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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
gedan 下段

Lit. low step. The lowest level of floor space in a formal *shoin 書院 style room…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings
gusokudana 具足棚

Lit. Shelves to display armor. They are placed next to an alcove *tokonoma…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings
gyobutsudana 御物棚

A set of double cabinets with four sliding door panels attached to the ceiling next to the decorative alcove *…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings
hirashoiin 平書院

One type of window used in a shoin style room *shoin-zukuri 書院造.…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings
hiroma 広間

1 The generic term used for a large room occupying the full cross section of a building in Edo period…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings
hiroshiki 広敷

1 Part of the kitchen and private residential zone of an Edo period daimyō 大名 residence.

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Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings

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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