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jiku 軸

1 A roller used for a hanging scroll *kakemono 掛物 or hand…

Art History, Painting, Tea Houses, Architecture
jikukakekugi 軸掛釘

Also jikukugi 軸釘, kakemonokugi 掛物釘. A hook for hanging scrolls, *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
jizaikagi 自在鈎 ✓

A pothook. A device that enables a pot nabe 鍋 or tea kettle tetsubin 鉄瓶 to be suspended over a sunken…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tea Houses
jōzadoko 上座床

Lit. upper seat alcove. Also read kamizadoko. An alcove *tokonoma…

Architecture, Tea Houses

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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