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| kabumono 株もの | Lit. stump. The term is used to designate trees which have no trunk but grow so that the branches come directly out of the… |
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| kaiyūshiki teien 回遊式庭園 | Lit. stroll style garden. A type of garden designed to be entered and enjoyed on foot. Most gardens can be divided either… |
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| kaki 垣 | Also read en; also called kakine 垣根. A generic term for a fence, garden precinct wall, or partition. Some… |
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| kakitome no ki 垣留の木 | Lit. fence-stopping tree. The technique of painting a tree at the end of a fence. The tree should be in harmony with the… |
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| kakitsuke 掻きつけ | Also written 垣つけ. A method of fence construction where vertical members *tateko… |
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| kamejima 亀島 | Lit. tortoise island. A small island made with several stones that express the head, feet, and tail of a tortoise. Found in… |
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| kamogawa-ishi 賀茂川石 | Lit. Kamogawa stone. A type of stone taken from the bed of the upper Kamo River in Kyoto. It was much in demand as garden… |
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| karadake 唐竹 | Lit. Chinese bamboo. A common type of slender, long-jointed bamboo madake 真竹. It is often used to construct bamboo… |
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| karayō-no-niwa 唐様の庭 | Lit. Chinese style garden. A general and problematic term used to distinguish gardens with an exotic continental flavor from… |
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| kareike 枯池 | Lit. dry pond. A symbolic pond made with rocks, pebbles, and white sand instead of water. Along with the more common dry… |
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| karenagare 枯流 | ✓ | Lit. dry stream. A common garden element construction in dry landscape *karesansui… |
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| karesansui gogan 枯山水護岸 | Lit. dry landscape revetment. The technique of arranging stones to suggest the bank gogan 護岸 of a dry pond or… |
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| karesansui 枯山水 | ✓ | Lit. dry landscape. A common type of garden which suggests mountains and water using only stones, sand or gravel and,… |
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| karetaki 枯滝 | Lit. dry waterfall. A common technique in dry landscape *karesansui … |
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| karikomi 刈込 | Lit. pruning. The term refers to the clipped hedge or clipped plants common in Japanese gardens. Karikomi is… |
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| kasan 仮山 | Lit. artificial mountain. Also read kazan, or kasansui 仮山水. A general term referring to an artificial… |
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| katanagareyō 片流様 | An oblong island created in a garden pond. Although it is a fabrication, its appearance seems genuine due to the natural… |
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| katōgaki 火灯垣 | Lit. flame fence. A type of fence with an ogee-arched entrance. See *katō 火灯… |
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| katsuragaki 桂垣 | The bamboo fence that surrounds the Katsura Rikyū 桂離宮 in Kyoto. The fence it is widely imitated today. At given intervals… |
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| kazari chōzubachi 飾手水鉢 | Lit. decorative wash basin. A wash basin placed in a garden for decoration and not used for washing hands. Usually, a wooden… |
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| kazari-ishi 飾石 | Lit. decoration stones. A type of stone prized for its beauty and usually placed apart from the more symbolic stone… |
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| kazariido 飾井戸 | An ornamental well. A garden well which has no water and therefore functions or only as a symbolic or decorative item. It is… |
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| kazariuchi 飾打 | The ornamental elements of a garden. The features of a garden which have an ostensible function but are treated in a non-… |
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| keiseki 景石 | Lit. scenic stone. A type of garden stone meant to be appreciated for its beauty. Several usually keiseki stones… |
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| kenninjigaki 建仁寺垣 | ✓ | A type of bamboo fence that takes its name from its use first at the temple Kenninji 建仁寺 in Kyoto. It is also considered to… |
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| kentō 献灯 | A votive light offered to a Shinto or Buddhist deity. The lantern which holds the votive light is called a *… |
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| kesagata chōzubachi 袈裟形手水鉢 | Lit. surplice shape water basins. A stone wash basin *chōzubachi… |
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| kikieda 利き枝 | A large and powerful branch which dominates a tree. The kikieda featured in garden design and also in paintings… |
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| kikine 利き根 | A term which refers to the large roots of trees, for example in Kano Eitoku's 狩野永徳 (1543-90) painting, Birds and Flowers… |
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| kinkakujigaki 金閣寺垣 | ✓ | Lit. Kinkakuji 金閣寺 style fence. A type of low, bamboo see-through fence *… |
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| kiri-ishibashi 切石橋 | Lit. cut stone bridge. A type of stone bridge *ishibashi 石橋,… |
