| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| gagari 鋸賀利 | A heavy duty ripsaw. It is similar to a coarse, ordinary, standard ripsaw that cuts along the wood grain except that the… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| gagyō 丸桁 | ✓ | Also read gangyō, gayō, nokigeta 軒桁, or *dashigeta… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| gagyōbane 丸桁桔 | Also read gangyōbane. A single heavy beam attached at right angles to the eave purlins *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gaien 外苑 | Lit. outer garden. The area outside the sacred enclosure of a shrine, mausoleum, or temple. Typically, the approach to the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gaiku 外区 | ✓ | The section of a pendant *gatō 瓦当, outside the lotus flower motif, on a semi… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| gakubuchi 額縁 | 1 The wooden rails and stiles around doors or windows. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gakumi-ishi 額見石 | Lit. plaque-viewing stone. One of the trump stones *yakui-ishi 役石 in the… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| gakusho 楽所 | ✓ | Also called gakuya 楽屋 or gakudokoro 楽所. A small, simple, open building, like a roofed platform at some… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| 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 |
| gan'uchi 雁打 | Lit. flying geese. The poetic name given to a type of zig-zag arrangement of stepping stones *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ganburigawara 雁振瓦 | ✓ | Also called *kanmurigawara 冠瓦, *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| gangi hashigo 雁木梯子 | ✓ | Lit. zig-zag ladder. A kind of ladder, hashigo 梯子(see *kaidan 階段),… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| gangi 雁木 | Also written 岸岐. |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tools | |
| gangibō 雁木棒 | A thatching tool, kayayane fuki kōgu 茅屋根葺き工具, with a timber head, about 25 x 30 x 5 cm, fixed to a cylindrical… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| gangidana 雁木棚 | Also aikidana 合木棚 or kangidana 函木棚. An alcove in a *shoin… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tea Houses | |
| gangizaka 雁木坂 | One type of warrior run *mushabashiri 武者走, comprised of stone steps … |
Architecture, Castles | |
| 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 haichi 伽藍配置 | ✓ | The arrangement of buildings within the precinct of a Buddhist temple constructed between the late 7th century to 12th… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| 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 | |
| garan 伽藍 | An abbreviated form of sōgya ranma 僧伽欄摩 (Sk: samgha arama). Lit. A garden for monks. Also rendered as sōen… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gasshō 合掌 | 1 The triangular frame created by joining a pair of cruck-like members *… |
Architecture, General Terms, Art History, Sculpture | |
| gasshō-zukuri 合掌造 | ✓ | A distinctive style of farmhouse nōka 農家 which evolved in the Edo period in the Shirakawa 白川 and Shōkawa 荘川 areas… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| gasshōhire 合掌鰭 | Also oigata 笈形, *taiheibire 大瓶鰭. Lit. principal-rafter fins. A… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| gatō mon'yō 瓦当文様 | ✓ | Patterns, motifs, designs applied to the circular antefixes *gatō 瓦当 on semi… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| gatō 瓦当 | ✓ | 1 Eave-end tiles with a circular or semi-circular ornamental pendant. Gatō were brought to Japan… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| gawageta 側桁 | Also pronounced kawageta. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gawakabe 側壁 | Also read sokuheki or kawakabe. The exterior wall of a building. An outside wall or end wall. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gedan 下段 | Lit. low step. The lowest level of floor space in a formal *shoin 書院 style room… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| gedō 外堂 | Lit. outer hall. The outer part of a two part structure called the *sōdō 僧堂… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gegyo 懸魚 | ✓ | Also gegyo 掛魚 (Ch: guayu); formerly also pronounced kengyo. Gable pendant, lit. hanging fish.… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| gejin 外陣 | 1 In shrine architecture, the main hall *honden 本殿 is divided… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gejōseki 下乗席 | Lit. dismounting stone. A type of keystone *yakui-shi 役石, stepped on when… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gekan 下間 | Lit. lower space. It is a room adjoining the main rooms of the priests' quarters in a Zen temple. It is located near the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Gekkamon 月華門 | 1 A gate in the corridor connecting the two halls Kyōshoden 校書殿 and Anpukuden 安福殿 in the Imperial Palace at… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| Gekkōden 月光殿 | A guest hall at Gokokuji 護国寺 in Tokyo. It is a large single storied structure of 7 x 6 bays, and has a hip-and gable roof *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| 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… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| genkan chūmon 玄関中門 | A structure with a gable roof *kirizuma-zukuri 切妻造, projecting from the… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| genkan 玄関 | 1 The entrance gallery or porch used in the guest hall *kyakuden… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gennō 玄能 | A type of hammer with an iron head and an oak handle. The gennō is used to strike a chisel or plane, or to… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| gensōdoko 原叟床 | A style of alcove *tokonoma 床の間, attributed to Kakukasai Sōsa 覚々斎宗左… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| 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… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| geshō 牙象 | 1 Also gejō. A type of molding *kurigata 繰形. The… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| geya kōzō 下屋構造 | A structural system characterized by the creation of a peripheral zone *geya 下屋… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| geya 下屋 | Lit. lower house. Also pronounced shitaya or shimoya. Also written 下家. Also referred to as *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| geya-zukuri 下屋造 | A form of construction characterized by the use of a strut *tsuka 束 standing… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| geyabari 下屋梁 | A beam that spans the peripheral structural zone *geya 下屋, created by extending… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| geyabashira 下屋柱 | The posts along the outside of the peripheral zone *geya 下屋 created by extending… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| geyageta 下屋桁 | Also called hon'yageta 本屋桁. The eaves plate or purlin supported by the *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| 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 | |
