| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| gezadoko-no-seki 下座床の席 | A tearoom with a decorative alcove *tokonoma 床の間 placed behind the host's mat… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| gezadoko 下座床 | Lit. lower seat alcove. An alcove *tokonoma 床の間, positioned behind the host's… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| giboshi kōran 擬宝珠高欄 | A railing *kōran 高欄, with newel posts, oyabashira 親柱, topped with an… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| giboshi 擬宝珠 | ✓ | Also pronounced gibōshi, giboju, gibōshu, goboshu. A decoration in the shape of the… |
Architecture, General Terms, Decorations |
| ginkakujigata chōzubachi 銀閣寺形手水鉢 | ✓ | Lit. Ginkakuji type. One kind of water basin *chōzubachi 手水鉢, based on the… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| gion-zukuri 祇園造 | Also called *yasaka-zukuri 八坂造. The style of the main shrine building *… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| Gishūmon 宜秋門 | ✓ | Also called Kugyōmon 公卿門 or Karagomon 唐御門. A 4-legged gate *… |
Architecture, Gates |
| gō-ita 格板 | Also called *ura-ita 裏板. The panel used to fill the space made by the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gobō 御坊 | 1 Also *betsuin 別院. A branch temple. |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gobōzumi 牛蒡積 | Burdock masonry. A construction technique used to lay the stones in a dry stone wall *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| gōbuchi 格縁 | The wooden ribs or coffers laid in a criss-cross pattern to form a coffered ceiling *gō… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gobutsudō 五仏堂 | An Esoteric Buddhist hall dedicated to the central Buddha of the Shingon 真言 sect, *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gochidō 五智堂 | Also called shinmendō 真面堂. A very small open building 1 x 1 bay (2.49 m) with a large central pillar to which are… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| godaidō 五大堂 | ✓ | A hall dedicated to the five guardian kings, also called the five renowned deities *Godai… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| gogyōseki 五行石 | Lit. five elements of stones. A name for the five types of functional and decorative stones *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gogyōsetsu 五行説 | Lit. theory of five elements. A basic principle of Chinese geomancy and cosmology adapted in Japanese garden design. The… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gojū-no-tō 五重塔 | ✓ | A five-storied pagoda usually 3 x 3 bays square with the central bays used as entrances. The corner bays most often contain… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| gokakumasu 五角桝 | ✓ | Lit. a five cornered measuring box. A method used to determine the proportions of a bracket arm *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| goken-sanko 五間三戸 | Any gate five bays wide of which the three center ones are usually entrances. Often, there is only one opening for passage… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gokenmon 五間門 | ✓ | A five-bay gate. A five-bay, three-opening gate is called *goken-sanko 五間三戸… |
Architecture, Gates |
| gōma 格間 | The space created by the coffers or ribs *gōbuchi 格縁 of a coffered or latticed… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gomadō 護摩堂 | Small buildings at Buddhist temples of Shingon 真言 and Tendai 天台 sects, used especially for Esoteric Buddhism mikkyō… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gonden 権殿 | Also *kariden 仮殿, karidono; utsushidono 移殿. A temporary… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| gongen-zukuri 権現造 | Also called ishinoma-zukuri 石の間造, *yatsumune-zukuri 八棟造, and… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| goren'uchi 五連打 | Lit. row of five stones. One arrangement of stepping stones *tobi-ishi 飛石. It… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gorinmen 五厘面 | Type of a chamfers cut on a square timber or square post with a ratio of 1/20 is called gorinmen along each corner… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gorintō 五輪塔 | ✓ | Lit. five-ring pagoda. Also gorin 五輪, gorin sekitō 五輪石塔, hōkaitō 法界塔, gorin tōba 五輪塔婆,… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| gorota-ishi 呉呂太石 | Lit. rolling stones. Small round stones about 10 cm in diameter used for the drainage areas around the stooping basin *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| goshomune 御所棟 | Also called gosho oni-ita 御所鬼板 or goshomune oni-ita 御所棟鬼板. Lit. the ridge of an imperial palace. The main… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gōtenjō 格天井 | A coffered ceiling. A ceiling with ribs framing recessed panels. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| goyō 五葉 | Lit. five leaves. A decorative pattern carved into the shape of five petals, and used on a gable pendant *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| gusokudana 具足棚 | Lit. Shelves to display armor. They are placed next to an alcove *tokonoma… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| gyakugatte 逆勝手 | The reverse arrangement of the fire-box or hearth in a tea ceremony room, or when the guest's mat *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| gyakuren 逆蓮 | ✓ | Also sakabasu 逆蓮, kaikaren 開花蓮, *yuiwata 結綿. A shape that… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| gyobutsudana 御物棚 | A set of double cabinets with four sliding door panels attached to the ceiling next to the decorative alcove *… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| gyōgibuki gawara 行基葺瓦 | ✓ | A type of smooth, lipless, semi-cylindrical cover tile that tapers from its broader front end to a narrower back end.… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| gyōkaigan 凝灰岩 | Tuff or tufa. Popularly called shōkōseki 松香石. A porous stone composed of volcanic ash or from the material loosened… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gyōya 行屋 | 1 Small buildings or huts where village representatives used to stay en route to or upon return from a… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| hachimae-no-ishigumi 鉢前の石組 | A washstand placed near a veranda or in the corner of an open veranda, shoin zashiki 書院座敷, or in the chief priest's… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hachimaki 鉢巻 | ✓ | The name for a thickly plastered area projecting from the wall below the eaves of a building. Used on storehouses, *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hachimaki doi 鉢巻土居 | A "headband" earthen embankment. An earthen embankment with a stone wall constructed on the upper portion. Also … |
Architecture, Castles | |
| hachiman torii 八幡鳥居 | ✓ | A pillar of the shinmei type, *shinmei torii 神明鳥居, with no… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| hachiman-zukuri 八幡造 | A style of shrine architecture characterized by a structure which from the side-view gives the impression of two separate… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| hachiro 八炉 | ✓ | The eight basic ways of positioning a hearth, *ro 炉, in a tea ceremony room, *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| hachiyō 八葉 | Lit. eight leaves. Also hachiyō kanagu 八葉金具. A metal decoration carved into the shape of eight petals with a central… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hachiyō fukuben rengemon 八葉複弁蓮華文 | A decorative stylized lotus-flower pattern, *rengemon 蓮華文, found on eaves… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hada noshigawara 肌熨斗瓦 | 1 The second layer of tiles that is curved and set at a same angle to the first layer of tiles, … |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hadakaniwa 裸庭 | Lit. naked or bare yard. A term for the earth-floored area, *doma 土間, in… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| haegi 延木 | Also haigi. An archaic term for *nodaruki, 野垂木 (a hidden rafter). A… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hafu kazari kanagu 破風飾金具 | Also hafu kanagu 破風金具. Decorative metal fittings, *kazari kanagu… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hafu kojiri 破風木尻 | Also written 破風鐺, hafujiri 破風尻, or hafubana 破風鼻. The lower end of a bargeboard on a hip-and-gable… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hafu ogami 破風拝 | ✓ | Also called hafugashira, 破風頭, or hafu-no-ogami, 破風の拝. The joint between two bargeboards, hafu-ita… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hafu 破風 | Also written 搏風. Also called hafu-ita 破風板. A bargeboard. Straight or curved boards laid flat against the ridge ends… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hafugoshi 破風腰 | The center of a bargeboard, *hafu 破風, which is determined by its length. It… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hagarazai 端柄材 | Also written 羽柄材. Also called hagaramono, 端柄物, 羽柄物; or yamabikizai 山挽材. A general term for trimmed boards… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hagi 矧 | ✓ | A suffix used to describe edge joints of various types.
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Architecture, Joints |
| haichi-zu 配置図 | A layout drawing on a plot plan showing topography in minute detail and the position of buildings within the boundaries of a… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| haiden 拝殿 | ✓ | A worship hall at a Shinto shrine, usually placed on the same axis as the offering hall, *… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| hainobe 配延 | Also hainobi 配延び or nobi 延び. A carpenters' standard term for extensions created by slopes. Example: Where the horizontal… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| haiseki 拝石 | Lit. worship stone. A type of trump stone *yaku-ishi 役石 from which one can… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| haiseki 配石 | Lit. stone arrangement. To arrange stones in consideration of their shape, color, and character. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| haitsuke daruki 配付垂木 | ✓ | Also sashidaruki 挿垂木 or 指垂木. To join rafters *taruki 垂木 which is… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hajikidake 弾竹 | Also bakuchiku-bashira 爆竹柱. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hakamagoshi 袴腰 | ✓ | 1 A trapezoidal form created on top of the posts that frame the host's entrance *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Structures, Buildings |
