| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| gan'uchi 雁打 | Lit. flying geese. The poetic name given to a type of zig-zag arrangement of stepping stones *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gejōseki 下乗席 | Lit. dismounting stone. A type of keystone *yakui-shi 役石, stepped on when… |
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| genjibei 源氏塀 | ✓ | Genji 源氏 fence is a board fence with posts set at intervals and a base runner set between the foundation stones of the posts… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| genkaibashi 厳海橋 | Lit. Genkai bridge. A type of bridge used to span deep garden streams or ravines. It is constructed with a triangular timber… |
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| gentanryū teien 玄丹流庭園 | Lit. Gentan lineage garden. A style of late Edo period garden in the Izumo 出雲 district, Shimane Prefecture, associated with… |
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| ginkakujigata chōzubachi 銀閣寺形手水鉢 | ✓ | Lit. Ginkakuji type. One kind of water basin *chōzubachi 手水鉢, based on the… |
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| gogyōseki 五行石 | Lit. five elements of stones. A name for the five types of functional and decorative stones *… |
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| gogyōsetsu 五行説 | Lit. theory of five elements. A basic principle of Chinese geomancy and cosmology adapted in Japanese garden design. The… |
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| goren'uchi 五連打 | Lit. row of five stones. One arrangement of stepping stones *tobi-ishi 飛石. It… |
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| gorota-ishi 呉呂太石 | Lit. rolling stones. Small round stones about 10 cm in diameter used for the drainage areas around the stooping basin *… |
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| ichimonji 一文字 | 1 Two strips of fabric directly above and below a painting measuring the exact width of the painting,… |
Art History, Painting, Architecture, Gardens | |
| ike niwa 池庭 | Lit. pond garden. A very general term for any garden with a pond. It includes other terms such as the archaic garden pond *… |
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| ike no kokoro 池の心 | Lit. heart of the pond. The most important part of a pond, which, may be the center, bottom, or surface. The term is… |
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| ikegaki 生垣 | ✓ | Lit. living fence. A type of hedge made of trees, bamboo, or other living plants planted in a row and trimmed so as to form… |
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| in'yōseki 陰陽石 | ✓ | Lit. yin and yang stone. A pair of stones representing male and female principles or genitalia. Also called on'yōseki… |
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| ishibashi 石橋 | Lit. stone bridge. A general term for a garden bridge made of stones, typically granite or schist. Ishibashi may be… |
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| ishidan 石段 | ✓ | Also *nobedan 延段; tatami ishi 畳石. |
Architecture, Gardens |
| ishigumi 石組 | Lit. stone arrangement. Also called iwagumi. The arrangement of stones for symbolical, functional, or decorative… |
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| ishijiki 石敷 | ✓ | Lit. stone paving. The place where paving stones are to be laid, or the stones themselves. Stones are carefully selected for… |
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