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ōgaki 大垣

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

Architecture, Gardens
onari-niwa 御成庭

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

Architecture, Gardens
oriido-no-kagenoki 下り井戸の影の樹

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

Architecture, Gardens
oriido 下り井戸

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

Architecture, Gardens
oshibuchi 押縁

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

Architecture, Gardens
ōtsugaki 大津垣

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

Architecture, Gardens
zakanshiki teien 座観式庭園

Lit. "seated appreciation style garden." A modern term designating gardens meant to be seen or "appreciated" from a fixed…

Architecture, Gardens
zazen-ishi 座禅石

Lit. "stone for seated meditation." A large, flat-topped stone which is used for, or thought to be appropriate for…

Architecture, Gardens
Zen'inshiki no niwa 禅院式の庭

Lit. "Zen 禅 temple style gardens." A modern term designating the various types of gardens associated with Zen sect temples…

Architecture, Gardens
zenigata mizubachi 銭形水鉢

Lit. "coin shape water basin." A type of round water basins *chōzubachi 手水鉢…

Architecture, Gardens
zenkishiki karesansui 前期式枯山水

Lit. "early style dry landscape." The Heian period arrangement of stones in areas with neither a pond nor stream. The 11th-…

Architecture, Gardens
zentei 前庭

Lit. "front garden." A general term referring to the garden in front of a building. In contrast to the main garden which is…

Architecture, Gardens

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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