| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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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… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| kurazashiki 蔵座敷 | Also *zashikigura 座敷蔵. A fireproof structure *… |
Architecture, Storehouses | |
| kure 榑 | Also called se-ita 背板. A roof board that is cut along the annual rings nenrin 年輪 of a tree trunk. Such… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kuri-ishi 栗石 | Also pronounced guri-ishi. Chestnut stones. Small stones (10-30 cm in diameter) that were used as packing or… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| kuri 庫裡 | 1 Aiso written 庫裏. A structure in the precincts of a temple originally associated primarily with food… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| kuri 繰 | Curved designs carved into wood to make moldings *kurigata 繰形. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kurigata 繰形 | Also written 刳形. Incised or molded decoration that appears on the edge of exposed architectural members such as no sings *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kurin 九輪 | ✓ | Also kūrin 空輪, hōrin 宝輪. A part of the finial on top of a pagoda. Usually nine metal rings are attached to… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kurinuki kaerumata 刳抜蟇股 | A type of open frog strut honkaerumata 本蟇股, which is cut from a single timber with decorative openwork carvings *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kuriya 厨 | 1 A cooking structure which houses a cooking range *kamado… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| kurodo-no-gosho 黒戸の御所 | Also abbreviated to kurodo 黒戸. Lit. black door of the palace. A long narrow structure that was used for private… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| kuroki 黒木 | Unstripped or unbarked timber. A log which is cut so that the bark is left intact. Small unbarked logs, left in their… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kuroki torii 黒木鳥居 | The simplest type of Shinto gate *torii 鳥居 belonging to the … |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| 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… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| kururu 枢 | Also read *toboso 枢; kuro or kuroro.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| kuruwa 郭 | Also written 曲輪. The general term for a castle compound. In the medieval period, when a mountain castle *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| kusa-no-ma 草の間 | A passage used by grooms in *shoin 書院 style stables *… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| kusabi 楔 | ✓ | A wedge. Easily identified by its isosceles triangle shape. Its two main sides slant from its relatively wide top to a very… |
Architecture, Joints |
| kusabuki 草葺 | Also kusabuki yane 草葺屋根; kuzuyane 葛屋根. Lit. grass roofing. The material used to build one style of… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kusarebushi 腐節 | Lit. decayed knot. A common flaw in wood which can contribute to weakness in any lumber intended to support other members.… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| 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 |
| kusayagata tōrō 草屋形灯籠 | A type of lantern where the canopy is in the shape of a hipped roof and the flame recipient looks like a house. |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| 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… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| kushigata ranma 櫛形欄間 | A transom *ranma 欄間, with an arched opening in the shape of a comb *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kushigata 櫛形 | 1 Lit. Comb shape. A semicircular shape、or part of a semicircle, often with trimmed corners. Used in… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kushigatabei 櫛形塀 | ✓ | A partition *hei 塀 between the dado band *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kushigatamado 櫛形窓 | A window in the shape of a comb *kushigata 櫛形. Sometimes built into outside… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kutsu-ishi 沓石 | Also called *hashira-ishi 柱石. Lit. shoe or boot stone. The foundations… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kutsumaki 沓巻 | A decorative metal fitting *kanagu 金具, wound around the bottom… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kutsumon 窟門 | Also called anamon 穴門. Lit. cave gate. An arched side gate *kugurimon… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| kutsunugi-ishi 沓脱石 | ✓ | Lit. shoe-removing stone. A flat-topped stone used for taking off one's shoes before entering a *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kutsuzuri 沓摺 | ✓ | Also kutsuzuriwaku 沓摺枠. A threshold or doorsill upon which a hinged door closes snugly because the sill is a little… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kuyōtō 供養塔 | A memorial pagoda, for which there is no particular shape or size. Kuyōtō is an offering of worldly goods such… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| kuzurezumi 崩積 | A crumbling wall. A type of stone fence *ishigaki 石垣 in which stones are… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| 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 | |
| kyakuden 客殿 | Lit. guest hall. A building constructed in one of three residential styles: *shoin-… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| kyakuza 客座 | 1 A seat used by a guest.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| kyō-no-maki 経の巻 | ✓ | Lit. sutra scrolls. Three or five cylindrical tiles found at the top of a lion-mouth roof *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| kyōchi 境致 | Natural scenery of a particular place; environment. Whenever possible, temples of the Zen 禅 sect during the medieval period… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| kyojō 居城 | Also read ijō and ijiro. A castle or fortification in which the castle lord resides on a daily basis… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| kyokan 居館 | 1 A manor or palace, yakata 館, where a lord resides.
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Architecture, Castles | |
| kyōma 京間 | 1 The standard measurement used for bay size in the Kansai 関西 region, along the Inland Sea, along the San'… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| kyōrogumi 京呂組 | ✓ | The method used to attach a purlin *jōyageta 上屋桁 and transverse beams *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kyoshimon 鋸歯文 | ✓ | Also called sen kyoshimon 線鋸歯文. Saw-tooth pattern. Kyoshimon includes the zigzag pattern *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| kyōzō 経蔵 | ✓ | Also called kyōko 経庫, kyōdō 経堂, zōden 蔵殿. A repository and storehouse for sutras, or sacred books… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| 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 |
| kyūden 宮殿 | Also kūden 空殿.
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Architecture, Accessories | |
| kyūjiguchi 給仕口 | Also called kamuroguchi 禿口, *kayoiguchi 通い口 or *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| kyūkado sama 急角狭間 | A corner loophole or gunport. Loopholes made at a ninety-degree corner of a castle wall, rather than in a flat wall. The… |
Architecture, Castles |
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