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Title	Contains Image(s)	Description	Keywords
biseki 尾石		Lit. tail stone. A stone in a rock garden that represents the tail of a tortoise *…	Architecture, Gardens
bishamon kikkō 毘沙門亀甲		A decorative pattern composed of three joined hexagonal shapes. It is named after the guardian deity *…	Architecture, Decorations
bishamondō 毘沙門堂	✓	A temple hall dedicated to Bishamonten 毘沙門天, one of the four gods, or …	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
biwa-ita 琵琶板		Also written 枇杷板. 1　The board inserted between a bottle strut *…	Architecture, General Terms
bokashi 暈		1　A gradation of colors or tones from dark to light or vice versa. One example is colorization of the…	Architecture, Decorations, Art History, Painting
bokuseki 墨跡		Black ink brush writing by Zen 禅 priests, as well as by laymen who practiced Zen meditations and wrote Buddhist sermons, or…	Architecture, Tea Houses
bokusekimado 墨蹟窓		A window on the side wall of an alcove *tokonoma 床の間, used to provide light…	Architecture, Tea Houses
bonjimon 梵字文	✓	Lit. Sanskrit motif. A Sanskrit character, bonji 梵字, that decorates pendants *…	Architecture, Roofing Tiles
bōrōgata tenshu 望楼型天守	✓	A lookout tower set atop the roof of a residence *kyokan 居館, usually a…	Architecture, Castles
botan karakusa 牡丹唐草		1　Abbreviation of botan karakusagawara 牡丹唐草瓦. A roof tile, often an eaves-end tile, whose pendant…	Architecture, Roofing Tiles, Painting, Art History
bōzumi 棒隅		Lit. straight corner. 1　Buildings of any traditional type without curves on structural members under the…	Architecture, General Terms
budō karakusamon 葡萄唐草文	✓	Also abbreviated to *budō karakusa 葡萄唐草. A grape-patterned arabesque used…	Architecture, Roofing Tiles
bugakuryū teien 武学流庭園		Lit. garden of the Bugaku lineage. A style of Japanese garden developed in the middle of the Edo period by Ōishi Bugaku 大石武学…	Architecture, Gardens
buke-zukuri 武家造		A style of residential architecture in use among the bushi 武士 or warrior class. As defined by the early 20th-…	Architecture, General Terms
bukku 仏供		Also jukubukku 熟仏供, butsuhan 仏飯, or butsushō 仏餉. Cooked rice made as an offering to the Buddha,…	Architecture, General Terms
bunmawashi 規		An old term for a compass used to draw circles. They were imported from Portugal. The beam compass has a large radius,…	Architecture, Tools
buntōgata 分棟型	✓	Lit. divided-ridge style. Often abbreviated to buntō 分棟 and sometimes referred to as betsumune-zukuri…	Architecture, Folk Dwellings
burō 廡廊		A corridor that enclosed an open area or surrounded a space in which buildings were erected. A term from the 7th-9th century…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
bussharitō 仏舎利塔		Also called *sharitō 舎利塔. A reliquary in a stupa or pagoda. These could be…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
busshōya 仏餉屋	✓	Also called gokusho 御供所. A Buddhist building used to prepare ritual food offerings called busshō 仏餉, *…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
busshudana 仏守棚		Lit. Buddha protecting shelf. A type of decorative shelf with sliding-door cabinets on the bottom and an ogee-shaped…	Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings
butaigamachi 舞台框		Lit. stage framework. A framing member that runs the entire width of the upper part of a *…	Architecture, General Terms
butaikabe 舞台壁		Lit. proscenium wall. The wall at the front part of a *kabuki 歌舞伎 stage.	Architecture, General Terms
butsudan 仏壇	✓	An altar or tabernacle in the form of a podium, table, recess, or cabinet used in the sanctuaries of temples and in private…	Architecture, Folk Dwellings
