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Title	Contains Image(s)	Description	Keywords
fuebashira 笛柱		Lit. flute post. The thick post at the right rear corner of a noh stage, *…	Architecture, General Terms
Fujiwara jidai 藤原時代		Fujiwara period. A period of approximately two hundred years corresponding to the Middle Heian period (Heian chūki…	Art History, General Terms
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
fukumi 含	✓	A channel. The part of a bearing block, *masu 斗, that is cut out either as a one-…	Architecture, General Terms
fumisagari 踏下		The distance from the ridge of a roof, *munagi 棟木, to the eave end, *…	Architecture, General Terms
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
funahijiki 舟肘木	✓	A boat-shaped bracket arm placed directly on top of a pillar to carry a purlin, *gagyō…	Architecture, General Terms
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
furoku 不陸		Lit. not horizontal. A surface which is not flat or horizontal to the ground.	Architecture, General Terms
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
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
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
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
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
wakido 脇戸	✓	A small door, usually beside the main door of a structure. Sometimes there is one on each side of the main door.	Architecture, General Terms
wakikokabe 脇小壁		A long, narrow, vertical wall constructed between two or more pillars, or on each side of an entrance or a window.	Architecture, General Terms
wakishōji 脇障子		Wooden screens placed at the back ends of side verandas *en 縁. They…	Architecture, General Terms
wakizura 脇面		The left and right sides of a purlin *keta 桁.	Architecture, General Terms
wakugi 和釘		Also called nihon kugi 日本釘. A square nail used during and after the Kofun period. The nail was made of hand-wrought…	Architecture, General Terms
wakuhijiki 枠肘木		Two bracket arms *hijiki 肘木 positioned at right angle to one…	Architecture, General Terms
waranawa 藁縄		1　Rope made by twisting together strands of straw. In clay statuary, the central wooden core *…	Art History, General Terms, Architecture, Sculpture
waraza 藁座	✓	1　Also called enza, maruza 円座, or ukeza kanamono 受座金物. The metal or…	Architecture, General Terms
waridakebari 割竹張		To cover or enclose with split bamboo. For example, found on the doors of a simple garden gate teimon 庭門 with a…	Architecture, General Terms
wariguri-ishi 割栗石		Also called wariguri 割栗, kuri-ishi 栗石 or guri ぐり (lit. "stones crushed like chestnuts"). Rock…	Architecture, General Terms
wata-ita 綿板		Also called *ireko-ita 入子板. A board that connects the rails and crosspieces…	Architecture, General Terms
wayō 和様		1　Lit. "Japanese style architecture." The architectural techniques and styles introduced from China during…	Architecture, General Terms, Art History
wayō hijiki 和様肘木	✓	A bracket arm *hijiki 肘木 that is characterized by curved surfaces on the…	Architecture, General Terms
wayō kōran 和様高欄	✓	A railing in the wayō style *wayō 和様. The horizontal…	Architecture, General Terms