| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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| hiratōba 平塔婆 | A small, flat, wooden grave tablet placed so that it leans against a grave stone. It may have the name of the deceased… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| hiratokyō 平斗きょう | Also called *hirazonae 平備. A bracket complex *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirawari 平割 | ✓ | Logs sawn or ripped into rectangular lengths along the grain. |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hiraya 平家 | A house with only one story. |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| hirayamajiro 平山城 | Also read hirasanjiro. Lit. flatland mountain castle. A castle built on a low mountain, defined as 20 to 100 m high… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| hirazonae 平備 | Also written 平具, and read hirasonae; also called *hiratokyō … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirazuka 平束 | A short strut, post, or prop which has the same width from bottom to top. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hire 鰭 | ✓ | Lit. fins. A decorative sculpted form found, for example, on the left and right of a gable pendant *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| hiregawara 鰭瓦 | Lit. fish tile. The lower parts of ogre tiles *onigawara 鬼瓦 which extend… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hiro-en 広縁 | A generic term for a deep veranda.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirobisashi 広廂 | Also written 広庇, 弘廂. Sometimes called *hiro-en 広縁. An extended… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirokomai 広小舞 | ✓ | A long, wide, wedge-shaped, horizontal timber placed over the ends of rafters to prevent their deflection and to add support… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| 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 | |
| hiromagata 広間型 | The name given to a room plan common in vernacular houses *minka … |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| hironomi 広鑿 | Lit. wide chisel. A type of striking chisel *tatakinomi 叩鑿, with a blade-… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| hiroshiki 広敷 | 1 Part of the kitchen and private residential zone of an Edo period daimyō 大名 residence. … |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| hirukan 蛭環 | ✓ | Also hirukagi 蛭鈎 or hirukugi 蛭釘. Lit. leech hook. A pothook attached to the ceiling of the tea ceremony… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| hisakugata 柄杓形 | Lit. ladle shape. Also read hishakugata or hisagogata 瓢形 (gourd pattern). The shape of the precious jewel… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hisashi 廂 | Also written 庇. The area surrounding the *moya 母屋 or core of a… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hisashibashira 廂柱 | Also written 庇柱.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| hishaku 柄杓 | 1 A utensil with a long handle and dipper used to ladle hot water from the kettle, or cold water from the… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| hishaku kanamono 柄杓金物 | A metal fitting that allows a door to swing open in two directions. The fitting is shaped like a dipper, whereby the "… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| hishi-no-mon 菱の門 | Lit. diamond-shaped gate. Also called ōteguchi 大手口 (large front entrance). A two-storied turret gate *… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| hishi shirin 菱支輪 | ✓ | A short, curved, non-supporting series of strut-like members used on the under side of eaves to form a transition between… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hishigaki 菱垣 | Lit. lozenge fence. A type of open fence made with bamboo or other types of wood braided into lozenge shapes. A good example… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hishigōshi 菱格子 | ✓ | 1 Diamond- or lozenge-shaped lattice or muntins used on doors, transoms, and fences *… |
Art History, Architecture, General Terms, Painting |
| hishiko 菱子 | 1 Muntins, diamond shaped in cross section, used in place of vertical bars in some window openings. … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hitonoki 一軒 | The single eaves formed by a single row of base rafters found most often on domestic architecture. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hitosuji 一筋 | A door head or sill with a single groove to accommodate a sliding door. For instance; hitosuji gamoi 一筋鴨居 (a single… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hitotesaki 一手先 | Also called hitotegumi 一手組, hitotesakigumi 一手先組, or *degumi… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hiuchibari 火打梁 | ✓ | A diagonal brace placed across a corner at about a 45-degree angle to the purlins. Sometimes called an angle tie, angle,… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| Hiunkaku 飛雲閣 | Lit. a flying cloud tower. Unique, three-storied timber building, rōkaku 楼閣, built in asymmetrical design and… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| hiunmon 飛雲文 | ✓ | Also *unmon 雲文, ryūunmon 流雲文. The flowing cloud motif on… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| hiwadabuki 桧皮葺 | ✓ | A roof covered with layers of Japanese cypress hinoki 桧 (檜) bark shingles. The shingles are usually 45-60 cm in… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hiyoku irimoya-zukuri 比翼入母屋造 | ✓ | A style of hip-and-gable roof exemplified by the one on the *honden 本殿 at… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| hizuka 樋束 | A type of strut found in *shinmei-zukuri 神明造. Several… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hizumiguruwa 邪郭 | Also written 斜郭. A diagonal section of wall forming part of a gateway barrier *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| hōdate 方立 | Also written 傍立; also called hōdatebashira 方立柱; formerly *hashirayose… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hōdateguchi 方立口 | ✓ | Also hōtateguchi. An entrance to a tea ceremony room *chashitsu… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| hōgyō yane 宝形屋根 | ✓ | Lit. roof segments flowing down on four sides, also called shichū yane 四注屋根 shihōnagare 四方流. A hipped or… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hōgyō-zukuri 宝形造 | ✓ | Also written 方形造; sometimes called the four-part style shichū-zukuri 四注造, or the square style hōkei-zukuri… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hōjō 方丈 | ✓ | The name given to the type of residence that had evolved by the end of the 14th century for the abbot, i.e., the head priest… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| hōju 宝珠 | ✓ | 1 Also pronounced hōshu. A sacred gem. Usually a ball or tear-drop shape object that is sacred to… |
Architecture, General Terms, Art History, Sculpture |
| hōkeiyakata 方形館 | Lit. Square-shape mansion. A medieval fortified military-class mansion that is surrounded by a square-shaped, or more… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| hokkedō 法華堂 | ✓ | Also called hokke sanmaidō 法華三昧堂.
