| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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| hachimae-no-ishigumi 鉢前の石組 | A washstand placed near a veranda or in the corner of an open veranda, shoin zashiki 書院座敷, or in the chief priest's… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hachimaki 鉢巻 | ✓ | The name for a thickly plastered area projecting from the wall below the eaves of a building. Used on storehouses, *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hachimaki doi 鉢巻土居 | A "headband" earthen embankment. An earthen embankment with a stone wall constructed on the upper portion. Also … |
Architecture, Castles | |
| hachiman torii 八幡鳥居 | ✓ | A pillar of the shinmei type, *shinmei torii 神明鳥居, with no… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| hachiman-zukuri 八幡造 | A style of shrine architecture characterized by a structure which from the side-view gives the impression of two separate… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| hachiro 八炉 | ✓ | The eight basic ways of positioning a hearth, *ro 炉, in a tea ceremony room, *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| hachiyō 八葉 | Lit. eight leaves. Also hachiyō kanagu 八葉金具. A metal decoration carved into the shape of eight petals with a central… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hachiyō fukuben rengemon 八葉複弁蓮華文 | A decorative stylized lotus-flower pattern, *rengemon 蓮華文, found on eaves… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hada noshigawara 肌熨斗瓦 | 1 The second layer of tiles that is curved and set at a same angle to the first layer of tiles, … |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hadakaniwa 裸庭 | Lit. naked or bare yard. A term for the earth-floored area, *doma 土間, in… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| haegi 延木 | Also haigi. An archaic term for *nodaruki, 野垂木 (a hidden rafter). A… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hafu kazari kanagu 破風飾金具 | Also hafu kanagu 破風金具. Decorative metal fittings, *kazari kanagu… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hafu kojiri 破風木尻 | Also written 破風鐺, hafujiri 破風尻, or hafubana 破風鼻. The lower end of a bargeboard on a hip-and-gable… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hafu ogami 破風拝 | ✓ | Also called hafugashira, 破風頭, or hafu-no-ogami, 破風の拝. The joint between two bargeboards, hafu-ita… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hafu 破風 | Also written 搏風. Also called hafu-ita 破風板. A bargeboard. Straight or curved boards laid flat against the ridge ends… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hafugoshi 破風腰 | The center of a bargeboard, *hafu 破風, which is determined by its length. It… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hagarazai 端柄材 | Also written 羽柄材. Also called hagaramono, 端柄物, 羽柄物; or yamabikizai 山挽材. A general term for trimmed boards… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hagi 矧 | ✓ | A suffix used to describe edge joints of various types.
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Architecture, Joints |
| haichi-zu 配置図 | A layout drawing on a plot plan showing topography in minute detail and the position of buildings within the boundaries of a… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| haiden 拝殿 | ✓ | A worship hall at a Shinto shrine, usually placed on the same axis as the offering hall, *… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| hainobe 配延 | Also hainobi 配延び or nobi 延び. A carpenters' standard term for extensions created by slopes. Example: Where the horizontal… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| haiseki 拝石 | Lit. worship stone. A type of trump stone *yaku-ishi 役石 from which one can… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| haiseki 配石 | Lit. stone arrangement. To arrange stones in consideration of their shape, color, and character. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| haitsuke daruki 配付垂木 | ✓ | Also sashidaruki 挿垂木 or 指垂木. To join rafters *taruki 垂木 which is… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hajikidake 弾竹 | Also bakuchiku-bashira 爆竹柱. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hakamagoshi 袴腰 | ✓ | 1 A trapezoidal form created on top of the posts that frame the host's entrance *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Structures, Buildings |
| hakamazuri-ishi 袴ずり石 | Lit. hakama 袴 brushing stone. A name for the front stone in a stone grouping arranged around a low basin *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| hakarihijiki 秤肘木 | ✓ | A single bracket arm *hijiki 肘木, which is set into a large bearing block *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hakkaku butsuden 八角仏殿 | An octagonal hall in a Buddhist temple. One or more Buddhist deities are enshrined within. The record Shizaichō… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| hakkaku enden 八角円殿 | An octagonal hall. Temple records owned by Hōryūji 法隆寺 and Gangōji 元興寺 mention the existence of a hakkaku enden as… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| hakkaku endō 八角円堂 | Lit. eight-sided circular. An octagonal circular hall *hakkakudō 八角堂,… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| hakkakudō 八角堂 | ✓ | Also called *hakkaku endō 八角円堂. An octagonal hall. There are six… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| hakkakuotoshi-no-kado 八角落の角 | ✓ | Also yatsunaka-no-korobi 八中の転. The method used to determine the incline of the main posts of a *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hakkakutō 八角塔 | ✓ | An octagonal pagoda of which there is only one in Japan. Although a plan to erect an octagonal pagoda existed at Saidaiji… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| hakkyakumon 八脚門 | ✓ | Also read yatsuashimon. Also called sangenikkomon 三間一戸門 or sangen sankomon 三間三戸門 depending upon… |
