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kabedoko 壁床	✓	A wall alcove. An alcove that has no recessed space and no appurtenances such as a framing board *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kabutomon 兜門		Lit. helmet gate. A type of front gate in tea gardens *roji 露地 that resembles a…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kagami-ishi 鏡石		Lit. mirror stone. 1　A stone which is placed behind a hand wash basin *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
Kaiki 槐記		The words and deeds of court-noble Konoe Iehiro 近衛家熈 (1667-1736) as collected by his personal physician Yamashina Dōan 山科道安…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kakedo 掛戸		Lit. hanging door. A door hung on the outside of a window to prevent the penetration of rain and wind. It is really a…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kakegane 掛金	✓	A ring or eyelet device used as a simple method of securing a hinged door *hirakido…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kakekomi tenjō 掛込天井		Also written 駆込天井, also called *keshō yaneura no kakekomi tenjō…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kakeshōji 掛障子	✓	A hanging translucent screen *shōji 障子 that is constructed with a light wooden…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kakoi 囲		Lit. enclosure. An old name for a tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室.…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kama 釜		A cauldron, iron pot, or kettle. See *chanoyugama 茶湯釜.	Architecture, Tea Houses
kamihari tenjō 紙貼天井		A ceiling on which layered paper has been pasted. The bottom, middle, and top layers of paper cover the area between the…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kan'unjoku 寒雲卓	✓	A type of pitcher shelf *mizusashidana 水指棚. A version of…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kasumidoko 霞床		Also kasumidoko-no-seki 霞床の席. An alcove *tokonoma 床の間, with…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kata 肩		1　Lit. shoulder. The shoulder of a tea ceremony tea caddy or tea jar *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
katanakake 刀掛	✓	A single or double rack usually found at the outside left of a tea house entrance to hold the swords of warriors. Part of…	Architecture, Tea Houses
katanakake-ishi 刀掛石		Lit. sword rack stone. The trump stone *yaku-ishi 役石 set in…	Architecture, Tea Houses
katōguchi 火灯口		Also written 花頭口, 火頭口, 華頭口. Also called *sadōguchi 茶道口 or *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
katte 勝手		The term is believed to signify a place where one cooks food, kate wo kashigu 糧を炊ぐ, in use since the Kamakura…	Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tea Houses
kattedoko 勝手床		Lit. kitchen alcove. Also teishudoko 亭主床. Sometimes called *gezadoko…	Architecture, Tea Houses
katteguchi 勝手口		1　A service or tradesmen's entry. A house entry that lead to the kitchen; *…	Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tea Houses
kayoiguchi 通い口		Also *kyūjiguchi 給仕口. The host's entrance to a ceremony room *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kazarihachimae 飾鉢前		An ornamental wash basin found on the side of a hallway *rōka 廊下, or around the…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kekomidoko 蹴込床		A simple style alcove *tokonoma 床の間 with a riser board kekomi-ita…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kensui 建水	✓	Also koboshi 零し. A waste-water container into which either hot or cold water is poured after a tea bowl has…	Architecture, Tea Houses
Kihakuken 既白軒		A tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室, at Myōshinji Keishun'in 妙心寺桂春院 in Kyoto.…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kinin-datami 貴人畳		Also called tokomaedatami 床前畳. Lit. a nobleman's tatami. A straw mat *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kinin-ishi 貴人石		Lit. noble's stone. A type of trump stone *yaku-ishi 役石, used…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kininguchi 貴人口	✓	Also kinin agariguchi 貴人上り口. Lit. nobleman's entrance. An entrance made especially for noblemen or other…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kinuhada 絹肌		A generic name for an exceedingly smooth silky texture found on the shoulder, body, and lid of some kettles used for the tea…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kireisabi きれいさび		Lit. refined rusticity. Also written 綺麗寂. An aesthetic ideal of the early 17th century associated with the *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kiri-ishi 切石		Lit. cut stones. Angular, free cut stones that can be a paved walkway *nobedan…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kiri-ishijiki 切石敷	✓	Cut paving stones. The stones may be slabs cut freely in any desired shapes. The stone paving laid at Katsura Rikyū 桂離宮 in…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kiridome 切止		1　The end of the handle of a tea scoop *chashaku 茶杓. Various…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kirihikite 切引手		Also *chiriotoshifusuma 塵落襖. A type of door catch found on a thick,…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kissakōmongashi 喫茶敲門瓦子		Lit. piece of tile knocking against the gate. A handbook on the Sen 千 family, tea ceremony, written by Fujii Iseki 藤井維石 and…	Architecture, Tea Houses
ko-ita 小板	✓	1　The small strip of red pine that is inserted between the end of the firebox and the rear wall, or between…	Architecture, Tea Houses
koguchidai-ishi 小口台石		One of the seven trump stones *nanatsu-ishi 七つ石 used in a *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kokoboshi shiki-ishi 小零し敷石		Lit. small scattered paving stones. A type of round-stone paving *tama-ishijiki…	Architecture, Tea Houses
koma 小間		A small tea ceremony room, from two to four and a half mats in size, which best encompasses the characteristics of the…	Architecture, Tea Houses
koshibari 腰貼	✓	Also written 腰張, 腰紙貼. The pasting of paper on the lower part of the clay wall in a tea ceremony room, one piece of which is…	Architecture, Tea Houses
