| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| raiden 礼殿 | Also *haiden 拝殿. A worship hall for Shinto shrine visitors. The plan… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| raidō 礼堂 | Also called raihaidō 礼拝堂. A worship hall. When Buddhist temples were constructed during the 7th-8th century,… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| raigō-bashira 来迎柱 | Two or four-circular pillars right and left at each corner of the Buddhist altar to define the most sacred place in a temple… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| raigō-kabe 来迎壁 | ✓ | Also called raigō-heki. A clay or wooden wall erected behind a Buddhist altar *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| raimon kōshi 雷文格子 | Lattice arranged in a fret pattern, used especially on railings of balconies. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| raimon 雷文 | Lit. "lightning pattern." Also read ikazuchimon いかずち文. A pattern of thick and thin zig-zag lines. A variation of *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| ranma 欄間 | ✓ | A transom. A rectangular opening, longer in the horizontal direction, constructed between the lintels *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| ranseki 乱石 | ✓ | Also called no-ishizumi 野石積. Stones with an irregular shape. Those that are somewhat square are called nozura-… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| ransekizumi kidan 乱石積基壇 | Also referred to as ranzumi kidan 乱積基壇, ranzō ransekizumi 乱層乱石積, kuzure ishizumi くずれ石積 or simply… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ransekizumi 乱石積 | ✓ | Also *ranzumi 乱積. Piling up unhewn rocks or random masonry. The earliest and… |
Architecture, Castles |
| rantō 卵塔 | A stone pagoda with an egg-shaped main body placed directly on a base. It differs from the *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| rantsugi 乱継 | Lit. "random joints." Various types of architectural joints that can be either dovetail *… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| ranzumi 乱積 | Also called *ransekizumi 乱石積, waraizumi 笑い積. Randomly piled natural stones *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| reibyō 霊廟 | ✓ | Also byōsho 廟所 or mitamaya 霊屋. |
Architecture, Shrines |
| renben 蓮弁 | Lit. "lotus petal." |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles, Art History, Sculpture | |
| rengejigata tōrō 蓮華寺形灯籠 | 1 Rengeji type lantern. So named because a pair of these lanterns stand in front of the main building at… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| Rengemon 蓮華門 | Also written 蓮花門. Lit. "Lotus Flower Gate." A gate located in the west wall opposite main east gate, Tōdaimon 東大門 of… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| renji 蓮子 | Raised dots or bead-like forms that represent the seeds in a stylized lotus flower pattern decorating many pendant tiles *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| renjimado 連子窓 | Also written 櫺子窓. Lit. "a row lath window." |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| renketsu tenshu 連結天守 | ✓ | Also called renketsushiki tenshu 連結式天守. A castle in which the principle tower or keep *… |
Architecture, Castles |
| renritsu tenshu 連立天守 | Lit. "connected towers." Also termed renritsushiki tenshu 連立式天守. An extensive, highly-developed castle complex… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| rensō 連窓 | Multiple windows. Two or more windows connected horizontally, or windows connected within one frame window with vertical… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| rensōmado 連双窓 | ✓ | Rensōmado means double windows. Two windows in line. Also called *meotomado… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| rigyoseki 鯉魚石 | ✓ | Lit. "carp stone." A stone placed at the base of a waterfall to symbolize a carp swimming up the waterfall. Good examples… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| Rikyū chadōgu zue 利休茶道具図会 | Sen no Rikyū's 千利休 (1522-91) writings concerning measurements for tea ceremony utensils. Yamada Sōhen 山田宗へん (1627-1708)… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| Rikyūgaki 利休垣 | A fence made of bamboo stakes that alternate with unpeeled wooden stakes. The bamboo and unpeeled stakes have the same… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| Rikyūgata tōrō 利休形灯籠 | A type of lantern. Lanterns of various shapes may be called Rikyūgata. It is difficult to judge which are authentic… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| rinsen 林泉 | Lit. "forest and stream." |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| rinzō 輪蔵 | Also called kaiten rinzō 回転輪蔵. Octagonal sutra storage shelves that revolve around a central