| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| ichijōhan no seki 一畳半の席 | ✓ | Also written 一帖半の席. A very small tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室, no more… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| ichijūdana 一重棚 | ✓ | Also ichijū tsuridana 一重釣棚. A single shelf suspended by a slender bamboo pole. It is made of paulownia when it… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| ichirin ike 一輪生 | ✓ | A small flower vase which is just large enough for one flower stalk. Most vases of this type were made of ceramic but… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| 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 | |
| imae 居前 | The correct seating position for the host when performing tea ceremony. For example, in the Urasenke 裏千家 school, a portable… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| inazuma kanamono 稲妻金物 | T-shaped metal fitting inserted into a track and used for hanging scrolls in an alcove *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| inazuma orekugi 稲妻折釘 | Also *nijū orekugi 二重折釘. A twice bent nail that is used under the ceiling… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| inomedana 猪目棚 | ✓ | Also kariokidana 仮置棚. Lit. boar's eye shelf. A two-tiered shelf *nijūdana… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| inomemado 猪目窓 | Lit. boar's eye window. A window in a tea ceremony structure thought to resemble a boar's eye. The window is really… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| iriro 入炉 | The placement of the fire-box or hearth cut within the host's mat *temae datami… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| itadoko 板床 | ✓ | An alcove with a wooden floor instead of a *tatami 畳 mat. There… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| itaokoshi 板起し | Also hegesoko 扮げ底, heragaeshi 箆返. The method of removing a ceramic tea caddy *… |
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| sadōguchi 茶道口 | ✓ | Also written 茶堂口, 茶頭口; also chatateguchi 茶立口, or *katteguchi 勝手口.… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| sagekiri 下げ切 | A little used placement of the firebox *ro 炉, in a tea ceremony room *… |
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| Saimyōji shiorido 西明寺枝折戸 | Lit. "Saimyōji 西明寺-style latticed bamboo door." One type of raised lattice door *… |
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| sanjūdana 三重棚 | ✓ | 1 Triple shelves. Shelves which now are rarely seen in a tea ceremony room except at Nishihonganji… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| sarudo 猿戸 | ✓ | Lit. "monkey door." A type of bolted gate, called a wicket or a *kido 木戸, used at… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| sashi-ishi 差石 | Small, oblong (6-10 cm) or rectangular stones placed in the space below the bamboo wall base kabedomari 壁留り of the… |
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| sekimori-ishi 関守石 | ✓ | Lit. "barrier-keeper stone." A stone placed atop a stepping stone *tobi-ishi… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| Sekishū-ryū 石州流 | 1 An Edo period school of tea ceremony founded by Katagiri Sekishū 片桐石州 (1605-73). Branch schools… |
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| Sekishū sanbyakukajō 石州三百ヶ条 | A tea ceremony encyclopedia based on the methods of Katagiri Sekishu 片桐石州 (1605-73), who is believed to have authored 300… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| shakutate 杓立 | Also hishakutate 柄杓立. A ladle stand or holder for the ladle or dipper, and charcoal tongs. Shakutate is… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| shiki-ishi 敷石 | ✓ | A stone-cutting technique for paving stones. According to certain tea ceremony sources various sized stones were used for… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| shikishimado 色紙窓 | ✓ | Lit. "poetry paper windows." *Shikishi 色紙 refers to the square paper on which short poems… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| shiorido 枝折戸 | ✓ | Also written 紫折戸. Lit. "broken branch door." A type of wicket *kido 木戸 used at… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| shitabara setchin 下腹雪隠 | Also pronounced the kafuku setchin. A functional toilet placed in the outer tea garden *… |
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| shitajimado 下地窓 | ✓ | Also written 助枝窓. Also called nurisashimado 塗さし窓, nurinokoshimado 塗残し窓, kakisashimado 掻さし窓. A… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| shōbanseki 相伴席 | A special mat for one or more guests, shōban 相伴, who are companions to the guest of honor, shōkyaku… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| sōan 草庵 | A small, rustic style tea ceremony structure up to 4 1/2 mats *yojōhan 四畳半,… |
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| sokujō 触杖 | Also called sunakake 砂かけ, sunasukui 砂掬い, and ezue え杖. Also written 束杖. A thin wooden board… |
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| Sōtan nikki 宗湛日記 | The diaries of Kamiya Sōtan 神谷宗湛 (1551-1635), a wealthy merchant and tea ceremony master in Fukuoka Prefecture. Written… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| Sōtankitsune 宗旦狐 | A tea ceremony legend that probably dates from the first half of the 17th century. An old fox, the story goes, lived in the… |
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| sōteigakoi 宗貞囲 | ✓ | Also called sōtei zashiki 宗貞座敷. A 3-mat tea ceremony room *chashitsu… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| sotogaki 外垣 | Lit. "outer fence." A generic name for any fence that encloses a tea ceremony house and garden *… |
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| sotoroji 外露地 | Outer tea garden. The section of the double teagarden nijū roji 二重露地 closest to the entrance gate, sotorojimon… |
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| sukiya 数奇屋 | A tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室 distinguished from a genuine tea ceremony… |
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| sumichigai 隅違い | 1 A term referring to the arrangement of the utensils employed during a tea ceremony. Specifically, … |
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| sumiro 隅炉 | One of several arrangements for positioning the fire-box *ro 炉 or fixed hearth in a… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| sunasetchin 砂雪隠 | Lit. "sand toilet." Originally a functioning toilet for use during tea gatherings, it later became a purely ornamental… |
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| sute-ishi 捨石 | Lit. "discarded stone." One of the seven trump stones *nanatsu-ishi… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
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