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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
yakuba 役場

1 The parts of a stone wall such as exterior corners, top surfaces, or openings for drainage where…

Architecture, General Terms, Folk Dwellings
yamatomune 大和棟

An alternative term for a roof style found on Edo period farmhouses nōka 農家, called *…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
yanakadake 屋中竹

Also yamadake 屋間竹. The bamboo purlins, about 20-30 cm in circumference, that are placed about 30-36 cm apart over a…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
yokoza 横座

1 The seat of the principal and most honored guest sonsha 尊者 at formal banquets in the shinden…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings
yorikimado 与力窓 ✓

1 A rectangular window used in exterior walls, fitted with thick horizontal timber bars *…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings
yoritsuki 寄付

Also written 寄附.

1 Room immediately inside an entrance to the raised floor zone; *…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tea Houses
yotsudate 四つ建て

Also *yoritsuki 寄付. A structural system found in farmhouses, nōka 農家, of the Edo…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
yūjoya 遊女屋

The house of a procurer in the pleasure districts *yūkaku 遊廓 of Edo period…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
yūkaku 遊廓

Also written 遊郭. The pleasure district of the early modern Japanese city. The earliest developed example is said to have…

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