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gangi 雁木

Also written 岸岐.

1 1) A general term for any architectural element built in a stepped or zigzag…

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
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
genkan chūmon 玄関中門

A structure with a gable roof *kirizuma-zukuri 切妻造, projecting from the…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
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
nagashi 流し

1 A sink used for washing food before its preparation, for washing utensils after a meal, or for washing…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
nakabashira 中柱

1 Also *daimebashira 台目柱. A small pillar which stands at…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings
nakado 中戸 ✓

A pair of sliding doors *hikichigai 引違, separating the front…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
nakadoma machiya 中土間町家

An urban vernacular residence *machiya 町家, characterised by a…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
nakadoma 中土間

An inner earth-floored area found in *nakadoma machiya…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
nakai 中居

1 A private service-oriented room in the mansions of aristocrats, warriors, retired emperors, abbots and…

Architecture, General Terms, Folk Dwellings
nakaniwa 中庭

1 A place for hanging clothes in vernacular dwellings of the Kantō 関東 region.


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Architecture, Folk Dwellings
namakokabe 海鼠壁 ✓

Also written 生子壁. A traditional finish for *dozō-zukuri 土蔵造 and *…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
nedoko 寝床

Also *nema 寝間, *nando 納戸, *heya…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
nema 寝間

A room for sleeping in vernacular houses *minka 民家 of the Edo period.…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
nichōgake 弐丁懸

Roughly dressed lumber measuring less than three *ken 間 (5.5 m) in length and more…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
niuji 入地

The main living room *hiroma 広間, adjacent to the earthen-floored area…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
niwa daikokubashira 庭大黒柱

Also abbreviated to niwadaikoku 庭大黒.

1 A freestanding post *…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
niwakamado 庭竃

1 A new cooking range *kamado 竃, or open hearth *…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
noren 暖簾

1 A hanging cloth suspended from the eaves or in the openings (especially entrances) of a building as…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
nurigome 塗篭

1 A sleeping space used by the master and mistress of the house, enclosed with solid plaster walls, usually…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings
nuriya tenjō 塗屋天井

A ceiling of the *sunoko 簀子 type made from bamboo stalks lashed…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
nuriya-zukuri 塗屋造

An alternative term for *ōkabe-zukuri 大壁造. The fireproofing…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
nyōbōza 女房座

Lit. "wife's seat." Also frequently called kakaza 嬶座. One of the seats around the edge of the sunken hearth *…

Architecture, 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