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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
sadōguchi 茶道口 ✓

Also written 茶堂口, 茶頭口; also chatateguchi 茶立口, or *katteguchi 勝手口.…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sagekiri 下げ切

A little used placement of the firebox *ro 炉, in a tea ceremony room *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
Saimyōji shiorido 西明寺枝折戸

Lit. "Saimyōji 西明寺-style latticed bamboo door." One type of raised lattice door *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sanjūdana 三重棚 ✓

1 Triple shelves. Shelves which now are rarely seen in a tea ceremony room except at Nishihonganji…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sarudo 猿戸 ✓

Lit. "monkey door." A type of bolted gate, called a wicket or a *kido 木戸, used at…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sashi-ishi 差石

Small, oblong (6-10 cm) or rectangular stones placed in the space below the bamboo wall base kabedomari 壁留り of the…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sekimori-ishi 関守石 ✓

Lit. "barrier-keeper stone." A stone placed atop a stepping stone *tobi-ishi…

Architecture, Tea Houses
Sekishū-ryū 石州流

1 An Edo period school of tea ceremony founded by Katagiri Sekishū 片桐石州 (1605-73). Branch schools…

Architecture, Tea Houses
Sekishū sanbyakukajō 石州三百ヶ条

A tea ceremony encyclopedia based on the methods of Katagiri Sekishu 片桐石州 (1605-73), who is believed to have authored 300…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
shakutate 杓立

Also hishakutate 柄杓立. A ladle stand or holder for the ladle or dipper, and charcoal tongs. Shakutate is…

Architecture, Tea Houses
shiki-ishi 敷石 ✓

A stone-cutting technique for paving stones. According to certain tea ceremony sources various sized stones were used for…

Architecture, Tea Houses
shikishimado 色紙窓 ✓

Lit. "poetry paper windows." *Shikishi 色紙 refers to the square paper on which short poems…

Architecture, Tea Houses
shiorido 枝折戸 ✓

Also written 紫折戸. Lit. "broken branch door." A type of wicket *kido 木戸 used at…

Architecture, Tea Houses
shitabara setchin 下腹雪隠

Also pronounced the kafuku setchin. A functional toilet placed in the outer tea garden *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
shitajimado 下地窓 ✓

Also written 助枝窓. Also called nurisashimado 塗さし窓, nurinokoshimado 塗残し窓, kakisashimado 掻さし窓. A…

Architecture, Tea Houses
shōbanseki 相伴席

A special mat for one or more guests, shōban 相伴, who are companions to the guest of honor, shōkyaku…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sōan 草庵

A small, rustic style tea ceremony structure up to 4 1/2 mats *yojōhan 四畳半,…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sokujō 触杖

Also called sunakake 砂かけ, sunasukui 砂掬い, and ezue え杖. Also written 束杖. A thin wooden board…

Architecture, Tea Houses
Sōtan nikki 宗湛日記

The diaries of Kamiya Sōtan 神谷宗湛 (1551-1635), a wealthy merchant and tea ceremony master in Fukuoka Prefecture. Written…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
Sōtankitsune 宗旦狐

A tea ceremony legend that probably dates from the first half of the 17th century. An old fox, the story goes, lived in the…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sōteigakoi 宗貞囲 ✓

Also called sōtei zashiki 宗貞座敷. A 3-mat tea ceremony room *chashitsu…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sotogaki 外垣

Lit. "outer fence." A generic name for any fence that encloses a tea ceremony house and garden *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sotoroji 外露地

Outer tea garden. The section of the double teagarden nijū roji 二重露地 closest to the entrance gate, sotorojimon…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sukiya 数奇屋

A tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室 distinguished from a genuine tea ceremony…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sumichigai 隅違い

1 A term referring to the arrangement of the utensils employed during a tea ceremony. Specifically, …

Architecture, Tea Houses
sumiro 隅炉

One of several arrangements for positioning the fire-box *ro 炉 or fixed hearth in a…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sunasetchin 砂雪隠

Lit. "sand toilet." Originally a functioning toilet for use during tea gatherings, it later became a purely ornamental…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sute-ishi 捨石

Lit. "discarded stone." One of the seven trump stones *nanatsu-ishi…

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