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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
Rikyū chadōgu zue 利休茶道具図会

Sen no Rikyū's 千利休 (1522-91) writings concerning measurements for tea ceremony utensils. Yamada Sōhen 山田宗へん (1627-1708)…

Architecture, Tea Houses
ro-datami 炉畳

Also kagi-datami 鍵畳. The straw mat *tatami 畳, into which…

Architecture, Tea Houses
robuchi 炉縁 ✓

The frame placed around the fire-box *rodan 炉壇, in a tea ceremony room *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
robuta 炉蓋 ✓

A wooden lid about 1.8 cm thick used to cover the fixed-hearth *rodan 炉壇 in a tea…

Architecture, Tea Houses
rodan 炉壇

A fire box. The fixed, box-like hearth providing a place for a bed of ashes on which charcoal is burned to heat a kettle of…

Architecture, Tea Houses
roji 露地

Lit. "dewy ground." Commonly known as a tea garden *chaniwa 茶庭,…

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