A generic term for the process used to build a fire-resistent wall. Typically the wooden structural frame is entirely…

Windows made with plaster-covered lattice, commonly used in merchants' houses *machiya…

Also written 塗回床. An alcove *tokonoma 床の間, with three sides and the wall…

Also nuriatsu 塗厚. Depth of plastering. The ratio between the thickness from the first rough coat applied to the…

A ceiling of the *sunoko 簀子 type made from bamboo stalks lashed…

Also written 塗り屋, 塗家.

1　A fireproof building in which all the timber surfaces of the structural…

An alternative term for *ōkabe-zukuri 大壁造. The fireproofing…

Lit. "wife's seat." Also frequently called kakaza 嬶座. One of the seats around the edge of the sunken hearth *…

Also nōsashō hōju 能作性宝珠, mani hōju 摩尼宝珠. A sacred jewel, said to remove suffering, and capable of granting…

An implement carried by Buddhist priests at a ceremony or during formal preaching. It has a slightly curved handle about 30-…

Sk: Cintamanicakra. A form of *Kannon 観音, most often six armed and…

Lit. "the thus-come one." Sk: tathagata. One who has realized true enlightenment. In order to reach this state of…