| 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 | |
| yaku-ishi 役石 | ✓ | Also kaname-ishi 要石. Rocks and stones which in a tea garden *roji 露地… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| yamatobuki 大和葺 | ✓ | 1 A type of board roofing made by first spacing boards of equal width at predetermined intervals and then… |
Architecture, General Terms, Tea Houses |
| yamatokaki 大和掻 | A type of bamboo lattice entwined with wisteria vine set in a window opening *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| yanagikugi 柳釘 | Also yanagikakekugi 柳掛け釘. A nail hammered into a partially plastered post yanagibashira 柳柱 (see *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| yōji-bashira 楊子柱 | Also called nuritate bashira 塗立柱, nuridashi bashira 塗出柱 or yanagi bashira 柳柱. A corner pillar in… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| yojōhan 四畳半 | ✓ | A four and a half 4 1/2 mat tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室, the most common… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| yojōhangiri 四畳半切 | Lit. "four mats and a half cut." A firebox or hearth used in a 4 1/2 mat or larger tea ceremony room *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| yokogi 横木 | Also hikigi 引木 Lit. "horizontal timber." Although the term yokogi can refer to any horizontal timber, it… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| yoritsuki 寄付 | Also written 寄附. |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tea Houses | |
| yose-ishijiki 寄石敷 | Stone paving in which various sizes of cut and natural stones are arranged in unique patterns. Different sizes of regular… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| yugamibashira 歪柱 | Also called *magaribashira 曲柱. Lit. "crooked or bent post." Posts that… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| yuoke-ishi 湯桶石 | Also called yutōseki, katakuchi-ishi 片口石, yuage-ishi 湯揚げ石, and oke-ishi 桶石. Lit. "warm… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
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