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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
ichimonji 一文字

1 Two strips of fabric directly above and below a painting measuring the exact width of the painting,…

Art History, Painting, Architecture, Gardens
ike niwa 池庭

Lit. pond garden. A very general term for any garden with a pond. It includes other terms such as the archaic garden pond *…

Architecture, Gardens
ike no kokoro 池の心

Lit. heart of the pond. The most important part of a pond, which, may be the center, bottom, or surface. The term is…

Architecture, Gardens
ikegaki 生垣 ✓

Lit. living fence. A type of hedge made of trees, bamboo, or other living plants planted in a row and trimmed so as to form…

Architecture, Gardens
in'yōseki 陰陽石 ✓

Lit. yin and yang stone. A pair of stones representing male and female principles or genitalia. Also called on'yōseki…

Architecture, Gardens
ishibashi 石橋

Lit. stone bridge. A general term for a garden bridge made of stones, typically granite or schist. Ishibashi may be…

Architecture, Gardens
ishidan 石段 ✓

Also *nobedan 延段; tatami ishi 畳石.

1 …

Architecture, Gardens
ishigumi 石組

Lit. stone arrangement. Also called iwagumi. The arrangement of stones for symbolical, functional, or decorative…

Architecture, Gardens
ishijiki 石敷 ✓

Lit. stone paving. The place where paving stones are to be laid, or the stones themselves. Stones are carefully selected for…

Architecture, Gardens
nanako 魚々子 ✓

Also written 魚子, 斜子. Lit. "fish-roe."
1 A pattern of small dots thought to resemble fish-roe, and…

Art History, Architecture, Gardens, Crafts
nanakogaki 魚子垣

Also urokogaki 鱗垣, gonomegaki 互の目垣. A fence made from semi-circular pieces of bamboo or metal. Bamboo…

Architecture, Gardens
narihira sodegaki 業平袖垣

Lit. "Narihira sleeve fence." A common type of rustic see-though sleeve fence, sukashi sodegaki 透袖垣. The frame,…

Architecture, Gardens
nebukawa-ishi 根府川石

Lit. "Nebukawa stone." A type of andesite found near Nebukawa 根府川 Village near Odawara 小田原 in modern Kanagawa Prefecture.…

Architecture, Gardens
niban-ishi 二番石

Lit. "second stone."

1 A stone placed outside a house, particularly a *…

Architecture, Gardens
nozokibashi 覗橋

Lit. "peeping bridge." A type of arched, wooden garden bridge that ends abruptly in the water just after beginning its…

Architecture, Gardens
nozokigaki 覗垣

Lit. "peeping fence." A type of *sodegaki 袖垣 with one or more…

Architecture, Gardens
numazugaki 沼津垣 ✓

Also called ajirogaki 網代垣 or ajiro takegaki 網代竹垣. A type of wickerwork fence, especially popular in…

Architecture, Gardens

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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