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en-ita 縁板	✓	The boards used to make the floor over a veranda framework. There are two common methods: kirime-en 切目縁 and …	Architecture, General Terms
en-nageshi 縁長押		Also written 椽長押; sometimes called *kirime nageshi 切目長押. A non-…	Architecture, General Terms
En'ya 園冶		Ch: Yuanye. Lit. garden building. The only extant treatise on classical Chinese garden construction. Written by the…	Architecture, General Terms, Document
en 縁		1　Also *engawa 縁側. A veranda. Formerly, en and …	Architecture, General Terms
enbashira 縁柱		Also engawabashira 縁側柱. Posts or pillars usually set on the floor boards *…	Architecture, General Terms
enchūza 円柱座		Lit. circular pillar seat. A rounded molding carved into the top of a base stone *soseki…	Architecture, General Terms
engamachi 縁框	✓	A heavy horizontal member attached to the outside of the veranda framework over the veranda struts *…	Architecture, General Terms
engawa 縁側	✓	Also wirtten 掾側. The area beside or surrounding the straw matted *tatami 畳…	Architecture, General Terms
enkazura 縁葛		The horizontal boards positioned across the front of a veranda on top of the struts *…	Architecture, General Terms
enmimi-ita 縁耳板	✓	Lit. veranda ear board. The outermost board on the kure-en 榑縁 type of veranda which has long floor boards running…	Architecture, General Terms
ennuki 縁貫		A penetrating tie-beam that connects and strengthens the veranda struts *enzuka…	Architecture, General Terms
ensumigi 縁隅木		Lit. veranda corner rafter. Also called sumisasu 隅扠首. A brace placed under the outer corners of a…	Architecture, General Terms
entsunagi 縁繋		Also written 椽繋. Short horizontal bearers that join the outer veranda posts *enzuka…	Architecture, General Terms
enzuka 縁束	✓	Also written entanbashira 縁短柱, also pronounced entsuka. Struts *tsuka…	Architecture, General Terms
etsuri 桟		Also read san. Lit. hanging branches. 1　A sheathing made of boards and bamboo woven…	Architecture, General Terms
etsuriana 桟孔		The holes made in roofing lath to allow rope to be passed through and tied, thus making the lath secure. An example can be…	Architecture, General Terms
etsuridake 桟竹		Sometimes called *tarukidake 垂木竹: noboridake 昇竹 or sasudake…	Architecture, General Terms
fuebashira 笛柱		Lit. flute post. The thick post at the right rear corner of a noh stage, *…	Architecture, General Terms
Fujiwara jidai 藤原時代		Fujiwara period. A period of approximately two hundred years corresponding to the Middle Heian period (Heian chūki…	Art History, General Terms
fukioroshi 葺下		Also written 葺卸. The extension of a roof or the elongation of eaves on the main part of a building in order to cover an…	Architecture, General Terms
fukitsuchi 吹土		The layer of clay spread on sheathing, *shitaji 下地, sometimes called …	Architecture, General Terms
fukiyose 吹寄		1　The arrangement of muntins, lattice (*fukiyose gōshi…	Art History, General Terms, Sculpture, Architecture
fukiyose daruki 吹寄垂木	✓	The grouping of two or three parallel rafters placed closely together with a wide space between each group. The spaces…	Architecture, General Terms
fukiyose gōshi 吹寄格子	✓	Lit. grouped or varying numbered lattice. Lattice or small beams arranged to form patterns in transoms, *…	Architecture, General Terms
fukiyosebashira 吹寄柱		Evenly spaced pillars or posts that are arranged so that two or more are in line. The amount of the space between the…	Architecture, General Terms
fukubachi 伏鉢		Also written 覆鉢; also called fukuhatsu ふくはつ. The small inverted bowl-like fixture placed on the box-like cover, *…	Architecture, General Terms
fukumi 含	✓	A channel. The part of a bearing block, *masu 斗, that is cut out either as a one-…	Architecture, General Terms
fumisagari 踏下		The distance from the ridge of a roof, *munagi 棟木, to the eave end, *…	Architecture, General Terms
