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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
ō-ita 大板 ✓

A board which is placed on the host's mat *temaedatami 点前畳,…

Architecture, Tea Houses
ochi-ishi 落石

Lit. "falling stone." Also pronounced otoshi-ishi. One of the trump stones *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
ochitenjō 落天井 ✓

Lit. "dropped ceiling." Also called otoshitenjō 落し天井. A ceiling in a tea ceremony room above the host's mat *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
okiawase 置合

The arrangement of tea ceremony utensils in preparation for a tea ceremony. It is more rarely called okitsuke 置付.…

Architecture, Tea Houses
okidoko 置床

Also *tsukedoko 付床. An early type of removable alcove formed by placing a…

Architecture, Tea Houses
okigata 置形

The part of a ceramic tea bowl decorated with pattern. When used in a tea ceremony, the okigata is positioned…

Architecture, Tea Houses
okiro 置炉 ✓

A portable brazier used for a tea ceremony. It is usually 42 cm square with a height ranging from 21-24 cm. The hearth bed…

Architecture, Tea Houses
ōkoboshi shiki-ishi 大零し敷石

Lit. "large scattered paving stones."
One type of round-stone paving *tama-…

Architecture, Tea Houses
ōmagari 大曲

Lit. "large curve." An arrangement of stepping stones *tobi-ishi 飛石, laid in…

Architecture, Tea Houses
orekugi 折釘 ✓

A type of hooked nail made from one piece of iron. It is bent at a right angle and is square in cross section. The name is a…

Architecture, Tea Houses
oribedoko 織部床

A wall space allotted for hanging a scroll rather than a true alcove. It is characterized by a smoothly planed board, 15-20…

Architecture, Tea Houses
oribeguchi 織部口

An entrance to the guest's seat in a tea ceremony room. The size is between that of a noblemen's entrance *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
oribemado 織部窓

Also called monokakemado 物掛窓. A type of rustic window *shitajimado…

Architecture, Tea Houses
otoshigake 落掛 The lintel of the alcove *tokonoma 床の間, in a tea room or a window in a shoin style *… Architecture, Tea Houses
ottori 追取

The handle of a tea scoop *chashaku 茶杓, used to prepare powdered green…

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