| 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. |
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." |
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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