| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| itago 板子 | An Edo period term for wooden planks with a rectangular cross-section, between 5 cm and 30 cm thick. These planks were cut… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| itajiki 板敷 | A common type of wooden board flooring commonly used before thick straw matting *tatami… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| itakarado 板唐戸 | ✓ | Also read itagarado; also called itatobira 板扉. A 6th-7th century door made of a single, thick wooden plank… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| itame 板目 | ✓ | 1 A board cut in such a way that the grain lines are not parallel but instead are rather pointed or having irregular wavy… | Architecture, General Terms |
| itaniwa 板庭 | 1 A low timber platform constructed within the earth-floored area *doma… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| itanoki 板軒 | ✓ | Thick boards used to cover exposed base rafters visible under eaves. Examples: Eihōji Kannondō 永保寺観音堂 (1315), Gifu… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| itaokoshi 板起し | Also hegesoko 扮げ底, heragaeshi 箆返. The method of removing a ceramic tea caddy *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| itaosae 板押 | Also read itaoshi. Battens used to prevent boards from moving. They are long, thin strips of wood set vertically… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| itojaku 糸尺 | Lit. string plus shaku. A measurement that equals 30.3 cm or about one foot. It is the term used to measure the… |
Architecture, Measurement | |
| itomarugawara 糸丸瓦 | The smallest semi-circular tile, with a diameter of 7.5 cm. An eave end tile of this size decorated with a comma pattern is… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| itomasa 糸柾 | A shortened form of itomasame 糸柾目. Straight, narrow grained wood. Two examples are Japanese arborvitae, nezuko… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| itomen 糸面 | A very narrow, chamfer about 3 mm wide, made by planing the corners of posts. The term has been used from the 17th century… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| itsutesaki 五手先 | A rare five-stepped bracket complex found at a temple on Sado 佐渡 Island, Niigata Prefecture. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| iwayadō 岩屋堂 | A temple hall built into a natural grotto, or a grotto cut from rock high up on the face of a cliff or steep slope. One… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
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