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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
gedan 下段

Lit. low step. The lowest level of floor space in a formal *shoin 書院 style room…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings
gusokudana 具足棚

Lit. Shelves to display armor. They are placed next to an alcove *tokonoma…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings
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
takudana 卓棚

A set of decorative shelves used in an alcove. A single, high shelf with enclosed sliding doors is constructed slightly…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings
tana 棚

Shelves.

1  A type of shelf, sometimes with a rack, of which there are many ordinary household…

Architecture, General Terms, Aristocratic Dwellings, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings
tsukebashira 付柱

Also kobashira 小柱 or shoinbashira 書院柱. A post placed at the exterior corner of the alcove that…

Architecture, Aristocratic 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