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| koyane 小屋根 | Lit. a small roof. A small roof built over a shed or subordinate structure attached to a main building. Examples include a… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kōzama 格狭間 | Also written 香狭間, and abbreviated to *sama 狭間. Formerly called *… |
Art History, Sculpture, General Terms, Architecture | |
| kudabashira 管柱 | Also called daikagurabashira 太神楽柱. Pillars used to build two story structures whereby one pillar is erected on the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Kudara 百済 | Korean: Paekche. One of the states in the Three Kingdoms period (Jp: Sangoku jidai 三国時代) of early Korean history, and… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| kudarimune 降棟 | ✓ | Also called *hira kudarimune 平降棟. A descending ridge *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kugi 釘 | A nail made of metal, wood, or bamboo and shaped according to use. Traditionally, metal kugi are square, … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kugibori 釘彫 | A hole cutout piece bored on the back of a large, thick, non-penetrating tie beam *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| 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 | |
| kumiire tenjō 組入天井 | Also kumiire 組入 or kumitenjō 組天井.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| kumiko 組子 | 1 A muntin, mullion, or munnion. The non-structural timber parts set within the stiles *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kumimono-osae 組物押 | A beam set parallel to the eave purlin which functions like a fulcrum to support and absorb the weight of a beam called *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kumimune 組棟 | ✓ | A built-up ridge compound or rows of patterned tiles *munakomigawara… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kumo shirin 雲支輪 | Also written 雲枝輪. Lit. cloud strut. A type of slanting ceiling strut *shirin 支輪… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kumohijiki 雲肘木 | Kumogata hijiki 雲形肘木. A cloud-patterned bracket arm that is characterized by a somewhat complicated decorative… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kumoto 雲斗 | ✓ | Also pronounced kumomasu or unto. Lit. cloud-shaped bearing block. A bearing block carved with a cloud-… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kumotokyō 雲斗きょう | ✓ | Also called kumogata tokyō 雲形斗きょう or kumogata kumimono 雲形組物. Lit. cloud pattern bracket complex. A… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kumotsudan 供物壇 | The small dais in front of a Buddhist altar on which offerings of boiled rice are placed. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Kundaikan sōchōki 君台観左右帳記 | A single-volume book detailing Chinese objects, particularly tea-ceremony utensils, given to the shogunal family by Ashikaga… |
Architecture, General Terms, Document | |
| kuraidori 位取 | The process of laying floor boards so that the edges fit snugly together and the top surface is perfectly smooth. Wherever… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| 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 | |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
| kururu 枢 | Also read *toboso 枢; kuro or kuroro.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| 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 | |
| kushigatabei 櫛形塀 | ✓ | A partition *hei 塀 between the dado band *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kutsu-ishi 沓石 | Also called *hashira-ishi 柱石. Lit. shoe or boot stone. The foundations… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| 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 |
| kyakuza 客座 | 1 A seat used by a guest.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| kyōrogumi 京呂組 | ✓ | The method used to attach a purlin *jōyageta 上屋桁 and transverse beams *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
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