pillar, which acts as… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| ro-datami 炉畳 | Also kagi-datami 鍵畳. The straw mat *tatami 畳, into which… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| rō 廊 | A roofed corridor or passageway that connects one structure to another. It may also encompass an open area. There are… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ro 炉 | ✓ | A sunken hearth. A square box installed into the floor of a tea ceremony room to make a charcoal fire. The standard size… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| rō-zukuri 楼造 | ✓ | A gate *rōmon 楼門, that appears to have two stories, but in reality is a high… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| roban 露盤 | ✓ | Commonly used abbreviation of shō roban 承露盤; also called masugata 枡形. Originally, an entire spire *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| robuchi 炉縁 | ✓ | The frame placed around the fire-box *rodan 炉壇, in a tea ceremony room *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| robuta 炉蓋 | ✓ | A wooden lid about 1.8 cm thick used to cover the fixed-hearth *rodan 炉壇 in a tea… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| rodai 露台 | ✓ | 1 An unroofed platform, a dais, or a projected veranda or balcony. |
Architecture, General Terms |
| rodan 炉壇 | A fire box. The fixed, box-like hearth providing a place for a bed of ashes on which charcoal is burned to heat a kettle of… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| roji 露地 | Lit. "dewy ground." Commonly known as a tea garden *chaniwa 茶庭,… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| rōka 廊下 | 1 A hallwayor corridor within a building giving access to various rooms. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| rokkaku endō 六角円堂 | ✓ | Also rokkakudō 六角堂. A hexagonal building of relatively small scale found at some temples. Like octagonal halls… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| rokkaku sanjū-no-tō 六角三重塔 | A type of three-storied, hexagonal pagoda made in relief on a copper plate in accordance with an explanation found in the… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| roku 陸 | Also riku. A synonym for suihei 水平 meaning level. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| rokuchū-zukuri 六注造 | Also called rokkaku yane 六角屋根. A six-sided roof that covers an hexagonal building *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| rokuyō 六葉 | ✓ | Lit. "six leaves." A decoration pattern carved into the shape of six petals, and used on a gable pendant *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| rōkyō 廊橋 | Also called hashirō 橋廊. A covered bridge, often with a resting place at the central point. Rōkyō can… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| rōmon 楼門 | ✓ | A high gate that is often referred to as a two-storied gate, but in fact does not have two stories. Generally, it is an… |
Architecture, Gates |
| ronji daruki 論治垂木 | Also called koshikake daruki 腰掛垂木, ranji daruki 鸞翅垂木, or tenbō daruki 天望垂木. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| rurigawara 瑠璃瓦 | Lit. "lapis lazuli tile." A tile to which a blue glaze ruriyū 瑠璃釉 has been applied. The glaze is made from… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| ryakukama 略鎌 | Lit. "abbreviated gooseneck joint." An elongated halving joint. The desired length of timber is cut in half lengthwise. The… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| ryōanjigaki 龍安寺垣 | ✓ | 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… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| ryōbanoko 両歯鋸 | ✓ | A double-edged utility saw. A widely used saw which has rip-saw teeth on one side of the blade and crosscut teeth on the… |
Architecture, Tools |
| ryōbiraki 両開 | Also *kannonbiraki tobira 観音開扉, double doors that open in one… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ryōbu torii 両部鳥居 | ✓ | Also called yotsuashi torii 四脚鳥居, gongen torii 権現鳥居 or chigobashira torii 稚児柱鳥居. A Shinto shrine… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| ryōkusabi 両楔 | Wedges used on the right and left sides to strengthen and to secure a penetrating tie beam inserted into a pillar. