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machi-ishi 待石

Lit. "waiting stone." One of the seven trump stones *nanatsu-ishi 七つ石 in…

Architecture, Tea Houses
machiai 待合 ✓

Also machiaishitsu 待合室.

1 A waiting and resting shelter. Typically a rustic structure…

Architecture, Tea Houses
mae-ishi 前石

1 Also called kazari-ishi 飾石, tōage-ishi 灯あげ石, tōtomoshi-ishi 灯ともし石. A flat…

Architecture, Tea Houses
magaribashira 曲柱

Also pronounced magamibashira. Also called *yugamibashira 歪柱.…

Architecture, Tea Houses
marume 丸目 ✓

To expose the whole wale or rib next to the binding on a straw mat *tatami 畳.…

Architecture, Tea Houses
masudoko 桝床

An alcove room *tokonoma 床の間, usually 91 to 95 cm square, equal…

Architecture, Tea Houses
minatogami 湊紙

Also read minatoshi. Paper pasted from the edge of *tatami 畳 to at…

Architecture, Tea Houses
mizuage-ishi 水揚石

One of the trump stones for used in a wash-basin group *hachimae-no-ishigumi…

Architecture, Tea Houses
mizukumi-ishi 水汲石

One of the group of trump stones *yaku-ishi 役石 placed around…

Architecture, Tea Houses
mizusashi 水指 ✓

Also mizutsubo 水壷. Lit. "a water jar." A container of fresh water used either to fill the tea bowl *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
mizusashidana 水指棚

A small shelf unit with side boards that have an openwork *sukashibori…

Architecture, Tea Houses
mizuya dōko 水屋洞庫 ✓

A type of small built-in cabinet of the *mizuyadana 水屋棚 style placed in the wall of a tea…

Architecture, Tea Houses
mizuya 水屋 ✓

1 Also written 水遣, 水谷, 水舎. Also called *daidokoro 台所, *…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings
mizuyadana 水屋棚

Shelves constructed in the *mizuya 水屋, the room which serves as a kitchen for a…

Architecture, Tea Houses
monomi-ishi 物見石

Lit. "scenery-viewing stone." An alternate name for the *gakumi-ishi 額見石,…

Architecture, Tea Houses
morokazari 諸飾り

Alcove ornaments found in tea ceremony rooms of various types. The term morokazari is derived from the time when…

Architecture, Tea Houses
mukō-ita 向板 ✓

A board, usually of pine but sometimes Japanese cedar, placed between a normal sized host's mat *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
mukōgiri 向切 ✓

Also mukōgiriro 向切炉. Mukōgiri refers to *hongatte 本勝手 and…

Architecture, Tea Houses
murodoko 室床

Also called *horadoko 洞床 or tsuchidoko 土床. An alcove…

Architecture, Tea Houses
musōkugi 無双釘 ✓

Also musō orekugi 無双折釘. A type of nail used to hang a scroll in an alcove *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
naga-ita 長板

Lit. "a long board."


1 The board used as the base of the *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
naka-ita 中板

A board which is inserted between the host's mat *temaedatami 点前畳 and the…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nakabachi-no-tsukubai 中鉢の蹲踞

A garden wash-basin set characterized by the use of gravel surrounding it. The gravel allows the water from hand washing to…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nakabashira 中柱

1 Also *daimebashira 台目柱. A small pillar which stands at…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings
nakaita-no-seki 中板席

A tea ceremony room or house that contains a board *naka-ita 中板, set between the host's mat…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nakakugi 中釘

Also *hanakugi 花釘, tokonakakugi 床中釘 (see *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nakakuguri 中潜

Lit. "middle wicket." Also pronounced uchisomi. It is sometimes called kuguri 潜. A type of middle…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nanatsu-ishi 七つ石

Seven trump stones in the *roji 露地 or tea garden. They are the hand-washing stone…

Architecture, Tea Houses
Nanbōroku 南方録

Book of Sen no Rikyū's 千利休 (1522-91) tea ceremony secrets which consists of seven volumes entitled: "Memoranda Oboegaki…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
narukodo 鳴子戸

A gate used between the outer and inner gardens *roji 露地 leading to a teahouse *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
natsume 棗 ✓

A tea caddy for storing weak green powdered tea. Also called *usuchaki…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nijiriguchi 躙口 ✓

Also called nijiri agariguchi 躙上り口; nijirido 躙戸 and kuguriguchi 潜口. Lit. "a crawl-in or wriggle-…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nijūdana 二重棚 ✓

Also nijū tsuridana 二重釣棚. A double hanging shelf *tsuridana 釣棚,…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nobedan 延段 ✓

Also written 展段 and 展檀. A method of stone paving in the *roji 露地 or tea garden in…

Architecture, Tea Houses
nori-ishi 乗石

Lit. "mounting stone." One of the trump stones *yaku-ishi 役石 placed in front…

Architecture, Tea Houses
norigoe-ishi 乗越石

Lit. "step-over stone." One of the trump stones *yaku-ishi 役石 set…

Architecture, Tea Houses

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University