| giboshi kōran 擬宝珠高欄 | A railing *kōran 高欄, with newel posts, oyabashira 親柱, topped with an… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| giboshi 擬宝珠 | ✓ | Also pronounced gibōshi, giboju, gibōshu, goboshu. A decoration in the shape of the… |
Architecture, General Terms, Decorations |
| ginkakujigata chōzubachi 銀閣寺形手水鉢 | ✓ | Lit. Ginkakuji type. One kind of water basin *chōzubachi 手水鉢, based on the… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| gion-zukuri 祇園造 | Also called *yasaka-zukuri 八坂造. The style of the main shrine building *… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| Gishūmon 宜秋門 | ✓ | Also called Kugyōmon 公卿門 or Karagomon 唐御門. A 4-legged gate *… |
Architecture, Gates |
| gō-ita 格板 | Also called *ura-ita 裏板. The panel used to fill the space made by the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gobō 御坊 | 1 Also *betsuin 別院. A branch temple. |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gobōzumi 牛蒡積 | Burdock masonry. A construction technique used to lay the stones in a dry stone wall *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| gōbuchi 格縁 | The wooden ribs or coffers laid in a criss-cross pattern to form a coffered ceiling *gō… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gobutsudō 五仏堂 | An Esoteric Buddhist hall dedicated to the central Buddha of the Shingon 真言 sect, *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gochidō 五智堂 | Also called shinmendō 真面堂. A very small open building 1 x 1 bay (2.49 m) with a large central pillar to which are… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| godaidō 五大堂 | ✓ | A hall dedicated to the five guardian kings, also called the five renowned deities *Godai… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| gogyōseki 五行石 | Lit. five elements of stones. A name for the five types of functional and decorative stones *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gogyōsetsu 五行説 | Lit. theory of five elements. A basic principle of Chinese geomancy and cosmology adapted in Japanese garden design. The… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gojū-no-tō 五重塔 | ✓ | A five-storied pagoda usually 3 x 3 bays square with the central bays used as entrances. The corner bays most often contain… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| gokakumasu 五角桝 | ✓ | Lit. a five cornered measuring box. A method used to determine the proportions of a bracket arm *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| goken-sanko 五間三戸 | Any gate five bays wide of which the three center ones are usually entrances. Often, there is only one opening for passage… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gokenmon 五間門 | ✓ | A five-bay gate. A five-bay, three-opening gate is called *goken-sanko 五間三戸… |
Architecture, Gates |
| gōma 格間 | The space created by the coffers or ribs *gōbuchi 格縁 of a coffered or latticed… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gomadō 護摩堂 | Small buildings at Buddhist temples of Shingon 真言 and Tendai 天台 sects, used especially for Esoteric Buddhism mikkyō… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gonden 権殿 | Also *kariden 仮殿, karidono; utsushidono 移殿. A temporary… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| gongen-zukuri 権現造 | Also called ishinoma-zukuri 石の間造, *yatsumune-zukuri 八棟造, and… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| goren'uchi 五連打 | Lit. row of five stones. One arrangement of stepping stones *tobi-ishi 飛石. It… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gorinmen 五厘面 | Type of a chamfers cut on a square timber or square post with a ratio of 1/20 is called gorinmen along each corner… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gorintō 五輪塔 | ✓ | Lit. five-ring pagoda. Also gorin 五輪, gorin sekitō 五輪石塔, hōkaitō 法界塔, gorin tōba 五輪塔婆,… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| 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 *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| goshomune 御所棟 | Also called gosho oni-ita 御所鬼板 or goshomune oni-ita 御所棟鬼板. Lit. the ridge of an imperial palace. The main… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gōtenjō 格天井 | A coffered ceiling. A ceiling with ribs framing recessed panels. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| goyō 五葉 | Lit. five leaves. A decorative pattern carved into the shape of five petals, and used on a gable pendant *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| gusokudana 具足棚 | Lit. Shelves to display armor. They are placed next to an alcove *tokonoma… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| 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 | |
| gyakuren 逆蓮 | ✓ | Also sakabasu 逆蓮, kaikaren 開花蓮, *yuiwata 結綿. A shape that… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| 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 | |
| gyōgibuki gawara 行基葺瓦 | ✓ | A type of smooth, lipless, semi-cylindrical cover tile that tapers from its broader front end to a narrower back end.… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| gyōkaigan 凝灰岩 | Tuff or tufa. Popularly called shōkōseki 松香石. A porous stone composed of volcanic ash or from the material loosened… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gyōya 行屋 | 1 Small buildings or huts where village representatives used to stay en route to or upon return from a… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| mabara mairado 疎舞良戸 | A plank door filled with widely set, horizontal laths, kozan 小桟. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| mabarawari 疎割 | Also abarawari あばら割. Lit. "sparsely proportioned." The same meaning as ma-mabara 間疎 (sparse or scanty).… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| mabashira 間柱 | 1 Posts or pillars of the same or smaller diameter than the main pillars of a building. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| mabiro 間広 | Translucent sliding screens *shōji 障子, opaque screens *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| machi-ishi 待石 | Lit. "waiting stone." One of the seven trump stones *nanatsu-ishi 七つ石 in… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| machi 町 | Also pronounced chō. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| machiai 待合 | ✓ | Also machiaishitsu 待合室. |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| machinami 町並 | Also pronounced chōnami. |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| machiya 町家 | 1 Also written 町屋. One of the two main categories of vernacular house *minka… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| mado 窓 | Window. Many other characters for window used have been used since the 6th century. For example: 窗 and 牒, 向 and 間戸 or 間門.… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| madodai 窓台 | ✓ | A window sill. The horizontal part at the bottom of a window frame in a wooden building. The sill is supported by the base… |
Architecture, General Terms |
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