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Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| hōko 宝庫 | Also hōzō 宝蔵, shinko 神庫, itakura 板倉, banzō 板蔵, sazō 叉蔵. A storehouse for… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| hokogi 架木 | The topmost member of a three-railed balustrade *kōran 高欄, usually round or… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Hokuendō 北円堂 | The largest extant octagonal Buddhist temple hall, dated 1210. It is located at Kōfukuji 興福寺 in Nara, and is placed on a… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| hokusō sansuigashiki teien 北宋山水画式庭園 | Lit. gardens in the style of Northern Song landscape painting. A modern term that stresses the compositional similarities… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hōkyōintō 宝筺印塔 | ✓ | Lit. Hōkyōin pagoda. A type of pagoda (Sk: stupa) originally made as a repository for copies of the Hōkyōin… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| hon-irakagawara 本甍瓦 | A general term for three basic tiles: irakadomoe 甍巴, a tile decorated with a comma shaped pattern *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hon'ya 本屋 | Alsowritten 本家, or read omoya 主屋.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| hon'yamato 本大和 | An abbreviation of hon'yamatokaki 本大和掻. Also pronounced hon'yamatogaki. A type of decoration used on teahouses with an… | Architecture, Decorations | |
| honbashira 本柱 | ✓ | Also read omobashira; in the case of gates it may be called *monbashira… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| honbuki 本葺 | A roof made of wood and cooper sheets to resemble a traditional tiled roof *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| honden 本殿 | The sanctuary of a Shinto shrine, considered the most sacred shrine building because it contains the essence of the deity,… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| hondō 本堂 | ✓ | Lit. main hall. A Buddhist hall housing the principal images most revered by the particular sect of a temple. The use of the… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| hondoko 本床 | ✓ | A formal alcove *tokonoma 床の間 in a large *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| hone 骨 | Lath. The narrow strips of wood, laid vertically and horizontally to form the core of the sliding track for opaque screens… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| honegumi 骨組 | Also called *jikubu 軸部. The skeletal framework of a building. This framework… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hongatte 本勝手 | Also called migigatte 右勝手. The so-called normal arrangement for most tea ceremony rooms *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| hongawarabuki 本瓦葺 | ✓ | A general term for a tile roof, especially one which is composed of relatively flat, broad, concave tiles *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| honjin 本陣 | ✓ | 1 The camp or field headquarters of a general from the late Heian period to the early Edo period. This… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| honjō 本城 | 1 The main or central fortification withina single castle. It is similar to *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| honka dōrō 本歌灯籠 | Lanterns, usually found at shrines or temples, with sufficient aesthetic and historical fame to warrant copying by later… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| honmaru 本丸 | Lit. main circle. The principal compound in a castle complex which has more than one compound or ward. It is often, but not… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| honmikage 本御影 | Lit. true mikage 御影. A type of high quality granite, kakōgan 花崗岩 quarried in the Mikage region of the city… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| honmune-zukuri 本棟造 | ✓ | A style of vernacular house *minka 民家, found in Nagano Prefecture… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| honnikai 本二階 | Lit. true second floor. A full-height upper floor, complete with living and reception rooms *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| hōō 鳳凰 | 1 A phoenix. A mythical Chinese bird, thought to have been introduced to Japan in the Asuka period. The… |
Architecture, Painting, Decorations, Art History | |