| hakamazuri-ishi 袴ずり石 | Lit. hakama 袴 brushing stone. A name for the front stone in a stone grouping arranged around a low basin *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| hakarihijiki 秤肘木 | ✓ | A single bracket arm *hijiki 肘木, which is set into a large bearing block *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hakkaku butsuden 八角仏殿 | An octagonal hall in a Buddhist temple. One or more Buddhist deities are enshrined within. The record Shizaichō… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| hakkaku enden 八角円殿 | An octagonal hall. Temple records owned by Hōryūji 法隆寺 and Gangōji 元興寺 mention the existence of a hakkaku enden as… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| hakkaku endō 八角円堂 | Lit. eight-sided circular. An octagonal circular hall *hakkakudō 八角堂,… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| hakkakudō 八角堂 | ✓ | Also called *hakkaku endō 八角円堂. An octagonal hall. There are six… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| hakkakuotoshi-no-kado 八角落の角 | ✓ | Also yatsunaka-no-korobi 八中の転. The method used to determine the incline of the main posts of a *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hakkakutō 八角塔 | ✓ | An octagonal pagoda of which there is only one in Japan. Although a plan to erect an octagonal pagoda existed at Saidaiji… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| hakkyakumon 八脚門 | ✓ | Also read yatsuashimon. Also called sangenikkomon 三間一戸門 or sangen sankomon 三間三戸門 depending upon… |
Architecture, Gates |
| hakogata jōgi 箱型定規 | Box-shaped measuring tool used when inking and marking off a pillar in order to fit the horizontal beams surrounding a… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| hakokaidan 箱階段 | ✓ | Also referred to as hakodan 箱段 and hakohashigo 箱梯子. A combined stairway and storage chest, common in town… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| hakokanagu 箱金具 | Also hakokanamono 箱金物, *makikanagu 巻金具, makikanamono 巻金物. U-strap, strap, stirrup.… | Architecture, Decorations | |
| hakomune 箱棟 | A prominent box-like ridge framed in timber astride the apex of a roof. In section it resembles a miniature building with a… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hakozaki torii 筥崎鳥居 | Also called Hakozaki Hachimangū 筥崎八幡宮, Hakozaki no Miya 筥崎宮 or Hizen torii 肥前鳥居. A stone pillar type of gate characterized… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| Hamagurimon 蛤門 | ✓ | Lit. clam gate. One of the four gates on the westside of the outer enclosure of Kyoto Gosho 京都御所. Altogether there were nine… |
Architecture, Gates |
| hamayuka 浜床 | Also called *chōdai 帳台 in the Heian period.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| hame-ishi 羽目石 | Also written 嵌石. A stone panel. A component of the formal style podium *danjōzumi… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hame-ita 羽目板 | Also written 嵌板. A wooden panel or board used as wall covering. It may be horizontally or vertically set. The boards may… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hamontai 波文帯 | Also called a zigzag motif *inazumamon 稲妻文 or a saw tooth pattern *… | Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| han-nageshi 半長押 | ✓ | Lit. half non-penetrating horizontal beam. A non-penetrating beam which is 3/5 the diameter of a building 's main pillar… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| han-noshigawara 半熨斗瓦 | Rectangular ridge tiles with half the width of an ordinary ridge tile *noshigawara… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hana-akarimado 花明窓 | Also kameimado, *oribemado 織部窓, *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hana 鼻 | ✓ | Lit. nose. Also called hanasaki 鼻先. The end or tip of a structural member such as a beam, rafter end, ridge end,… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hanagarami 鼻絡 | A relatively small tie beam placed slightly inside and under the eave ends on a board roof. It not only ties the boards… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| hanagawara 花瓦 | Also hashigawara 端瓦. Lit. flower tile. An edge or border tile originally, the word came to replace the more… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hanaguri 鼻繰 | A generic name for moldings *kurigata 繰形, used on the edge of bracket arms *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanahijiki 花肘木 | ✓ | Lit. flower bracket arm. A decorative bracket arm *hijiki 肘木 that appeared in… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hanahiragawara 端平瓦 | A broad, concave end tile that alternates with an eave end semi-circular tile surmounted with a circular pendant *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hanaikada 花筏 | Lit. flower raft. A decorative, floral pattern popular in the Momoyama period. The design is said to be derived from a… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanaire 花入 | A container for displaying flowers, or a flower vase. Generally, there are three types found in tea ceremony rooms *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| hanakakushi-ita 鼻隠板 | ✓ | A fascia board. A board nailed flat against the rafter ends, characteristic of the daibutsu style *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hanakugi 花釘 | ✓ | A nail used to hang a flower vase in a tea ceremonyroom *chashitsu 茶室. Some… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| hanakumiko 花組子 | Also hanako 花子. Decorative petal-shaped muntins found on doors *shōji… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanamarugawara 端丸瓦 | An old name for semi circular eave end tiles *nokimarugawara 軒丸瓦. Also… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hanamarunoko 鼻丸鋸 | Also known as anahikinoko 穴挽鋸. A round-nose roughing saw. The name is derived from the shape of the top of the… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| hanamashi 鼻増 | Also sorimashi 反増; terimashi 照増. The gradual increase in height toward the ends of rafters *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
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