butsudan-no-ma 仏壇の間	✓	A room in traditional vernacular houses *minka 民家, in parts of Hyōgo Prefecture…	Architecture, Folk Dwellings
butsuden 仏殿	✓	Also *daiyū hōden 大雄宝殿. The main hall of a Zen temple. Butsuden…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
butsudō 仏堂		Also called *butsuden 仏殿; bukkaku 仏閣, *…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
butsuma 仏間		A room for Buddhist images (either two- or three-dimensional images) or, especially in a residence, an altar or tabernacle…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures, Folk Dwellings
butsumon 仏門		Lit. Buddha's gate. Also *nandaimon 南大門; *…	Architecture, Gates
buzai 部材		A generic term for the structural members which form the framework *honegumi…	Architecture, General Terms
byōbudana 屏風棚		A type of decorative double hanging shelf *tsuridana 釣棚, placed in an alcove…	Architecture, Accessories
byōbuori 屏風折		Also termed *orihei 折塀 (folding wall). A castle wall that zig-zags…	Architecture, Castles
byōmon 廟門	✓	Also called reibyōmon 霊廟門. An entrance gate to a mausoleum. It can be an elaborate gate in two-storied or simulated…	Architecture, Gates
byōtō 廟塔		Lit. mausoleum pagoda. 1　A pagoda constructed to enshrine a Buddhist image. 2　A five…	Architecture, Buildings, Structures
Chadō hayagaten 茶道早合点		A tea ceremony manual compiled by Chin'a 珍阿 and published in two volumes in 1771.	Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
Chadō kyūbunroku 茶道旧聞録		A single volume of regulations for the tea ceremony by Fujimura Yōken 藤村庸軒 (1613-99), edited by his son Seiin 正員 (1650-1733…	Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
Chadō sentei 茶道筌蹄		Tea ceremony book, written by Inagaki Kyūsō 稲垣休叟 (1770-1819) in 1816, and published in 1847, printed with woodblocks.…	Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
chadōshiki chashitsu 茶堂式茶室		Also called dōshiki chashitsu 堂式茶室. A tea ceremony house which was designed freely according to a tea master's…	Architecture, Tea Houses
chagake 茶掛		A hanging scroll *kakemono 掛物 for the alcove of a tearoom, mounted…	Architecture, Tea Houses
chaire 茶入	✓	A tea caddy, usually ceramic, used to hold strong tea at a tea ceremony. Its dimensions vary, ranging from 3-15…	Architecture, Tea Houses
chaki 茶器		1　General term for tea ceremony utensils. See *chanoyu-no-dōgu…	Architecture, Tea Houses
chakin 茶巾		A small napkin used at a tea ceremony for wiping the tea bowl. Generally it is made from a linen cloth 30 cm…	Architecture, Tea Houses
chakutōden 着到殿	✓	Also written 著到殿 or tōchakuden 到着殿. The designated place for the imperial messenger, chokushi 勅使, and…	Architecture, Shrines
chaniwa 茶庭		It is also called *roji 露地. Tea garden. The small garden through which one…	Architecture, Tea Houses
chanoma 茶の間		Lit. tearoom. A Edo period communal living room usually containing a hearth *irori…	Architecture, Folk Dwellings
chanoyu 茶湯		Lit. the hot water for tea. Also known as sadō 茶道 or chadō. The ritual art of preparing and drinking…	Art History, Tea Houses, General Terms, Architecture
chanoyu no dōgu 茶湯の道具		Implements necessary for the tea ceremony. Generally classified according to: 1 implements to be displayed…	Architecture, Tea Houses
chanoyugama 茶湯釜		A cauldron, iron pot, or kettle. Also called *kama 釜 or chagama 茶釜. …	Architecture, Tea Houses
chasen 茶筅	✓	A tea whisk used to whip powdered green tea, matcha 抹茶, and hot water in a tea bowl until it froths. The whisk…	Architecture, Tea Houses
