| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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| hikihashi 引橋 | 1 Lit. a pull bridge. A type bridge that can be pulled into a castle. One such example is the … |
Architecture, Castles | |
| hikimawashi-noko 挽廻鋸 | A coping saw. A saw used to cut curves in wood. The blade is very narrow so as to allow free movement when cutting. It… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| hikite 引手 | ✓ | Lit. hand pull. Commonly called door pull. A door pull added to sliding doors *fusuma… |
Architecture, Accessories |
| hikiwakedo 引分戸 | Also called ryōbikido 両引戸. Two sliding doors that occupy a single track. When closed, the doors come together in… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hikiwatashi kōbai 引渡勾配 | ✓ | A hypotenuse. A mathematically computed straight line stretching from the peak of the ridge to the eave-end and used to help… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| himorogi 神籬 | 1 A single sacred pillar standing independently. Its origin as well as its true significance is not clear… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| himuroike 氷室池 | Lit. icehouse pond. A functional type of garden pond used in the winter for cutting ice. In case like the himuroike… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hinagata 雛型 | 1 Also mokei 模型. A miniature or a scaled-down model of a planned work of art. It is usually… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hinerito 拈斗 | Hineri means to twist, turn, back, or roll. Also written 捻斗; also called onisarato 鬼皿斗. A square or… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hinuki 飛貫 | Also written 樋貫.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| hira-ishi 平石 | Also tsuki-ishi 築石. Broad, flat construction stones used to build the main sections of stone walls *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| hira karakusagawara 平唐草瓦 | Also called hira karakusa 平唐草. A broad concave eave-end tile *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hira kudarimune 平降棟 | Also called hira kudari 平降 or *kudarimune 降棟. Descending ridges at… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hira 平 | The sides of a building which are parallel to the ridge. Usually the long sides of a building at a right angle to the gable… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirabashi 平橋 | A flat bridge made of wood, wood and sods, or stone. |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hirabuchi tenjō 平縁天井 | A simple ceiling made of boards and battens. The battens are thin and rectangular in section and are placed at right angles… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hiradana 平棚 | A plain, flat shelf board used in an alcove *tokonoma 床の間 or as a desk; one type is… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| hiraganna 平鉋 | ✓ | A smoothing plane. The hiraganna is used for smoothly planing the surface of a board or pillar. Of the many types… |
Architecture, Tools |
| hiragawara 平瓦 | ✓ | Also called *megawara 女瓦 (female tile). One of the basic… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| hirageta 平桁 | A light, horizontal, rectangular member that is inserted into the corner post between the top and bottom rails of a… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirahashi 平橋 | Lit. flat bridge. A simple kind of garden bridge made with flat wooden boards. In its simplest form, a hirahashi may… | Architecture, Gardens | |
| hirahijiki 平肘木 | A bracket arm placed parallel to or at right angles to the direction of a roof ridge *… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirahozo 平ほぞ | ✓ | A true, square or rectangular tenon cut from a single block of wood. The top of the uncut part of the block forms the square… |
Architecture, Joints |
| hirairi 平入 | ✓ | The entrance to a building constructed parallel to the ridge *mune 棟 of the roof… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hirairi-zukuri 平入造 | Also called *hirairi 平入. A style of building that has the main… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirajiro 平城 | Lit. flatland castle. A castle built on a plain with the main defensive elements being rivers, swamps, and man-made moats.… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| hirakaramon 平唐門 | ✓ | Also *karamon 唐門. A gate characterized by undulating bargeboards *… |
Architecture, Gates |
| hiraki 開 | Also called funbari 踏張.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirakido 開戸 | ✓ | Also shortened to *hiraki 開. A generic term for doors *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hirakimado 開窓 | A translucent paper-covered casement window that opens by means of hinges like a hinged door. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirakishōji 開障子 | A translucent paper-covered frame attached to a door jam by a socket hinge hijitsubo 肘壷 or chōtsugai 蝶番,… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| hirakōbai 平勾配 | The pitch of a roof on the sides parallel to the ridge. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hiramitsudo 平三斗 | ✓ | Also called *mitsudo tokyō 三斗斗きょう. A 3-on-1, non-projecting bracket… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hiramon 平門 | Also read hirakado. A simple gate set between two posts. The gate may have a very low pitched roof covered either with… | Architecture, Gates | |
