| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| kabe shitaji 壁下地 | The framework for a mud-plastered wall. It consists of lath, bamboo crosspieces *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kabedoko 壁床 | ✓ | A wall alcove. An alcove that has no recessed space and no appurtenances such as a framing board *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| kabegaki 壁垣 | A generic term for shrine fences *tamagaki 玉垣. A fence built at shrines from… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kabekomai 壁小舞 | ✓ | Also written 壁木舞. Thinly split lath set vertically and horizontally to form the framework *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kabemochi bashira 壁持柱 | Small diameter posts set between two pillars to support horizontal circular laths called kabemawatashi 壁間渡. The… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kaben 花弁 | The band of lotus petals *renji 蓮子 which encircles the seed pod *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| kabeshiro 壁代 | A type of curtain hung from the upper non-penetrating tie beam, uwanageshi (or kaminageshi ) 上長押 in temple… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kabewatadono 壁渡殿 | Lit. walled bridge corridor. An archaic term for a type of corridor that connects two buildings in a Heian period… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kabuki 冠木 | Also 衡木. A horizontal timber, lintel, or crossbar. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kabukimon 冠木門 | ✓ | Also written kōmon 衡門. A roofless gate composed of two square gate posts *… |
Architecture, Gates |
| 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… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| kaburagegyo 蕪懸魚 | ✓ | Lit. turnip bargeboard pendant. A gable pendant *gegyo 懸魚 decorated with… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| kabutomon 兜門 | Lit. helmet gate. A type of front gate in tea gardens *roji 露地 that resembles a… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| kadozuka 角束 | A short strut used at the corners of podii *kidan 基壇, or a dais *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kaeribana 反花 | 1 Lotus petal design carved around the lower base kiban 基盤 of a lantern *… |
Architecture, Art History, Sculpture, Lanterns | |
| kaeribanaza 反花座 | Abbreviated to *kaeribana 反花. Also soribana 反り花. A… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kaerumata 蟇股 | ✓ | Frog-leg strut. A strut with legs spread like those of a frog. Kaerumata in the early Nara period developed from an… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kagami-ishi 鏡石 | Lit. mirror stone. |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| kagami ita 鏡板 | Boards or panels planed to a perfectly smooth surface and employed for ceilings or flooring. An example is a thin board… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kagami no ma 鏡の間 | Lit. mirror room. A room separated by a curtain from the passageway hashigakari 橋掛り leading to a noh stage *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kagami tenjō 鏡天井 | ✓ | Also kagamiita tenjō 鏡板天井. Lit. mirror ceiling. A flat ceiling made of smoothly planed boards shiraki… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kagamizumi 鏡積み | Lit. mirror piling. A method of masonry used for a stone wall *ishigaki 石垣.… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| kagariya 篝屋 | Guardhouses for soldiers placed at street corners in Kyoto and Kamakura during the Kamakura period. The earliest known … |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| kagebana sōshoku 懸華装飾 | A festoon. Also fesutun フェストゥーン, hanazuna sōshoku 花網装飾, or sagewa kazari 下げ環飾. A carved or molded… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kagemori 影盛 | ✓ | A plastered roof ornament on storehouses *dozō 土蔵. Located at the ends of… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kagiya 鍵屋 | Lit. key-shaped house. A widely used term for vernacular houses *minka 民家, of… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| kagobori 篭彫 | ✓ | Purfled work. Lit. basket carving. A type of decorative wood carving used on beam projections *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kai 階 | Floor or storey, and also a counter for floors in a building. For example, nikai 二階 refers to the second floor or… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kai no kuchitsugi 貝の口継 | ✓ | Lit. shell mouth joint. A straight end-to-end joint *tsugite 継手 used for very… |
Architecture, Joints |
| kaidaka 階高 | The distance from the floor of one story to the floor of the next story. The topmost story is measurement from the floor to… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| kaidan'in 戒壇院 | ✓ | A Tendai 天台 sect building that contains an ordination platform used exclusively for the ceremony to impart the Buddhist… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| kaidan 階段 | One or more steps composed of a tread dan ita 段板 or fumi ita 踏板 and a riser *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kaidan 戒壇 | A platform or dais used for the Buddhist ordination ceremony. |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| kaigata 貝形 | ✓ | 1 A trapezoid. |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kaigata gegyo 貝形懸魚 | ✓ | Also kaigashira gegyo 貝頭懸魚. Lit. shell-head gable pendant. A type of decorative gable pendant *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| 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 | |
