| 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 | |
| uchigenkan 内玄関 | A subordinate entry in houses possessing a formal guest entry *genkan 玄関, and… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| udatsu 卯立 | ✓ | Also written 卯建, 宇立, うだつ; all read udachi, odatsu, or odachi. |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| udatsubashira うだつ柱 | 1 A wide post at the interface between the earth-floored space *doma… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| udatsuya うだつ屋 | 1 A rudimentary thatched dwelling hut or ancillary structure with a gable roof *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| umaya 馬屋 | ✓ | A stable. Also written 厩. Also maya 馬屋 or 厩, keiya けいや, and kyūsha 厩舎. Applied to both a… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings |
| ushibari 牛梁 | 1 A particularly large beam that runs in a longitudinal direction, ketayuki hōkō 桁行方向 (see *… |
Architecture, General Terms, Folk Dwellings | |
| ushiroya chūmon 後屋中門 | A rear wing which extends from the main structure of a folk dwelling *minka… |
Architecture, Gates, Folk Dwellings | |
| usuniwa 臼庭 | ✓ | 1 An alternative term for all or part of the earth-floored area, *doma… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| usuya 臼屋 | 1 A small-scale freestanding structure containing a mortar or hand mill, usu 臼, for pounding rice… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
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