chasengaki 茶筅垣	✓	Lit. tea whisk fence. A type of side fence *sodegaki 袖垣 in which…	Architecture, Gardens
chashaku 茶杓	✓	Lit. tea scoop. A spoon-like utensil used to transfer powdered tea from a tea container *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
chashi チャシ		Fort. An Ainu アイヌ term for a fortification surrounded by a stockade fence or palisade *…	Architecture, Castles
Chashiki kogetsu shō 茶式湖月抄		Three books in six volumes concerning the rituals and utensils used at tea ceremonies. These volumes were published in 1851…	Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
chashitsu 茶室		Room where the tea ceremony is performed or sometimes a whole building where such a room is the center. Styles can broadly…	Architecture, Tea Houses
Chasō kanwa 茶窓閑話		A four volume explanation of the method and history of tea ceremony by Chikamatsu Shigenori 近松成矩 (1695-1778), a vassal of…	Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
chatsubo 茶壷		Tea jar. Earthenware jars to store tea leaves, usually 30-40 cm in height and 30-35 cm in diameter. From the Kamakura until…	Architecture, Tea Houses
chawan 茶碗	✓	Also written 茶盗. 1　A generic term for ceramic wares called tōjiki 陶磁器 from the 9th to 16th…	Architecture, Tea Houses
chichi-no-ma 乳の間	✓	Also called chi-no-ma 乳の間. A horizontal band of small round projections found around the upper part of a temple…	Architecture, Decorations
chichibu ao-ishi 秩父青石		Lit. Chichibu blue stone. A type of *ao-ishi 青石, blue stone, from…	Architecture, Gardens
chichikanamono 乳金物	✓	Also manjū kanamono 饅頭金物 (see *manjūgata 饅頭形), hoshu 鋪首,…	Architecture, Decorations
chidori-ashi-uchi 千鳥足打ち		A staggered style of round-stone paving *tama-ishijiki 玉石敷…	Architecture, Tea Houses
chidori hafu 千鳥破風	✓	Lit. a plover bargeboard. Also written 鵆破風, lit. a trianglular shape. A dormer gable or a dormer bargeboard, or both…	Architecture, General Terms
chidorigake 千鳥掛		The method of off-setting alternate stepping stones *tobi-ishi 飛石 to create a…	Architecture, Tea Houses
chigaidana 違い棚	✓	Staggered shelves. Considered part of the *shoin 書院 style…	Architecture, General Terms
chigi 千木		Also written 鎮木, 知木, 知疑. Also higi 氷木. 1　Forked finials, which are found on most Shinto…	Architecture, Shrines, Folk Dwellings
chigiri 千切		Also written 衽. Also called kusabitsugi 楔継 or suriawasetsugi 摺合継. A small wooden spline, cleat, tie, or…	Architecture, Joints
chigiritsugi 千切継	✓	Also written 衽継 or 膝継. Spline joints using small pieces of wood, tenons inserted into the slots, mortises, cut in…	Architecture, Joints
chigomune 稚児棟	✓	An offspring ridge. The shorter and outer of the two corner ridges which descend along the line of the adjoining surfaces…	Architecture, General Terms
chigomunekawara 稚児棟瓦	✓	Roof tiles used to make the offspring ridge *chigomune 稚児棟, a short…	Architecture, Roofing Tiles
chikaradake 力竹	✓	Also aibashira 間柱. A white bamboo post with an odd number of joints, which is positioned beneath the eave overhang…	Architecture, Tea Houses
chikarahijiki 力肘木	✓	Lit. a strengthening bracket arm. An extension of an interior tie beam which terminates on the exterior as a bracket arm *…	Architecture, General Terms
chikirinawa ちきり縄		Lit. cross-stitch layout. Also read chigirinawa. Also written 蟄亀利縄. A generic term for various types of castle…	Architecture, Castles
chimaki 粽	✓	The rounded-off top of a pillar. In the daibutsu style *daibutsuyō…	Architecture, General Terms
chinjusha 鎮守社	✓	Also read chinju no yashiro. It is sometimes called chinjudō 鎮守堂; dojidō 土地堂; …	Architecture, Shrines
