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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
sadōguchi 茶道口 ✓

Also written 茶堂口, 茶頭口; also chatateguchi 茶立口, or *katteguchi 勝手口.…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sagekiri 下げ切

A little used placement of the firebox *ro 炉, in a tea ceremony room *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
Saimyōji shiorido 西明寺枝折戸

Lit. "Saimyōji 西明寺-style latticed bamboo door." One type of raised lattice door *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sanjūdana 三重棚 ✓

1 Triple shelves. Shelves which now are rarely seen in a tea ceremony room except at Nishihonganji…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sarudo 猿戸 ✓

Lit. "monkey door." A type of bolted gate, called a wicket or a *kido 木戸, used at…

Architecture, Tea Houses
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…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sekimori-ishi 関守石 ✓

Lit. "barrier-keeper stone." A stone placed atop a stepping stone *tobi-ishi…

Architecture, Tea Houses
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…

Architecture, Tea Houses
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…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
shakutate 杓立

Also hishakutate 柄杓立. A ladle stand or holder for the ladle or dipper, and charcoal tongs. Shakutate is…

Architecture, Tea Houses
shiki-ishi 敷石 ✓

A stone-cutting technique for paving stones. According to certain tea ceremony sources various sized stones were used for…

Architecture, Tea Houses
shikishimado 色紙窓 ✓

Lit. "poetry paper windows." *Shikishi 色紙 refers to the square paper on which short poems…

Architecture, Tea Houses
shiorido 枝折戸 ✓

Also written 紫折戸. Lit. "broken branch door." A type of wicket *kido 木戸 used at…

Architecture, Tea Houses
shitabara setchin 下腹雪隠

Also pronounced the kafuku setchin. A functional toilet placed in the outer tea garden *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
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…

Architecture, Tea Houses
shōbanseki 相伴席

A special mat for one or more guests, shōban 相伴, who are companions to the guest of honor, shōkyaku…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sōan 草庵

A small, rustic style tea ceremony structure up to 4 1/2 mats *yojōhan 四畳半,…

Architecture, Tea Houses
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…

Architecture, Tea Houses
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…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
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…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sōteigakoi 宗貞囲 ✓

Also called sōtei zashiki 宗貞座敷. A 3-mat tea ceremony room *chashitsu…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sotogaki 外垣

Lit. "outer fence." A generic name for any fence that encloses a tea ceremony house and garden *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
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…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sukiya 数奇屋

A tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室 distinguished from a genuine tea ceremony…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sumichigai 隅違い

1 A term referring to the arrangement of the utensils employed during a tea ceremony. Specifically, …

Architecture, Tea Houses
sumiro 隅炉

One of several arrangements for positioning the fire-box *ro 炉 or fixed hearth in a…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sunasetchin 砂雪隠

Lit. "sand toilet." Originally a functioning toilet for use during tea gatherings, it later became a purely ornamental…

Architecture, Tea Houses
sute-ishi 捨石

Lit. "discarded stone." One of the seven trump stones *nanatsu-ishi…

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