| 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… |
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| 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… |
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| 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… |
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| inazuma kanamono 稲妻金物 | T-shaped metal fitting inserted into a track and used for hanging scrolls in an alcove *… |
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| inazuma orekugi 稲妻折釘 | Also *nijū orekugi 二重折釘. A twice bent nail that is used under the ceiling… |
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| inomedana 猪目棚 | ✓ | Also kariokidana 仮置棚. Lit. boar's eye shelf. A two-tiered shelf *nijūdana… |
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| 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… |
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| iriro 入炉 | The placement of the fire-box or hearth cut within the host's mat *temae datami… |
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| itadoko 板床 | ✓ | An alcove with a wooden floor instead of a *tatami 畳 mat. There… |
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| itaokoshi 板起し | Also hegesoko 扮げ底, heragaeshi 箆返. The method of removing a ceramic tea caddy *… |
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| yaku-ishi 役石 | ✓ | Also kaname-ishi 要石. Rocks and stones which in a tea garden *roji 露地… |
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| yamatobuki 大和葺 | ✓ | 1 A type of board roofing made by first spacing boards of equal width at predetermined intervals and then… |
Architecture, General Terms, Tea Houses |
| yamatokaki 大和掻 | A type of bamboo lattice entwined with wisteria vine set in a window opening *… |
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| yanagikugi 柳釘 | Also yanagikakekugi 柳掛け釘. A nail hammered into a partially plastered post yanagibashira 柳柱 (see *… |
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| yōji-bashira 楊子柱 | Also called nuritate bashira 塗立柱, nuridashi bashira 塗出柱 or yanagi bashira 柳柱. A corner pillar in… |
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| yojōhan 四畳半 | ✓ | A four and a half 4 1/2 mat tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室, the most common… |
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| yojōhangiri 四畳半切 | Lit. "four mats and a half cut." A firebox or hearth used in a 4 1/2 mat or larger tea ceremony room *… |
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| yokogi 横木 | Also hikigi 引木 Lit. "horizontal timber." Although the term yokogi can refer to any horizontal timber, it… |
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| yoritsuki 寄付 | Also written 寄附. |
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| yose-ishijiki 寄石敷 | Stone paving in which various sizes of cut and natural stones are arranged in unique patterns. Different sizes of regular… |
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| yugamibashira 歪柱 | Also called *magaribashira 曲柱. Lit. "crooked or bent post." Posts that… |
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| yuoke-ishi 湯桶石 | Also called yutōseki, katakuchi-ishi 片口石, yuage-ishi 湯揚げ石, and oke-ishi 桶石. Lit. "warm… |
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