| Hōōdō 鳳凰堂 | ✓ | Lit. Phoenix Hall. The Hōōdō is the central hall *Chūdō 中堂 of… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| horadoko 洞床 | Lit. cave alcove. A cave-like entrance to a tea ceremony room, partially enclosed by a side wall. The side wall is called *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| horageta 洞桁 | Also horaketa. The first two of a series of purlins that support hidden rafters *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| horaguchi 洞口 | Also horakuchi. An opening on the side wall of an alcove *tokonoma… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| hōrai enzanseki 蓬莱遠山石 | Lit. Penglai distant mountain stone. A technique in which the stone representing Mt. Penglai *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hōrai gantō 蓬莱岩島 | Lit. Penglai rock island. The technique of representing Mt. Penglai *Hōraisan… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hōrai teien 蓬莱庭園 | Lit. Penglai garden. A general term for a garden focused thematically on Mt. Penglai *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hōrai yōshiki 蓬莱様式 | Lit. Penglai style. A type of garden in which there presentation of Mt. Penglai *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hōraibune 蓬莱舟 | ✓ | Also called a boat stone funa-ishi 舟石 or treasure-boat stone takarabune-ishi 宝舟石. Lit. Penglai boat. A… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| Hōraisan 蓬莱山 | 1 Lit. Mt. Penglai. Ch: Penglaishan. The most famous of the three Elysian mountain-isles believed to lie… |
Architecture, Art History, Painting | |
| hōraiseki 蓬莱石 | Lit. Penglai stone. A garden stone representing Mt. Penglai *Hōraisan 蓬莱山,… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hori 堀 | ✓ | A moat that completely or partially surrounds a castle, palace, or mansion. Moats are primarily for protection but may… |
Architecture, Castles |
| horikiri 堀切 | A dry moat *karabori 空堀, dug to separate and hinder passage between two peaks… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| horimono 彫物 | 1 The skills, process, and work of carving in wood, bamboo, stone, metal, or other materials. It also… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| horiuchimichi 堀内道 | A pathway that runs along the bottom of a dry moat *karabori 空堀. Dry moats… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| horō 歩廊 | A style of passageway or corridor on the outside of a temple, shrine, palace, or mansion. The passageway often connects two… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hosodono 細殿 | Lit. long narrow hall.
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Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| hōsōge 宝相華 | 1 Also read hossōge, an abbreviation of hōsōgemon 宝相華文. Lit. precious flower. Hōsōge… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles, Art History, Painting | |
| hōsōge karakusa 宝相華唐草 | 1 Abbreviation of hōsōge karakusamon 宝相華唐草文. A type of Chinese arabesque design *… |
Architecture, Decorations, Roofing Tiles | |
| Hosokawa Sansai Chasho 細川三斎茶書 | A book of explanations and regulations of tea ceremony in one volume, believed to be the teaching of Ichio Iori 一尾伊織 (1602-… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| hosokuzai 補足材 | The new timber used to repair or restore a traditional wooden building. Sometimes an entire rotted member is replaced, and… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hosonoko 細鋸 | Also known as osaehikinoko 押挽鋸. A thin bladed crosscut saw used to make a plane (see *… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| hōtō 宝塔 | 1 Lit. treasure pagoda. A generic name for a pagoda (Sk: stupa) of a type associated with the Buddhist… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| hōto 方斗 | Also read hōdo. The bearing block placed in the center of criss-cross bracket arms *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hōtōgata tōrō 宝塔形灯籠 | An unusual type of pagoda-shaped lantern found in a graveyard at Tsubakidera 椿寺 near Kitano Tenmangū 北野天満宮 in Kyoto.… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| hottate-bashira 掘立柱 | Also written 掘立て柱, 掘建て柱. Earth fast posts. Posts *hashira 柱 whose feet, … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hottate goya 掘立小屋 | Also written 掘立て小屋, 掘建て小屋.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| hottate 掘立 | Also written 掘立て, 掘建て. A construction technique whereby the feet of posts, hashira-no-nemoto 柱の根元, are embedded… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hozo ほぞ | ✓ | Old pronunciation was hoso. A tenon. Protuberances of differing shape and size made on the end of wood, stone, or… |
Architecture, Joints |
| hozoana ほぞ穴 | A mortise. A cavity hewn from a timber or stone member or cut in metal to receivea tenon *… |
Architecture, Joints |
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