| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| isshi 一枝 | 1 Measurement from rafter center to rafter center. 2 The sum of the width and height of a rafter. |
Architecture, Measurement | |
| itojaku 糸尺 | Lit. string plus shaku. A measurement that equals 30.3 cm or about one foot. It is the term used to measure the… |
Architecture, Measurement | |
| jō 丈 | A unit of linear measure that equals 3.03 meters or about 10 feet. Equivalent to 10 shaku 尺. Although the metric… |
Architecture, Measurement | |
| jū 重 | A story or level of a building, used especially in reference to a pagoda. For example, a *… |
Architecture, Measurement | |
| kakego zukuri 掛子造 | ✓ | A method of measurement used to determine the size of a small, 1-bay wide shrine building *… |
Architecture, Measurement |
| komajaku 高麗尺 | An ancient unit of length which was imported from the Korean kingdom of Koguryo (Jp: Kōkuri 高句麗), equivalent to… |
Architecture, Measurement | |
| shi 枝 | Also written 支. An ancient unit used to count long, slender objects. Remaining from this ancient system is the expression *… |
Architecture, Measurement | |
| shiwari 枝割 | Rafter interval system. A measuring method begun in the mid-13th century used to determine the proportions of a building's… |
Architecture, Measurement | |
| shōshaku 小尺 | Lit. "small shaku 尺." An ancient unit of length. Introduced in the Taihōryō 大宝令 codes of 701, it measured 29.6 cm,… |
Architecture, Measurement | |
| shūjōroku 周丈六 | A measure of height for a Buddhist statue based on shūjaku 周尺, a unit of measure used in Zhou dynasty China (1 … |
Sculpture, Art History, Architecture, Measurement | |
| sō 層 | One story of a building or a counter for the number of roofs on a pagoda *tō 塔. A… |
Architecture, Measurement | |
| sotonori 外法 | The exterior measurements of architectural members. The term applies to any outside measurement whether it is the length,… |
Architecture, Measurement | |
| sundori 寸取 | Also suntori; also called issundori 一寸取, sun-osae 寸押 and sunkazoe 寸数. A method of… |
Architecture, Measurement | |
| taishaku 大尺 | Lit. "large shaku 尺." An ancient unit of length. Introduced in the Taihōryō 大宝令 codes of 701, it measured 35.6 cm,… |
Architecture, Measurement | |
| tōjaku 唐尺 | Also tōdaishaku 唐大尺 or tenpyōshaku 天平尺. An ancient unit of measure, approximately 29.6 cm. Renamed *… |
Architecture, Measurement | |
| tsubo 坪 | A unit of measurement still in use to ascertain the area of land, a building, a room, etc. It is roughly 182 cm x 182 cm (6… |
Architecture, Measurement | |
| uchinori 内法 | ✓ | 1 The inside measurement between the inner sides of two posts or pillars *… |
Architecture, Measurement |
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