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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:

1 In…

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."

1 The outermost part of the kitchen that functioned as a service zone in the…

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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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