| kaikō 開口 | Also kaikō ana 開口穴; kaikōbu 開口部. A generic term for an opening made in a wall for a door and window, in… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kaimono 飼物 | Any kind of material used to fill a gap. If the basic material is wood, then wood filler is used. Gaps in stone walls are… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| kaiorekugi 貝折釘 | ✓ | Also written 皆折釘. A large, square, angular nail used for wooden or bamboo fences. Its head is bent at right angles but has a… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kairō 回廊 | ✓ | Also written 廻廊; also called bu 廡, sōrō 走廊 or *horō 歩廊. Single-… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| kaisandō 開山堂 | ✓ | A hall that enshrines a statue, portrait or memorial tablet of the founder of a temple or the founder of a particular… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| kaisantō 開山塔 | Lit. founder's pagoda. A rare type of wooden pagoda *hōtō 宝塔, constructed… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| kaisho 会所 | 1 A meeting place. Originally specified as a place in a shinden style mansion *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| kaitomoshi 掻灯 | Also *tsuridōrō 釣灯籠. Lanterns, usually made of metal, hung in the… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| 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… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| kajū 荷重 | Also ni 荷. Lit. load. The downward pressure exerted by the roof structure, purlins, transverse beams, etc. on the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kake domoegawara 掛巴瓦 | Often abbreviated kake domoe 掛巴. The semi-cylindrical eave-end cover tiles, noki kakedomoe marugawara… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| kake karakusagawara 掛唐草瓦 | A common term for the broad, concave eave-end pendant tiles that are placed along the gable overhang *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| kakebana 懸鼻 | ✓ | Also read kakehana, and written 掛鼻. A decorative nosing *kibana 木鼻… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| 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 |
| kakegawara 掛瓦 | A general term for tiles used to cover the bargeboard *hafu 破風 on a gable roof *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| kakego zukuri 掛子造 | ✓ | A method of measurement used to determine the size of a small, 1-bay wide shrine building *… |
Architecture, Measurement |
| kakehashi 掛橋 | Also written 架橋 and 懸橋. A wooden bridge that spans a water-filled moat. Supported by posts, the bridge can be removed when a… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| 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 |
| kaki 垣 | Also read en; also called kakine 垣根. A generic term for a fence, garden precinct wall, or partition. Some… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| kakikomi 欠込 | ✓ | Also pronounced kakikomu; watarikakitsugi 渡欠継. Also written kakikomu 缺込む in old sources. One of… |
Architecture, Joints |
| kakikubi 欠首 | A neck-like part under a bulbous-topped post *giboshi 擬宝珠. It resembles the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kakimayu 欠眉 | Also written 缺眉 or 欠き眉. A type of carved molding *kurigata 繰形, widely used in… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| 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… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| kakitsugi 欠継 | A scarf joint used to join two timber members together to form one continuous piece. |
Architecture, Joints | |
| kakitsuke 掻きつけ | Also written 垣つけ. A method of fence construction where vertical members *tateko… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| kakiuchi 欠打 | ✓ | A nailed right angled joint made on two crossed structural members by cutting a notch into one timber equal to the width of… |
Architecture, Joints |
| kakoi 囲 | Lit. enclosure. An old name for a tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室.… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| kaku 閣 | ✓ | 1 A tower or a palace. For example, tenshukaku 天守閣 is the keep or dungeon of a castle. See *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kaku 角 | Also seikakuzai 正角材. A term used for any square building material. For example post is called kakubashira 角柱. | Architecture, General Terms | |
| kaku-umadashi 角馬出 | A type of defensive gateway barrier *umadashi 馬出, consisting of an earthen… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| kaku zukuri 角造 | 1 A generic term for structural members that are square in cross section. Examples are found on the steps… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kakugōshi tamagaki 角格子玉垣 | Also called kakutamagaki 角玉垣 or *tatehigo tamagaki 竪籤玉垣. A… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kakurenji 角連子 | Lit. square lattice. Lattice that is square in cross section. A single section of lattice is called renjiko 連子子.… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kakushiaridome 隠蟻留 | ✓ | Lit. a hidden mitered dovetail joint, or blind mitered dovetail joint. Also called kakushiarigata kumitsugi 隠蟻形組接… |
Architecture, Joints |
| kakushiguchi 陰口 | Also written 隠口. A hidden castle entrance.
