Lit. "big fence." Large, continuous fences in distinction to short screen fences *…

Lit. "a visitor's garden." A garden at an aristocratic dwelling, located at the entrance for royalty, shogun and noblemen.…

Lit. "spiral well with shade tree." A tree planted near a spiral well *oriido 下り井戸 so that it…

Lit. "descending well." A deep well. It is also called spiral well rasei 螺井, or snail well maimai ido…

Lit. "pushing frame." The horizontal bars to which the vertical slats *tateko…

Also called yarai 矢来, yaraigaki 矢来垣, chōsengaki 朝鮮垣, and chōsen yarai 朝鮮矢来…

Lit. "carp stone." A stone placed at the base of a waterfall to symbolize a carp swimming up the waterfall. Good examples…

A fence made of bamboo stakes that alternate with unpeeled wooden stakes. The bamboo and unpeeled stakes have the same…

Lit. "forest and stream."
The ancient word for garden. Rinsen first appeared in the 720 Nihon shoki…

A type of bamboo fence used at Ryōanji 龍安寺, a Zen temple in Kyoto. It is characterized by thick split bamboo that cross…

Also ryōmegaki 両目垣. An interlocking bamboo fence. Bamboo, about 3 cm in diameter, are cut in half vertically and…

A summer house, arbor or pavilion that provided a cool resting place in a garden.

Lit. "dragon pond style." A type of garden featuring a sharply curving pond reminiscent of a dragon's serpentine body. Good…

Lit. "dragon's gate cascade." One type of cascade *baku 瀑 found in Japanese…

Lit. "flowing water appreciation style garden."
A general term used to designate any garden focused around a stream.…

Lit. "flowing water style of pond and stream."
A type of water feature in a garden that includes a curving water course.…