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ryokuyūgawara 緑釉瓦 | Lit. "green-glazed roof tiles." A decorative green glaze is applied to the pendants *gatō… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| ryōmengaki 両面垣 | Also ryōmegaki 両目垣. An interlocking bamboo fence. Bamboo, about 3 cm in diameter, are cut in half vertically and… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ryōnagare-zukuri 両流造 | Also abbreviated to ryōnagare 両流. A style of main sanctuary *honden… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| ryōri-no-ma 料理の間 | 1 The part of the kitchen where the finishing stages of food preparation took place and where meals were… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| ryōsage 両下 | A type of gable roof *kirizuma-zukuri 切妻造. Also called… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ryōsage-zukuri 両下造 | A gable roof *kirizuma-zukuri 切妻造, which has no gable… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| ryōtei 涼亭 | A summer house, arbor or pavilion that provided a cool resting place in a garden. |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ryūchishiki teien 竜池式庭園 | Lit. "dragon pond style." A type of garden featuring a sharply curving pond reminiscent of a dragon's serpentine body. Good… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ryūgū-zukuri 竜宮造 | ✓ | Lit. "dragon palace style." An uncommon double-storied gate. The lower story has a flat arched entrance whereby the same… |
Architecture, Gates |
| ryūmonbaku 竜門瀑 | Lit. "dragon's gate cascade." One type of cascade *baku 瀑 found in Japanese… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ryūsha 竜車 | Lit. "dragon vehicle." The round or oval section of a pagoda finial *sōrin… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ryūsui kanshōshiki teien 流水観賞式庭園 | Lit. "flowing water appreciation style garden." |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ryūsuishiki chisen 流水式池泉 | Lit. "flowing water style of pond and stream." |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ryūyōdana 柳葉棚 | ✓ | Lit. "willow leaf shelf." |
Architecture, General Terms |
| zaimoku 材木 | Timber prepared for construction. | Architecture, General Terms | |
| 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 | |
| zashiki kazari 座敷飾 | The *zashiki 座敷 is a guest room; its name deriving from that of the mat… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| zashiki 座敷 | ✓ | A generic term for a room covered with straw mats *tatami 畳. In the Heian… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings |
| zashikigura 座敷蔵 | A two-story fireproof structure of the storehouse type *dozō 土蔵 that… |
Architecture, Storehouses | |
| 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 | |
| Zendō 禅堂 | ✓ | Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| Zendōjigata tōrō 善導寺形灯籠 | Type of lantern found in the garden of Zendōji 善導寺, Kyoto. Six semi-spherical swellings surround the base and have been… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| 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 | |
| zenmon 前門 | An especially impressive front gate or entry. Examples are *hirakaramon… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| zenpai 前拝 | Old name kizahashi 階 means steps (see *hashi 階). The front steps… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| Zenshitsu 禅室 | Sometimes an alternative *Zendō 禅堂. |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| zenshūyō 禅宗様 | A style of architecture imported from China during the Song dynasty. It includes the architectural elements that came with… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Zenshūyō kōran 禅宗様高欄 | ✓ | Also called Karayō kōran 唐様高欄. A railing or balustrade *kōran 高欄 with… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| Zenshūyō tokyō 禅宗様斗きょう | ✓ | Also called Karayō tokyō 唐様斗きょう. A Zen style bracket complex. The bracket arms *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| 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 | |
| zetsu 舌 | ✓ | Lit. "tongue." A thin ornamental molding *kurigata 繰形, carved on the bottom… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| zōbana 象鼻 | ✓ | Also read zōhana. A beam projection or nosing *kibana 木鼻, molded or… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| zōkinzuri 雑巾摺 | ✓ | Also called hōkizuri 掃摺 or zōkindome 雑巾留. A long thin finishing board, similar to a base board, that is… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| zōsaku 雑作 | Also witten 造作. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| zuan 図案 | A rough sketch of a building plan including, floor plans, elevations, the placement of doors and windows, etc. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| zuijinmon 随神門 | Middle gates *chūmon 中門 with statues of Zuijin 随神, shrine guards… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| zushi 厨子 | 1 A miniature shrine in which Buddhist images or rolls of sutras kyō 経 are kept. Reliquary… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| zushi 辻子 | 1 Also written 図子, 途子. A crossroads or intersection of two roads. See *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
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