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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
naga-ita 長板

Lit. "a long board."


1 The board used as the base of the *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
naka-ita 中板

A board which is inserted between the host's mat *temaedatami 点前畳 and the…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nakabachi-no-tsukubai 中鉢の蹲踞

A garden wash-basin set characterized by the use of gravel surrounding it. The gravel allows the water from hand washing to…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nakabashira 中柱

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

Architecture, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings
nakaita-no-seki 中板席

A tea ceremony room or house that contains a board *naka-ita 中板, set between the host's mat…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nakakugi 中釘

Also *hanakugi 花釘, tokonakakugi 床中釘 (see *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nakakuguri 中潜

Lit. "middle wicket." Also pronounced uchisomi. It is sometimes called kuguri 潜. A type of middle…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nanatsu-ishi 七つ石

Seven trump stones in the *roji 露地 or tea garden. They are the hand-washing stone…

Architecture, Tea Houses
Nanbōroku 南方録

Book of Sen no Rikyū's 千利休 (1522-91) tea ceremony secrets which consists of seven volumes entitled: "Memoranda Oboegaki…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
narukodo 鳴子戸

A gate used between the outer and inner gardens *roji 露地 leading to a teahouse *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
natsume 棗 ✓

A tea caddy for storing weak green powdered tea. Also called *usuchaki…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nijiriguchi 躙口 ✓

Also called nijiri agariguchi 躙上り口; nijirido 躙戸 and kuguriguchi 潜口. Lit. "a crawl-in or wriggle-…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nijūdana 二重棚 ✓

Also nijū tsuridana 二重釣棚. A double hanging shelf *tsuridana 釣棚,…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nobedan 延段 ✓

Also written 展段 and 展檀. A method of stone paving in the *roji 露地 or tea garden in…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nori-ishi 乗石

Lit. "mounting stone." One of the trump stones *yaku-ishi 役石 placed in front…

Architecture, Tea Houses
norigoe-ishi 乗越石

Lit. "step-over stone." One of the trump stones *yaku-ishi 役石 set…

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