| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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| machi-ishi 待石 | Lit. "waiting stone." One of the seven trump stones *nanatsu-ishi 七つ石 in… |
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| machiai 待合 | ✓ | Also machiaishitsu 待合室. |
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… |
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| magaribashira 曲柱 | Also pronounced magamibashira. Also called *yugamibashira 歪柱.… |
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| marume 丸目 | ✓ | To expose the whole wale or rib next to the binding on a straw mat *tatami 畳.… |
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| masudoko 桝床 | An alcove room *tokonoma 床の間, usually 91 to 95 cm square, equal… |
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| minatogami 湊紙 | Also read minatoshi. Paper pasted from the edge of *tatami 畳 to at… |
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| mizuage-ishi 水揚石 | One of the trump stones for used in a wash-basin group *hachimae-no-ishigumi… |
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| mizukumi-ishi 水汲石 | One of the group of trump stones *yaku-ishi 役石 placed around… |
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| mizusashi 水指 | ✓ | Also mizutsubo 水壷. Lit. "a water jar." A container of fresh water used either to fill the tea bowl *… |
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| mizusashidana 水指棚 | A small shelf unit with side boards that have an openwork *sukashibori… |
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| 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… |
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| 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… |
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| monomi-ishi 物見石 | Lit. "scenery-viewing stone." An alternate name for the *gakumi-ishi 額見石,… |
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| morokazari 諸飾り | Alcove ornaments found in tea ceremony rooms of various types. The term morokazari is derived from the time when… |
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| mukō-ita 向板 | ✓ | A board, usually of pine but sometimes Japanese cedar, placed between a normal sized host's mat *… |
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| 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… |
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| musōkugi 無双釘 | ✓ | Also musō orekugi 無双折釘. A type of nail used to hang a scroll in an alcove *… |
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| sadōguchi 茶道口 | ✓ | Also written 茶堂口, 茶頭口; also chatateguchi 茶立口, or *katteguchi 勝手口.… |
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| sagekiri 下げ切 | A little used placement of the firebox *ro 炉, in a tea ceremony room *… |
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| Saimyōji shiorido 西明寺枝折戸 | Lit. "Saimyōji 西明寺-style latticed bamboo door." One type of raised lattice door *… |
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| sanjūdana 三重棚 | ✓ | 1 Triple shelves. Shelves which now are rarely seen in a tea ceremony room except at Nishihonganji… |
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| sarudo 猿戸 | ✓ | Lit. "monkey door." A type of bolted gate, called a wicket or a *kido 木戸, used at… |
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| sashi-ishi 差石 | Small, oblong (6-10 cm) or rectangular stones placed in the space below the bamboo wall base kabedomari 壁留り of the… |
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| sekimori-ishi 関守石 | ✓ | Lit. "barrier-keeper stone." A stone placed atop a stepping stone *tobi-ishi… |
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| Sekishū-ryū 石州流 | 1 An Edo period school of tea ceremony founded by Katagiri Sekishū 片桐石州 (1605-73). Branch schools… |
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| Sekishū sanbyakukajō 石州三百ヶ条 | A tea ceremony encyclopedia based on the methods of Katagiri Sekishu 片桐石州 (1605-73), who is believed to have authored 300… |
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| shakutate 杓立 | Also hishakutate 柄杓立. A ladle stand or holder for the ladle or dipper, and charcoal tongs. Shakutate is… |
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| shiki-ishi 敷石 | ✓ | A stone-cutting technique for paving stones. According to certain tea ceremony sources various sized stones were used for… |
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| shikishimado 色紙窓 | ✓ | Lit. "poetry paper windows." *Shikishi 色紙 refers to the square paper on which short poems… |
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| shiorido 枝折戸 | ✓ | Also written 紫折戸. Lit. "broken branch door." A type of wicket *kido 木戸 used at… |
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| shitabara setchin 下腹雪隠 | Also pronounced the kafuku setchin. A functional toilet placed in the outer tea garden *… |
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| shitajimado 下地窓 | ✓ | Also written 助枝窓. Also called nurisashimado 塗さし窓, nurinokoshimado 塗残し窓, kakisashimado 掻さし窓. A… |
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| shōbanseki 相伴席 | A special mat for one or more guests, shōban 相伴, who are companions to the guest of honor, shōkyaku… |
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| sōan 草庵 | A small, rustic style tea ceremony structure up to 4 1/2 mats *yojōhan 四畳半,… |
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| sokujō 触杖 | Also called sunakake 砂かけ, sunasukui 砂掬い, and ezue え杖. Also written 束杖. A thin wooden board… |
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| Sōtan nikki 宗湛日記 | The diaries of Kamiya Sōtan 神谷宗湛 (1551-1635), a wealthy merchant and tea ceremony master in Fukuoka Prefecture. Written… |
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| Sōtankitsune 宗旦狐 | A tea ceremony legend that probably dates from the first half of the 17th century. An old fox, the story goes, lived in the… |
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| sōteigakoi 宗貞囲 | ✓ | Also called sōtei zashiki 宗貞座敷. A 3-mat tea ceremony room *chashitsu… |
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| sotogaki 外垣 | Lit. "outer fence." A generic name for any fence that encloses a tea ceremony house and garden *… |
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| sotoroji 外露地 | Outer tea garden. The section of the double teagarden nijū roji 二重露地 closest to the entrance gate, sotorojimon… |
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| sukiya 数奇屋 | A tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室 distinguished from a genuine tea ceremony… |
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| sumichigai 隅違い | 1 A term referring to the arrangement of the utensils employed during a tea ceremony. Specifically, … |
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| sumiro 隅炉 | One of several arrangements for positioning the fire-box *ro 炉 or fixed hearth in a… |
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| sunasetchin 砂雪隠 | Lit. "sand toilet." Originally a functioning toilet for use during tea gatherings, it later became a purely ornamental… |
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| sute-ishi 捨石 | Lit. "discarded stone." One of the seven trump stones *nanatsu-ishi… |
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