chinkuguri 狆潜	✓	Also called inukuguri 犬潜. The opening between the floor frame of the alcove *…	Architecture, General Terms
chira ちら		A mat binding that covers more than half of the wale of a straw mat *tatami 畳…	Architecture, Accessories
chirashihassō 散八双		A generic name for the decorative metal fittings *kazarikanagu 飾金具,…	Architecture, Decorations
chirashikanagu 散金具		A metal fitting *kanagu 金具 attached to the corners of a door and…	Architecture, Decorations
chirashimanji 散万字		A pattern which consists of swastika manji 卍 motifs inside a square grid.	Architecture, Decorations
chirashiōgi 散扇		Also chiriōgi. A decorative, geometric pattern that resembles closed fan shapes on a square grid. It is found on…	Architecture, Decorations
chiri 散	✓	A generic term used to express the distance between two flat, adjacent surfaces, between the surface of a wall and a post…	Architecture, General Terms
chiriana 塵穴	✓	Dust or trash holes dug under the eaves of the tea hut *chashitsu 茶室, the…	Architecture, Tea Houses
chirifusegi 塵防		An extremely low embankment *dote 土手, beside a castle moat *…	Architecture, Castles
chirin 地輪		1　The base of a lantern. Also dairin 台輪. 2　The base of a five-storied…	Architecture, Gardens
chiriotoshi 塵落		Also termed fujōnagashi 不浄流. A garbage drop. An area for discarding garbage and human and animal excrement from…	Architecture, Castles
chiriotoshi fusuma 塵落襖		Also called *kirihikite 切引手. The catch on a sliding door used in…	Architecture, Tea Houses
chiritori 塵取		A passageway in a castle, used to clean out the moat. An opening in the wall of the main compound of a castle *…	Architecture, Castles
chisen kaiyūshiki teien 池泉回遊式庭園		Lit. pond stroll style garden. A type of pond garden in which one walks around the pond. The most common kind of large…	Architecture, Gardens
chisen kanshōshiki teien 池泉観賞式庭園	✓	Lit. pond appreciation style. A type of small garden in which the pond is viewed from a veranda or from inside a room,…	Architecture, Gardens
chisen shūyūshiki teien 池泉舟遊式庭園		Lit. boating pond style. A type of pond-stroll garden *chisen kaiyūshiki…	Architecture, Gardens
chō 丁		1　The age divisions of peasants recruited by the state for labor service, building or civil/military…	Architecture, General Terms
chō-no-ya 庁の屋		Also written 庁舎 and read chō-no-ya or chōsha. A building in which priests gathered to discuss ceremonies…	Architecture, Shrines
chōchinbishi 提灯菱		Lit. Lantern diamond. A type of diamond pattern *hishi 菱 used on mullions *…	Architecture, Decorations
chōdai-no-ma 帳台の間		A small enclosed room in a large *shoin 書院 style structure built in the…	Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings
chōdai 帳台		1　A curtained sleeping platform used by those of highest rank in shinden style *…	Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings
chōdaigamae 帳台構え		1　A built-in ornamental doorway found in the raised area *jōdan…	Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings
chōdōin 朝堂院		In ancient Japan, a complex of buildings within the Imperial Palace used for affairs of State, enthronement ceremonies, and…	Architecture, General Terms
chōjikuzushi 丁字崩		A decorative, geometric pattern based on the character 丁 chō that is found on transoms *…	Architecture, Decorations
chōjō 長城		Also termed chōrui 長塁, bōrui 防塁. A long defensive fortification consisting of a continuous, extended…	Architecture, Castles
chōkoku ranma 彫刻欄間	✓	Lit. carved transom. A decorative frieze consisting of carved panels fixed above the head of a door. Transom designs include…	Architecture, Decorations