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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
gakumi-ishi 額見石

Lit. plaque-viewing stone. One of the trump stones *yakui-ishi 役石 in the…

Architecture, Tea Houses
gamamushiro tenjō 蒲蓆天井 ✓

Also called gamatenjō 蒲天井. A wood-board ceiling to which reed-mace, braided straw or rush mats are attached.…

Architecture, Tea Houses
gangidana 雁木棚

Also aikidana 合木棚 or kangidana 函木棚. An alcove in a *shoin…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tea Houses
ganro-no-seki 丸炉席

Also called chadō 茶堂. A tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室 which…

Architecture, Tea Houses
ganro 丸炉

Also called *ganro-no-seki 丸炉席. A cylindrical iron stove used in a tea…

Architecture, Tea Houses
ganwaridoko 龕破床

Also called ganaidoko, gangōdoko 龕合床. An alcove with the floor board the same height as the matted room, a…

Architecture, Tea Houses
garan-ishi 伽藍石

Also garanseki 伽藍石. Lit. temple stone. A base stone from a ruined temple used as a stepping stone *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
gensōdoko 原叟床

A style of alcove *tokonoma 床の間, attributed to Kakukasai Sōsa 覚々斎宗左…

Architecture, Tea Houses
gezadoko-no-seki 下座床の席

A tearoom with a decorative alcove *tokonoma 床の間 placed behind the host's mat…

Architecture, Tea Houses
gezadoko 下座床

Lit. lower seat alcove. An alcove *tokonoma 床の間, positioned behind the host's…

Architecture, Tea Houses
gyakugatte 逆勝手

The reverse arrangement of the fire-box or hearth in a tea ceremony room, or when the guest's mat *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
ichijōhan no seki 一畳半の席 ✓

Also written 一帖半の席. A very small tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室, no more…

Architecture, Tea Houses
ichijūdana 一重棚 ✓

Also ichijū tsuridana 一重釣棚. A single shelf suspended by a slender bamboo pole. It is made of paulownia when it…

Architecture, Tea Houses
ichirin ike 一輪生 ✓

A small flower vase which is just large enough for one flower stalk. Most vases of this type were made of ceramic but…

Architecture, Tea Houses
ido 井戸

1 A well supplying drinking water. It may be deep or narrow, depending on the depth of the water table. The…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tea Houses
imae 居前

The correct seating position for the host when performing tea ceremony. For example, in the Urasenke 裏千家 school, a portable…

Architecture, Tea Houses
inazuma kanamono 稲妻金物

T-shaped metal fitting inserted into a track and used for hanging scrolls in an alcove *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
inazuma orekugi 稲妻折釘

Also *nijū orekugi 二重折釘. A twice bent nail that is used under the ceiling…

Architecture, Tea Houses
inomedana 猪目棚 ✓

Also kariokidana 仮置棚. Lit. boar's eye shelf. A two-tiered shelf *nijūdana…

Architecture, Tea Houses
inomemado 猪目窓

Lit. boar's eye window. A window in a tea ceremony structure thought to resemble a boar's eye.

The window is really…

Architecture, Tea Houses
iriro 入炉

The placement of the fire-box or hearth cut within the host's mat *temae datami…

Architecture, Tea Houses
itadoko 板床 ✓

An alcove with a wooden floor instead of a *tatami 畳 mat. There…

Architecture, Tea Houses
itaokoshi 板起し

Also hegesoko 扮げ底, heragaeshi 箆返. The method of removing a ceramic tea caddy *…

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