Architecture, Gates |
| hakogata jōgi 箱型定規 | Box-shaped measuring tool used when inking and marking off a pillar in order to fit the horizontal beams surrounding a… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| hakokaidan 箱階段 | ✓ | Also referred to as hakodan 箱段 and hakohashigo 箱梯子. A combined stairway and storage chest, common in town… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| hakokanagu 箱金具 | Also hakokanamono 箱金物, *makikanagu 巻金具, makikanamono 巻金物. U-strap, strap, stirrup.… | Architecture, Decorations | |
| hakomune 箱棟 | A prominent box-like ridge framed in timber astride the apex of a roof. In section it resembles a miniature building with a… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hakozaki torii 筥崎鳥居 | Also called Hakozaki Hachimangū 筥崎八幡宮, Hakozaki no Miya 筥崎宮 or Hizen torii 肥前鳥居. A stone pillar type of gate characterized… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| Hamagurimon 蛤門 | ✓ | Lit. clam gate. One of the four gates on the westside of the outer enclosure of Kyoto Gosho 京都御所. Altogether there were nine… |
Architecture, Gates |
| hamayuka 浜床 | Also called *chōdai 帳台 in the Heian period.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| hame-ishi 羽目石 | Also written 嵌石. A stone panel. A component of the formal style podium *danjōzumi… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hame-ita 羽目板 | Also written 嵌板. A wooden panel or board used as wall covering. It may be horizontally or vertically set. The boards may… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hamontai 波文帯 | Also called a zigzag motif *inazumamon 稲妻文 or a saw tooth pattern *… | Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| han-nageshi 半長押 | ✓ | Lit. half non-penetrating horizontal beam. A non-penetrating beam which is 3/5 the diameter of a building 's main pillar… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| han-noshigawara 半熨斗瓦 | Rectangular ridge tiles with half the width of an ordinary ridge tile *noshigawara… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hana-akarimado 花明窓 | Also kameimado, *oribemado 織部窓, *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hana 鼻 | ✓ | Lit. nose. Also called hanasaki 鼻先. The end or tip of a structural member such as a beam, rafter end, ridge end,… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hanagarami 鼻絡 | A relatively small tie beam placed slightly inside and under the eave ends on a board roof. It not only ties the boards… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| hanagawara 花瓦 | Also hashigawara 端瓦. Lit. flower tile. An edge or border tile originally, the word came to replace the more… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hanaguri 鼻繰 | A generic name for moldings *kurigata 繰形, used on the edge of bracket arms *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanahijiki 花肘木 | ✓ | Lit. flower bracket arm. A decorative bracket arm *hijiki 肘木 that appeared in… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hanahiragawara 端平瓦 | A broad, concave end tile that alternates with an eave end semi-circular tile surmounted with a circular pendant *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hanaikada 花筏 | Lit. flower raft. A decorative, floral pattern popular in the Momoyama period. The design is said to be derived from a… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanaire 花入 | A container for displaying flowers, or a flower vase. Generally, there are three types found in tea ceremony rooms *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| hanakakushi-ita 鼻隠板 | ✓ | A fascia board. A board nailed flat against the rafter ends, characteristic of the daibutsu style *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hanakugi 花釘 | ✓ | A nail used to hang a flower vase in a tea ceremonyroom *chashitsu 茶室. Some… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| hanakumiko 花組子 | Also hanako 花子. Decorative petal-shaped muntins found on doors *shōji… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanamarugawara 端丸瓦 | An old name for semi circular eave end tiles *nokimarugawara 軒丸瓦. Also… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hanamarunoko 鼻丸鋸 | Also known as anahikinoko 穴挽鋸. A round-nose roughing saw. The name is derived from the shape of the top of the… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| hanamashi 鼻増 | Also sorimashi 反増; terimashi 照増. The gradual increase in height toward the ends of rafters *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hanamichi 花道 | Lit.flower path. A long elevated walkway on the left side of a *kabuki… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hanamoya 鼻母屋 | Pole plates. Horizontal members that are positioned on the outer end of raking beams *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hanaranma 花欄間 | Also called hanasama ranma 花狭間欄間 or *hanazama 花狭間. A… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanasogawara はなそ瓦 | ✓ | A semi-circular convex tile with a pendant *gatō 瓦当, attached to… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| hanazama 花狭間 | ✓ | Also hanasama.