| hirasanjō 平三畳 | ✓ | Also hirasanjō-no-seki 平三畳席. A three-mat tea ceremony room *chashitsu… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| hirashoiin 平書院 | One type of window used in a shoin style room *shoin-zukuri 書院造.… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| hirasode kakugawara 平袖角瓦 | ✓ | Also sekigai sodekakugawara 積蓋袖角瓦. Lit. stacked, broad-sleeved angular cover tiles. The broad, concave pendant… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| hirasodegawara 平袖瓦 | ✓ | Also sekigai sodegawara 積蓋袖瓦. A broad, rectangular type of concave roof tile *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| hiratōba 平塔婆 | A small, flat, wooden grave tablet placed so that it leans against a grave stone. It may have the name of the deceased… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| hiratokyō 平斗きょう | Also called *hirazonae 平備. A bracket complex *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirawari 平割 | ✓ | Logs sawn or ripped into rectangular lengths along the grain. |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hiraya 平家 | A house with only one story. |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| hirayamajiro 平山城 | Also read hirasanjiro. Lit. flatland mountain castle. A castle built on a low mountain, defined as 20 to 100 m high… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| hirazonae 平備 | Also written 平具, and read hirasonae; also called *hiratokyō … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirazuka 平束 | A short strut, post, or prop which has the same width from bottom to top. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hire 鰭 | ✓ | Lit. fins. A decorative sculpted form found, for example, on the left and right of a gable pendant *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| hiregawara 鰭瓦 | Lit. fish tile. The lower parts of ogre tiles *onigawara 鬼瓦 which extend… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hiro-en 広縁 | A generic term for a deep veranda.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirobisashi 広廂 | Also written 広庇, 弘廂. Sometimes called *hiro-en 広縁. An extended… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirokomai 広小舞 | ✓ | A long, wide, wedge-shaped, horizontal timber placed over the ends of rafters to prevent their deflection and to add support… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hiroma 広間 | 1 The generic term used for a large room occupying the full cross section of a building in Edo period… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings | |
| hiromagata 広間型 | The name given to a room plan common in vernacular houses *minka … |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| hironomi 広鑿 | Lit. wide chisel. A type of striking chisel *tatakinomi 叩鑿, with a blade-… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| hiroshiki 広敷 | 1 Part of the kitchen and private residential zone of an Edo period daimyō 大名 residence. … |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| hirukan 蛭環 | ✓ | Also hirukagi 蛭鈎 or hirukugi 蛭釘. Lit. leech hook. A pothook attached to the ceiling of the tea ceremony… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| hisakugata 柄杓形 | Lit. ladle shape. Also read hishakugata or hisagogata 瓢形 (gourd pattern). The shape of the precious jewel… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hisashi 廂 | Also written 庇. The area surrounding the *moya 母屋 or core of a… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hisashibashira 廂柱 | Also written 庇柱.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| hishaku 柄杓 | 1 A utensil with a long handle and dipper used to ladle hot water from the kettle, or cold water from the… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| hishaku kanamono 柄杓金物 | A metal fitting that allows a door to swing open in two directions. The fitting is shaped like a dipper, whereby the "… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| hishi-no-mon 菱の門 | Lit. diamond-shaped gate. Also called ōteguchi 大手口 (large front entrance). A two-storied turret gate *… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| hishi shirin 菱支輪 | ✓ | A short, curved, non-supporting series of strut-like members used on the under side of eaves to form a transition between… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hishigaki 菱垣 | Lit. lozenge fence. A type of open fence made with bamboo or other types of wood braided into lozenge shapes. A good example… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hishigōshi 菱格子 | ✓ | 1 Diamond- or lozenge-shaped lattice or muntins used on doors, transoms, and fences *… |
Art History, Architecture, General Terms, Painting |
