| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| shakemachi 社家町 | A township composed of *shake 社家, families who held posts (usually hereditary) as… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| shikibari 敷梁 | Also *ushibari 牛梁, nakahikibari 中引梁, ushihikibari 牛引梁, … |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| shimodaidokoro 下台所 | Lit. "lower kitchen." |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| shimomise 下店 | 1 A room in the front *shimote 下手 corner of the earth-floored… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| shishimado 獅子窓 | 1 A large window in the front wall frame of a principal living room *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| shukubamachi 宿場町 | A type of settlement or township which developed along major trunk roads during the medieval and early modern periods,… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| shukuya 宿屋 | A vernacular house *minka 民家, in the style known as *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| shukuya-zukuri 宿屋造 | 1 A term for a style of vernacular residence *minka 民家, with… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| sodeudatsu 袖卯立 | ✓ | Lit. "sleeve udatsu." Extensions of the gable parapet walls *udatsu 卯立… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| sudomon 簀戸門 | Lit. "latticed door gate." A type of garden gate which features lattice, or basket-work of split bamboo. Varieties include… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| suzumeodori 雀踊 | ✓ | Lit. "sparrow dance." A widely-used term for a range of elements used to decorate the ridge of the roof in vernacular houses… |
Architecture, General Terms, Folk Dwellings |
| yakuba 役場 | 1 The parts of a stone wall such as exterior corners, top surfaces, or openings for drainage where… |
Architecture, General Terms, Folk Dwellings | |
| yamatomune 大和棟 | An alternative term for a roof style found on Edo period farmhouses nōka 農家, called *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| yanakadake 屋中竹 | Also yamadake 屋間竹. The bamboo purlins, about 20-30 cm in circumference, that are placed about 30-36 cm apart over a… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| yokoza 横座 | 1 The seat of the principal and most honored guest sonsha 尊者 at formal banquets in the shinden… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| yorikimado 与力窓 | ✓ | 1 A rectangular window used in exterior walls, fitted with thick horizontal timber bars *… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings |
| yoritsuki 寄付 | Also written 寄附. |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tea Houses | |
| yotsudate 四つ建て | Also *yoritsuki 寄付. A structural system found in farmhouses, nōka 農家, of the Edo… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| yūjoya 遊女屋 | The house of a procurer in the pleasure districts *yūkaku 遊廓 of Edo period… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| yūkaku 遊廓 | Also written 遊郭. The pleasure district of the early modern Japanese city. The earliest developed example is said to have… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
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