| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| ichimonji 一文字 | 1 Two strips of fabric directly above and below a painting measuring the exact width of the painting,… |
Art History, Painting, Architecture, Gardens | |
| ike niwa 池庭 | Lit. pond garden. A very general term for any garden with a pond. It includes other terms such as the archaic garden pond *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ike no kokoro 池の心 | Lit. heart of the pond. The most important part of a pond, which, may be the center, bottom, or surface. The term is… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ikegaki 生垣 | ✓ | Lit. living fence. A type of hedge made of trees, bamboo, or other living plants planted in a row and trimmed so as to form… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| in'yōseki 陰陽石 | ✓ | Lit. yin and yang stone. A pair of stones representing male and female principles or genitalia. Also called on'yōseki… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| ishibashi 石橋 | Lit. stone bridge. A general term for a garden bridge made of stones, typically granite or schist. Ishibashi may be… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ishidan 石段 | ✓ | Also *nobedan 延段; tatami ishi 畳石. |
Architecture, Gardens |
| ishigumi 石組 | Lit. stone arrangement. Also called iwagumi. The arrangement of stones for symbolical, functional, or decorative… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ishijiki 石敷 | ✓ | Lit. stone paving. The place where paving stones are to be laid, or the stones themselves. Stones are carefully selected for… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| zakanshiki teien 座観式庭園 | Lit. "seated appreciation style garden." A modern term designating gardens meant to be seen or "appreciated" from a fixed… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| zazen-ishi 座禅石 | Lit. "stone for seated meditation." A large, flat-topped stone which is used for, or thought to be appropriate for… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| Zen'inshiki no niwa 禅院式の庭 | Lit. "Zen 禅 temple style gardens." A modern term designating the various types of gardens associated with Zen sect temples… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| zenigata mizubachi 銭形水鉢 | Lit. "coin shape water basin." A type of round water basins *chōzubachi 手水鉢… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| zenkishiki karesansui 前期式枯山水 | Lit. "early style dry landscape." The Heian period arrangement of stones in areas with neither a pond nor stream. The 11th-… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| zentei 前庭 | Lit. "front garden." A general term referring to the garden in front of a building. In contrast to the main garden which is… |
Architecture, Gardens |
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