| hishiko 菱子 | 1 Muntins, diamond shaped in cross section, used in place of vertical bars in some window openings. … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hitonoki 一軒 | The single eaves formed by a single row of base rafters found most often on domestic architecture. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hitosuji 一筋 | A door head or sill with a single groove to accommodate a sliding door. For instance; hitosuji gamoi 一筋鴨居 (a single… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hitotesaki 一手先 | Also called hitotegumi 一手組, hitotesakigumi 一手先組, or *degumi… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hiuchibari 火打梁 | ✓ | A diagonal brace placed across a corner at about a 45-degree angle to the purlins. Sometimes called an angle tie, angle,… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| Hiunkaku 飛雲閣 | Lit. a flying cloud tower. Unique, three-storied timber building, rōkaku 楼閣, built in asymmetrical design and… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| hiunmon 飛雲文 | ✓ | Also *unmon 雲文, ryūunmon 流雲文. The flowing cloud motif on… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| hiwadabuki 桧皮葺 | ✓ | A roof covered with layers of Japanese cypress hinoki 桧 (檜) bark shingles. The shingles are usually 45-60 cm in… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hiyoku irimoya-zukuri 比翼入母屋造 | ✓ | A style of hip-and-gable roof exemplified by the one on the *honden 本殿 at… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| hizuka 樋束 | A type of strut found in *shinmei-zukuri 神明造. Several… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hizumiguruwa 邪郭 | Also written 斜郭. A diagonal section of wall forming part of a gateway barrier *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| hōdate 方立 | Also written 傍立; also called hōdatebashira 方立柱; formerly *hashirayose… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hōdateguchi 方立口 | ✓ | Also hōtateguchi. An entrance to a tea ceremony room *chashitsu… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| hōgyō yane 宝形屋根 | ✓ | Lit. roof segments flowing down on four sides, also called shichū yane 四注屋根 shihōnagare 四方流. A hipped or… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hōgyō-zukuri 宝形造 | ✓ | Also written 方形造; sometimes called the four-part style shichū-zukuri 四注造, or the square style hōkei-zukuri… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hōjō 方丈 | ✓ | The name given to the type of residence that had evolved by the end of the 14th century for the abbot, i.e., the head priest… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| hōju 宝珠 | ✓ | 1 Also pronounced hōshu. A sacred gem. Usually a ball or tear-drop shape object that is sacred to… |
Architecture, General Terms, Art History, Sculpture |
| hōkeiyakata 方形館 | Lit. Square-shape mansion. A medieval fortified military-class mansion that is surrounded by a square-shaped, or more… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| hokkedō 法華堂 | ✓ | Also called hokke sanmaidō 法華三昧堂.
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Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| hōko 宝庫 | Also hōzō 宝蔵, shinko 神庫, itakura 板倉, banzō 板蔵, sazō 叉蔵. A storehouse for… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| hokogi 架木 | The topmost member of a three-railed balustrade *kōran 高欄, usually round or… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Hokuendō 北円堂 | The largest extant octagonal Buddhist temple hall, dated 1210. It is located at Kōfukuji 興福寺 in Nara, and is placed on a… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| hokusō sansuigashiki teien 北宋山水画式庭園 | Lit. gardens in the style of Northern Song landscape painting. A modern term that stresses the compositional similarities… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hōkyōintō 宝筺印塔 | ✓ | Lit. Hōkyōin pagoda. A type of pagoda (Sk: stupa) originally made as a repository for copies of the Hōkyōin… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| hon-irakagawara 本甍瓦 | A general term for three basic tiles: irakadomoe 甍巴, a tile decorated with a comma shaped pattern *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hon'ya 本屋 | Alsowritten 本家, or read omoya 主屋.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| hon'yamato 本大和 | An abbreviation of hon'yamatokaki 本大和掻. Also pronounced hon'yamatogaki. A type of decoration used on teahouses with an… | Architecture, Decorations | |
| honbashira 本柱 | ✓ | Also read omobashira; in the case of gates it may be called *monbashira… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| honbuki 本葺 | A roof made of wood and cooper sheets to resemble a traditional tiled roof *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| honden 本殿 | The sanctuary of a Shinto shrine, considered the most sacred shrine building because it contains the essence of the deity,… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| hondō 本堂 | ✓ | Lit. main hall. A Buddhist hall housing the principal images most revered by the particular sect of a temple. The use of the… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| hondoko 本床 | ✓ | A formal alcove *tokonoma 床の間 in a large *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| hone 骨 | Lath. The narrow strips of wood, laid vertically and horizontally to form the core of the sliding track for opaque screens… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| honegumi 骨組 | Also called *jikubu 軸部. The skeletal framework of a building. This framework… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hongatte 本勝手 | Also called migigatte 右勝手. The so-called normal arrangement for most tea ceremony rooms *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| hongawarabuki 本瓦葺 | ✓ | A general term for a tile roof, especially one which is composed of relatively flat, broad, concave tiles *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
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