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Architecture, Decorations |
| hanbashira 半柱 | Lit. half column. Also katabutabashira 片蓋柱 (half-covered pillar). The half visible column on the exterior or… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hanchiku 版築 | Also read banchiku. A method of making the core of a podium *danjōzumi… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hanebashi 桔橋 | Also written 刎橋. A draw bridge. A bridge that has a metal hinge attached to the castle side and a rope attached to the the… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| hanedashi nikai はね出し二階 | ✓ | A jettied upper floor projecting beyond the plane of the line of posts defining the limit of the lower part of a town house… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| hanegi 桔木 | A cantilever. A heavy, rough member used in a hidden roof *noyane … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hanegimakura 桔木枕 | Lit. a cantilever pillow. A transverse beam supported by the eave purlin *dashigeta… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hanegiosae 桔木押 | A beam running at a right angle to the cantilevers *hanegi 桔木, used in a hidden… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hankirizuma-zukuri 半切妻造 | ✓ | Also called hakamagoshi yane 袴腰屋根, or kabutoyane 兜屋根. A style of roof similar to the hipped roof *… |
General Terms, Architecture |
| hankōran 半高欄 | A simple style of balustrade placed around a low, step-like veranda *hamayuka… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hanmasugata 半桝形 | A type of protective box-shaped enclosure *masugata 桝形, found at a castle… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| hanme 半目 | Also called hankirime 半切目. Wale next to the binding of a straw mat *tatami… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| hanmekiri 半目切 | Also called *hanme 半目; kogirime 小切目. The partially exposed wale next to… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| hanshige daruki 半繁垂木 | The distance between two rafters of this type is equal to the sum of the height of a rafter plus the width of its bottom… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hanshōji 半障子 | A sliding screen made of a light wooden frame covered with translucent paper. It is about 1 m-1.3 m high. 1.3 m hanshōji… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hanshōjibusuma 半障子襖 | Also called han-akarishōji 半明障子. A pair of sliding screens with a lattice frame covered with translucent paper *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hara 腹 | Lit. belly. The concave underside, of a curved beam, for example, a curved transverse beam *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| haraidono 祓殿 | Lit. purification hall. Also read haraedono. Also haraidokoro 祓所. A hall where Shinto priests or lay… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| harakugi 腹釘 | Nails driven into the sides of a board that is parallel to its edges in order to stabilize it. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hari 梁 | ✓ | A transverse or cross beam positioned at a right angle to a roof ridge. It stretches the width of a building to receive the… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| haribasami 梁挟 | Also called haritsunagi 梁繋. Tie beams that run parallel to the roof ridge. One is positioned across the upper… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| harichigae tenjō 張違天井 | A ceiling which is embellished with wooden squares of different kinds placed in a checker-board pattern. The ribs of a… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| harigawara 張瓦 | Also written 貼瓦. Also called haritsukegawara 張付瓦 or 貼付瓦. Tiles applied to a wall. |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| harigumi 梁組 | Also called kōka 構架. The beam system of a roof. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hariita tenjō 張板天井 | A plain board ceiling. When paper or silk are pasted over the ceiling boards for decorative purposes, the ceiling is called… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| harima 梁間 | Also referred to as *hariyuki 梁行; also written 張り間.… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hariyuki 梁行 | Transverse beams that run at right angles to lengthwise beams. In Japanese architecture hariyuki usually run the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hasami shikii kamoi 挟敷居鴨居 | The threshold and head jamb used for a single sliding door at the guest's entrance *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| hashi 階 | Also read kizahashi, kidahashi. Lit. a step, stair, stairway, staircase. Hashi is used to refer… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hashibami 端喰 | ✓ | Also written hashibame 端嵌. Narrow long strips of wood made to cover the top and bottom of doors composed of several… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hashibasami-ishi 橋挟石 | ✓ | Lit. bridge-anchoring stones. The stones placed at the four corners of a stone bridge ishibashi 石橋. Also called the… | Architecture, Gardens |
| hashidono 橋殿 | ✓ | Lit. bridge building. A wooden structure (3 × 4 bays) built over a stream. It is closely related to the kaguraden… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| hashikakushi 階隠 | 1 A pent roof built above the stairs on one side of the annex tai-no-ya 対の屋 in aristocratic style… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hashikakushi-no-ma 階隠の間 | Also hikakushi-no-ma 日隠の間, hashi-no-ma 階の間, or mihashi-no-ma 御階の間. The space between the posts at… |
Architecture, General Terms |
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