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| kishū-ishi 紀州石 | Lit. Kishū stones. A type of blue stone *ao-ishi 青石, quarried in… |
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| kōetsujigaki 光悦寺垣 | Lit. Kōetsuji fence. Also kōetsugaki 光悦垣. A type of open, woven bamboo fence *… |
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| kogaseki 虎臥石 | Lit. lying tiger stone. A type of trump stone *yaku-ishi 役石 placed at… |
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| kōkishiki karesansui 後期式枯山水 | Lit. late style dry landscape. A type of dry garden *karesansui 枯山水… |
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| kōshū kurama-ishi 甲州鞍馬石 | Also called shinkurama-ishi 新鞍馬石 and kōshūmikage-ishi 甲州御影石. A type of low quality granite quarried in… |
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| kumigaki 組垣 | Lit. braided fence. A generic name for fences in which the lattice pieces of the fence are braided. In some cases the bamboo… |
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| kumiizutsu 組井筒 | Lit. arranged well crib. A type of well made of four joined stone blocks. It is also called kakikomi ido 掻込井戸 (… |
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| kunoji-no-ike 九の字の池 | "Pond (shaped like the) character 九," one type of garden pond. It is described in the garden manual Hihon sakuteiden… |
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| kurama-ishi 鞍馬石 | ✓ | Lit. Kurama stone. A type of granite quarried in the Mt. Kurama 鞍馬 area north of Kyoto. Light brown in color and of fine… |
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| kuruma-ido 車井戸 | Lit. pulley well. A general term for wells in which the water is drawn by a bucket and rope attached to a pulley. This… |
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| kusen hakkai-ishi 九山八海石 | Lit. stone(s) from the nine mountains and eight seas. A single stone or group of stones placed around another stone meant to… |
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| kyōchi 境致 | Natural scenery of a particular place; environment. Whenever possible, temples of the Zen 禅 sect during the medieval period… |
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| tachichōzubachi 立手水鉢 | ✓ | Lit. "standing water basin." A type of tall basin *chōzubachi 手水鉢 that can… |
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| takaikegaki 高生垣 | A hedge, 3 to 5 m high, planted as a wind screen or for fire control. |
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| take tokusabei 竹木賊塀 | ✓ | Lit. "bamboo and horsetail tokusa 木賊 fence." |
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| takegaki 竹垣 | ✓ | Lit. "bamboo fence." A generic name for any kind of fence made with bamboo. Specific types include *… |
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| takeyarai 竹矢来 | ✓ | Also written 竹柵. A roughly constructed bamboo fence with horizontal pieces placed close to the top, at the center, and at… |
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| takigumi-ishi 滝組石 | Lit. "waterfall stone arrangement." A type of stone arrangement used for garden waterfalls. Also pronounced taki-… |
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| tama-ishi 玉石 | Lit. "round stone." A boulder about 15-30 cm across, which has been naturally rounded by a river or ocean waves. Often… |
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| tamabuchi 玉縁 | Lit. "jewelled edge." |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles, Gardens | |
| tanba-ishi 丹波石 | Lit. "Tanba stone." A type of granite from the Kameoka 亀岡 region, northwest of Kyoto. High in iron, it is used for pavements… |
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| tate-ishi 竪石 | A dominating garden stone that is set in an upright position. The term appears first in the *… |
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| tateko 竪子 | Also written 立子 or 建子, read tatego. |
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| tatōshiki teien 多島式庭園 | Lit. "multiple-island style." More than two islands constructed in a chisen 池泉 (pond and stream) type garden. |
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| teppeiseki 鉄平石 | Lit. "flat iron stone." A type of andesite quarried in the Suwa 諏訪 and Kitasaku 北佐久 regions of Nagano Prefecture. The flat,… |
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| teppōgaki 鉄砲垣 | Lit. "musket fence." A type of *sodegaki 袖垣 or *… |
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| tobi-ishidan 飛石段 | Lit. "stepping stone stairs." A type of stepping stone *tobi-ishi 飛石, placed on a slope to… |
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| tokiwagi 常盤木 | Lit. "evergreen tree." A pine matsu 松, cryptomeria sugi 杉, or sakaki 榊, found in almost all types… |
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| tokusabei 木賊塀 | A type of formal fence associated with the walls surrounding nobles' homes and tearooms *… |
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| Tsukiyama teizōden 築山庭造伝 | Lit. "Commentary on Landscape Gardens." |
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| tsukiyama 築山 | The older term is *kasan 仮山. Lit. "constructed mountain."… |
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| tsukuri-izumi 作り泉 | Lit. "constructed spring." The artificial watercourse built to conduct spring water into a garden. The term, found in the… |
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| tsurujima 鶴島 | Lit. "crane island." A garden island made with several stones and, usually, a pine to suggest the flight of a crane. As a… |
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