Lit. "eightfold fence." A type of double-screen sleeve fence *sodegaki 袖垣 in…

Also read yakugi. The allocation of shrubbery in a garden, particularly applied to trees which set the mood of a…

Lit. "roles of branches." The branches of a flower or tree that are given a name based on their "role" in the structure of…

Lit. "mountain stone." A generic name for stones found or quarried in the mountains. Unlike sea stones *…

Lit. "gardens in the style of Japanese painting." Also called sakuteikiryū 作庭記流 (gardens in the lineage of the…

A fence made of widths of bleached bamboo spaced about 45 cm apart and held in place by bark. This type of fence is used in…

Lit. "water course." An archaic term for a shallow, curving garden stream. The term, found in the 11th-century garden manual…

Lit. "the character eight 八 yatsu." The practice of propping three or four posts around a newly replanted tree. The…

Lit. "whistle shape." A type of water basin *chōzubachi 手水鉢 which resembles…

Lit. "four-eyed fence." A generic name for a bamboo lattice fence. The poetic name derives from the quadrant of lozenge…

Lit. "bow and arrow branches." The arrangement of a tree trunk and branches in which one branch grows up from the trunk then…

Lit. "seated appreciation style garden." A modern term designating gardens meant to be seen or "appreciated" from a fixed…

Lit. "stone for seated meditation." A large, flat-topped stone which is used for, or thought to be appropriate for…

Lit. "Zen 禅 temple style gardens." A modern term designating the various types of gardens associated with Zen sect temples…

Lit. "coin shape water basin." A type of round water basins *chōzubachi 手水鉢…

Lit. "early style dry landscape." The Heian period arrangement of stones in areas with neither a pond nor stream. The 11th-…

Lit. "front garden." A general term referring to the garden in front of a building. In contrast to the main garden which is…