| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| takekugi 竹釘 | A bamboo nail. Usually the nail is 7.5 mm square and made from giant bamboo madake 真竹 (also nigatake 苦竹).… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| tama-ishijiki 玉石敷 | ✓ | A type of paving using naturally rounded stones *tama-ishi 玉石, about 15-30 cm in diameter.… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| tana 棚 | Shelves. 1 A type of shelf, sometimes with a rack, of which there are many ordinary household… |
Architecture, General Terms, Aristocratic Dwellings, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings | |
| tanamono 棚物 | A simplified portable shelf *daisu 台子 set on the host's mat *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| tatamidoko 畳床 | A type of straw matted alcove in which either an ordinary *tatami mat is set on… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| temae-datami 点前畳 | Also called *dōgu-datami 道具畳, or kyo-datami 居畳. The straw mat… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| tesaki 手先 | 1 A term used to count the number of steps of a bracket complex. For example, futatesaki 二手先, … |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| teshoku-ishi 手燭石 | Lit. "candlestick stone." One of the *yaku-ishi 役石 of the *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| tobi-ishi 飛石 | ✓ | Lit. "stepping stones." As the key material for the path of the *roji … |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| toko-bashira 床柱 | ✓ | Also called nihon-bashira 二本柱, because originally both the pillars to the left and right of the alcove *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| tokomado 床窓 | The window in the alcove *tokonoma 床の間 of tea ceremony rooms *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| tokonoma 床の間 | Lit. "alcove room." A *tatami 畳 mat room with a small alcove. There… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| tsuchibisashi 土廂 | ✓ | Also called sutebisashi 捨廂. A pent roof with its under structure exposed that extends above a hardpacked earthen… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| tsuchitenjō 土天井 | A ceiling with a clay or mud plaster coating. Used in tea ceremony house *chashitsu… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| tsukedoko 付床 | A wooden platform, about 95 cm x 45 cm, attached to a wall to form a type of alcove which has no ceiling or extended wall… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| tsukiagemado 突上窓 | ✓ | Also written 突揚窓. A skylight built into the sloping ceiling *kakekomi tenjō… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| tsukubai 蹲踞 | ✓ | Lit. "stooping basin." A low wash basin used in a tea garden. One has to stoop down to use the basin, hence the name. Before… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| tsunodo 角戸 | Also tsunogarado 角柄戸. Lit. "rectangular door." A type of wicket *kido… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| tsuridana 釣棚 | A general term for hanging shelves or shelves suspended from the ceiling by a stick or a piece of bamboo, especially used in… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| tsuridoko 釣床 | ✓ | Also written 吊床, or called kabedoko 壁床. A type of alcove *tokonoma 床の間 which has… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
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