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Architecture, Castles | |
| kakuzai 角材 | Any cut timber that is square in cross section. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kama 釜 | A cauldron, iron pot, or kettle. See *chanoyugama 茶湯釜. |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
kama 鎌 |
A gooseneck tenon. A tenon cut with a long neck (thought to resemble the neck and elongated head of a goose), blunted on the… | Architecture, Joints | |
| kama no kami 釜の神 | A general term for the tutelary deity or deities, kami 神, of the cooking range *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| kamachi 框 | 1 The frame, rail or stile of a door, window or sliding screen *shōji… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kamado 竈 | Lit. place for the cauldron. Also called kudo くど, fudo ふど, hettsui へっつい, kama かま. … |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| kamadodono 竈殿 | Sometimes also kamamiya 釜宮. Also read hettsuidono. A building with a hearth or cooking stove. Often a stove may be placed… | Architecture, Shrines | |
| kamadogami 竈神 | Also kamagami 釜神. The tutelary deity of the hearth or cooking range *kamado… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| kamadono 釜殿 | Also pronounced kanaedono, kamaden. A synonym for *kamaya 釜屋… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| kamae 構 | Kamae is an earthen embankment constructed so that it cannot be invaded by an enemy. It has the same meaning as *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| kamakebiki 鎌毛引 | A double-line marking gauge with an iron handle bent into an L-shape where the marking blade is attached. The iron handle is… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| kamaotoko 釜男 | Also sometimes written 竃男. Lit. cauldron male. An alternative term for *kamadogami… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| kamatsugi 鎌継 | ✓ | A gooseneck tenon and mortise joint. The mortise is cut into one section, and the tenon, with head and neck a single member… |
Architecture, Joints |
| kamaya 釜屋 | ✓ | Also written 竈屋. Lit. cooking room. Either refers to a freestanding structure used for cooking, or a part of a vernacular… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| kamayadate 釜屋建て | A particular type of divided roof style *buntōgata 分棟型, where the raised… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| kame no o 亀の尾 | ✓ | Lit. tortoise tail. Short, diagonally set ribs with thin wooden strips called jaboko 蛇骨子 or koebi 小海老,… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kamebara 亀腹 | Also called *manjūgata 饅頭形. Lit. tortoise belly. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| 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… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| kami no jū 上の重 | Lit. upper floor. Refers to the second story of a two-storied structure. *Jū 重… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Kami-no-midō 上御堂 | Lit. Upper honorable hall. A Buddhist image hall at Hōryūji 法隆寺 (1318) in Nara, rebuilt long after the original hall, built… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| kamidaidokoro 上台所 | Lit. upper kitchen.
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Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| kamidana 神棚 | ✓ | An interior shelf *tana 棚, where paper talismans, kamifuda 神札, or… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| kamigamachi 上框 | The top rail or the uppermost horizontal door stile. Also kamizan 上桟. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| 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 | |
| kamite 上手 | Lit. upper hand. Upper end or high end. The position or seat of higher rank, or the superior position in a hierarchy. In… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| 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… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| kamoi 鴨居 | ✓ | A generic term for a head jamb. Unlike the lintel *magusa まぐさ, kamoi… |
Architecture, General Terms |
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