| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| shakemachi 社家町 | A township composed of *shake 社家, families who held posts (usually hereditary) as… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| shikibari 敷梁 | Also *ushibari 牛梁, nakahikibari 中引梁, ushihikibari 牛引梁, … |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| shimodaidokoro 下台所 | Lit. "lower kitchen." |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| shimomise 下店 | 1 A room in the front *shimote 下手 corner of the earth-floored… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| shishimado 獅子窓 | 1 A large window in the front wall frame of a principal living room *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| shukubamachi 宿場町 | A type of settlement or township which developed along major trunk roads during the medieval and early modern periods,… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| shukuya 宿屋 | A vernacular house *minka 民家, in the style known as *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| shukuya-zukuri 宿屋造 | 1 A term for a style of vernacular residence *minka 民家, with… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| sodeudatsu 袖卯立 | ✓ | Lit. "sleeve udatsu." Extensions of the gable parapet walls *udatsu 卯立… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| sudomon 簀戸門 | Lit. "latticed door gate." A type of garden gate which features lattice, or basket-work of split bamboo. Varieties include… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| suzumeodori 雀踊 | ✓ | Lit. "sparrow dance." A widely-used term for a range of elements used to decorate the ridge of the roof in vernacular houses… |
Architecture, General Terms, Folk Dwellings |
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