Skip to main content

JAANUS

  • a (7)
  • b (5)
  • c (8)
  • d (7)
  • e (3)
  • f (2)
  • g (11)
  • h (13)
  • i (11)
  • j (11)
  • k (34)
  • m (24)
  • n (19)
  • o (13)
  • r (1)
  • s (11)
  • t (17)
  • u (9)
  • w (1)
  • y (9)
  • z (1)
  • (-) Folk Dwellings (20)
  • Architecture (20)
  • Aristocratic Dwellings (3)
  • General Terms (3)
  • Tea Houses (2)

Displaying 1 - 20 of 20
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:

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
yakuba 役場

1 The parts of a stone wall such as exterior corners, top surfaces, or openings for drainage where…

Architecture, General Terms, Folk Dwellings
yamatomune 大和棟

An alternative term for a roof style found on Edo period farmhouses nōka 農家, called *…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
yanakadake 屋中竹

Also yamadake 屋間竹. The bamboo purlins, about 20-30 cm in circumference, that are placed about 30-36 cm apart over a…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
yokoza 横座

1 The seat of the principal and most honored guest sonsha 尊者 at formal banquets in the shinden…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings
yorikimado 与力窓 ✓

1 A rectangular window used in exterior walls, fitted with thick horizontal timber bars *…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings
yoritsuki 寄付

Also written 寄附.

1 Room immediately inside an entrance to the raised floor zone; *…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tea Houses
yotsudate 四つ建て

Also *yoritsuki 寄付. A structural system found in farmhouses, nōka 農家, of the Edo…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
yūjoya 遊女屋

The house of a procurer in the pleasure districts *yūkaku 遊廓 of Edo period…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
yūkaku 遊廓

Also written 遊郭. The pleasure district of the early modern Japanese city. The earliest developed example is said to have…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings

Contributor Login

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