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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
hirashoiin 平書院

One type of window used in a shoin style room *shoin-zukuri 書院造.…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings
hiroma 広間

1 The generic term used for a large room occupying the full cross section of a building in Edo period…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings
hiroshiki 広敷

1 Part of the kitchen and private residential zone of an Edo period daimyō 大名 residence.

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Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings
ryōri-no-ma 料理の間

1 The part of the kitchen where the finishing stages of food preparation took place and where meals were…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, 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