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Sakuteiki 作庭記

Lit. "Treatise on Garden Making." The oldest and most revered Japanese text on garden design, it was probably…

Architecture, Gardens, Document
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
Shōmei 匠明

Lit. "clarification for the artisan-builder." The best known manual of construction and building design. It is based on oral…

Architecture, General Terms, Document
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

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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