| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| ichi no ma 一の間 | Lit. room one. The innermost and most prestigious room, six to twelve straw mats *tatami… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| ido 井戸 | 1 A well supplying drinking water. It may be deep or narrow, depending on the depth of the water table. The… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tea Houses | |
| idoko 居所 | Shortened form of idokoro 居所. A name for rooms or spaces in the following contexts: |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| ikken'ya 一軒屋 | An independently framed urban-vernacular house *machiya 町家 of a more… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| ima 居間 | Lit. living room. A room commonly utilized as the principal space for daily living. 1 The daily… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| inakama 田舎間 | Also edoma 江戸間. A length of 1.8 m or less, defining the standard length of a single bay: the distance from the… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| inufusegi 犬防木 | Also pronounced inubōgi. 1 In temples and shrines, a lattice *… |
Architecture, General Terms, Folk Dwellings | |
| irori 囲炉裏 | ✓ | Also written 居炉裏. Also called ro 炉. An open hearth set in the floor of various rooms in Japanese buildings.… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| ishioki itabuki 石置板葺 | ✓ | Wood shingles *itabuki 板葺, held in position with stones. Generally used for… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| itabuki 板葺 | ✓ | Wood shingles. Widely used in Japan for buildings of many kinds, ranging from palaces, elite residences, shrines, and… |
Architecture, General Terms, Folk Dwellings |
| itaniwa 板庭 | 1 A low timber platform constructed within the earth-floored area *doma… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| shakemachi 社家町 | A township composed of *shake 社家, families who held posts (usually hereditary) as… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| shikibari 敷梁 | Also *ushibari 牛梁, nakahikibari 中引梁, ushihikibari 牛引梁, … |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| shimodaidokoro 下台所 | Lit. "lower kitchen." |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| shimomise 下店 | 1 A room in the front *shimote 下手 corner of the earth-floored… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| shishimado 獅子窓 | 1 A large window in the front wall frame of a principal living room *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| shukubamachi 宿場町 | A type of settlement or township which developed along major trunk roads during the medieval and early modern periods,… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| shukuya 宿屋 | A vernacular house *minka 民家, in the style known as *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| shukuya-zukuri 宿屋造 | 1 A term for a style of vernacular residence *minka 民家, with… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| sodeudatsu 袖卯立 | ✓ | Lit. "sleeve udatsu." Extensions of the gable parapet walls *udatsu 卯立… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| sudomon 簀戸門 | Lit. "latticed door gate." A type of garden gate which features lattice, or basket-work of split bamboo. Varieties include… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| suzumeodori 雀踊 | ✓ | Lit. "sparrow dance." A widely-used term for a range of elements used to decorate the ridge of the roof in vernacular houses… |
Architecture, General Terms, Folk Dwellings |
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