koshikake machiai 腰掛待合	✓	A place provided in a tea garden where the mood and expectations of the participants are intensified while they wait until…	Architecture, Tea Houses
Koyomibari-no-seki 暦張の席		Also called Koyomitei 暦亭. The old calendar papers that were pasted to the base of the mud plaster wall of a small…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kozashiki 小座敷		Also *koma 小間. Lit. a small room. An old name for a small sized tea ceremony room…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kugurido 潜り戸		1　A generic term for a small door, very often a wicket door set into the leaf of another larger door or…	Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tea Houses
kuguriguchi 潜り口		A generic term for a small low entrance through which one has to stoop or crawl. Often fitted in a large gate, so people may…	Architecture, General Terms, Tea Houses
kuniyaki 国焼		Lit. country fired. An expression used by tea masters in the Edo period to refer to ceramic tea caddies *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kusari-no-ma 鎖の間	✓	Lit. chain room. The origin of the term is unclear. According to the Fuhaku hikki 不白筆記 (Notes Written by Kawakami…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kyaku-datami 客畳		The guest's mat in a tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室. It is usually close to…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kyaku-ishi 客石		Lit. guest stone. A type of stepping stone *yaku-ishi 役石 placed…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kyūdaisu 及台子	✓	Kyūdaisu is an abridged form of kyūdai daisu 及第台子. Also written 弓台子. An informal type of portable…	Architecture, Tea Houses
kyūjiguchi 給仕口		Also called kamuroguchi 禿口, *kayoiguchi 通い口 or *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sadōguchi 茶道口	✓	Also written 茶堂口, 茶頭口; also chatateguchi 茶立口, or *katteguchi 勝手口.…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sagekiri 下げ切		A little used placement of the firebox ro 炉, in a tea ceremony room …	Architecture, Tea Houses
Saimyōji shiorido 西明寺枝折戸		Lit. "Saimyōji 西明寺-style latticed bamboo door." One type of raised lattice door *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sanjūdana 三重棚	✓	1　Triple shelves. Shelves which now are rarely seen in a tea ceremony room except at Nishi Honganji…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sarudo 猿戸	✓	Lit. "monkey door." A type of bolted gate, called a wicket or a *kido 木戸, used at…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sashi-ishi 差石		Small, oblong (6-10 cm), or rectangular stones placed in the space below the bamboo wall base kabedomari 壁留り of the…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sekimori-ishi 関守石	✓	Lit. "barrier-keeper stone." A stone placed atop a stepping stone *tobi-ishi…	Architecture, Tea Houses
Sekishū-ryū 石州流		1　An Edo period school of tea ceremony founded by Katagiri Sekishū 片桐石州 (1605-73). Branch schools…	Architecture, Tea Houses
Sekishū sanbyakukajō 石州三百ヶ条		A tea ceremony encyclopedia based on the methods of Katagiri Sekishu 片桐石州 (1605-73), who is believed to have authored 300…	Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
shakutate 杓立		Also hishakutate 柄杓立. A ladle stand or holder for the ladle or dipper, and charcoal tongs. Shakutate is…	Architecture, Tea Houses
shiki-ishi 敷石	✓	A stone-cutting technique for paving stones. According to certain tea ceremony sources, various sized stones were used for…	Architecture, Tea Houses
shikishimado 色紙窓	✓	Lit. "poetry paper windows." *Shikishi 色紙 refers to the square paper on which…	Architecture, Tea Houses
shiorido 枝折戸	✓	Also written 紫折戸. Lit. "broken branch door." A type of wicket *kido 木戸 used at…	Architecture, Tea Houses
shitabara setchin 下腹雪隠		Also pronounced the kafuku setchin. A functional toilet placed in the outer tea garden *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
shitajimado 下地窓	✓	Also written 助枝窓. Also called nurisashimado 塗さし窓, nurinokoshimado 塗残し窓, kakisashimado 掻さし窓. A…	Architecture, Tea Houses
shōbanseki 相伴席		A special mat for one or more guests, shōban 相伴, who are companions to the guest of honor, shōkyaku…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sōan 草庵		A small, rustic style tea ceremony structure up to 4 1/2 mats *yojōhan 四畳半,…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sokujō 触杖		Also called sunakake 砂かけ, sunasukui 砂掬い, and ezue え杖. Also written 束杖. A thin wooden board…	Architecture, Tea Houses
Sōtan nikki 宗湛日記		The diaries of Kamiya Sōtan 神谷宗湛 (1551-1635), a wealthy merchant and tea ceremony master in Fukuoka Prefecture. Written…	Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
Sōtankitsune 宗旦狐		A tea ceremony legend that probably dates from the first half of the 17th century. An old fox, the story goes, lived in the…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sōteigakoi 宗貞囲	✓	Also called sōtei zashiki 宗貞座敷. A 3-mat tea ceremony room *chashitsu…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sotogaki 外垣		Lit. "outer fence." A generic name for any fence that encloses a tea ceremony house and garden *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sotoroji 外露地		Outer tea garden. The section of the double tea garden nijū roji 二重露地 closest to the entrance gate, sotorojimon…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sukiya 数奇屋		A tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室 distinguished from a genuine tea ceremony…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sumichigai 隅違い		1　A term referring to the arrangement of the utensils employed during a tea ceremony. Specifically, …	Architecture, Tea Houses
sumiro 隅炉		One of several arrangements for positioning the fire-box *ro 炉 or fixed hearth in a…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sunasetchin 砂雪隠		Lit. "sand toilet." Originally a functioning toilet for use during tea gatherings, it later became a purely ornamental…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sute-ishi 捨石		Lit. "discarded stone." One of the seven trump stones *nanatsu-ishi…	Architecture, Tea Houses