fumizura 踏面		Also called fumi-ita 踏板. The horizontal surface, known as the tread, on steps or stairs. The board, plank, or…	Architecture, General Terms
funahijiki 舟肘木	✓	A boat-shaped bracket arm placed directly on top of a pillar to carry a purlin, *gagyō…	Architecture, General Terms
funazoko tenjō 舟底天井		Also called *yakata tenjō 屋形天井, an upside-down houseboat-shaped ceiling. A…	Architecture, General Terms
furesumi 振隅		Refers to the pitch of a roof that is different on the front and back from the pitch of the sides. The hip rafters at the…	Architecture, General Terms
furesumigi 振隅木		A hip rafter, *sumigi 隅木, which cannot bisect the purlins, *…	Architecture, General Terms
furiwake 振分		The center line of a surface that has been divided equally. The line may run vertically or horizontally. This center point…	Architecture, General Terms
furoku 不陸		Lit. not horizontal. A surface which is not flat or horizontal to the ground.	Architecture, General Terms
fuse-zu 伏図		A framing plan showing the structural arrangement and details of various parts of a building including the floor, ceiling,…	Architecture, General Terms
fushin 普請		Originally, the solicitation of great numbers of people to help construct Zen temple buildings. By the 14th century, …	Architecture, General Terms
fushinchō 普請帳	✓	The ledger or account books in which material and labor costs incurred during a construction project were recorded. …	Architecture, General Terms
fushoku 腐蝕		Wood rot. Wood rot can be either dry rot, kanshoku 乾蝕, or wet rot, shisshoku 湿蝕. Wet rot is particularly…	Architecture, General Terms
fusuma 襖	✓	An abbreviation for fusumashōji 襖障子, an opaque sliding screen, as distinguished from the translucent screen, *…	Architecture, General Terms
futakoshi yane 二腰屋根		A roof that has two different inclines between the ridge and eave ends. It changes its direction of flow without any…	Architecture, General Terms
futanoki 二軒	✓	A double row of rafters, called base rafters and flying rafters, that appears beneath the eaves of a roof. The base rafters…	Architecture, General Terms
futate hijiki 二手肘木		A bracket arm that forms the second outward step of a two-stepped bracket complex.	Architecture, General Terms
futatesakigumi 二手先組	✓	Also called futatesaki tokyō 二手先斗きょう or futatesaki kumimono 二手先組物. A bracket complex composed of two steps…	Architecture, General Terms
futatsudo tokyō 二(双)斗斗(きょう)		Also written 双斗斗きょう and pronounced the same way, or these characters can be read narabido tokyō or sōdo tokyō…	Architecture, General Terms
gagyō 丸桁	✓	Also read gangyō, gayō, nokigeta 軒桁, or *dashigeta…	Architecture, General Terms
gagyōbane 丸桁桔		Also read gangyōbane. A single heavy beam attached at right angles to the eave purlins *…	Architecture, General Terms
gaien 外苑		Lit. outer garden. The area outside the sacred enclosure of a shrine, mausoleum, or temple. Typically, the approach to the…	Architecture, General Terms
gakubuchi 額縁		1　The wooden rails and stiles around doors or windows. 2　Casing, trim, or…	Architecture, General Terms
gangi hashigo 雁木梯子	✓	Lit. zig-zag ladder. A kind of ladder, hashigo 梯子(see *kaidan 階段),…	Architecture, General Terms
garan haichi 伽藍配置	✓	The arrangement of buildings within the precinct of a Buddhist temple constructed between the late 7th century to 12th…	Architecture, General Terms
garan 伽藍		An abbreviated form of sōgya ranma 僧伽欄摩 (Sk: samgha arama). Lit. A garden for monks. Also rendered as sōen…	Architecture, General Terms
gasshō 合掌		1　The triangular frame created by joining a pair of cruck-like members *…	Architecture, General Terms, Art History, Sculpture
gawageta 側桁		Also pronounced kawageta. 1 Exterior wall purlins. Long horizontal beams *…	Architecture, General Terms
gawakabe 側壁		Also read sokuheki or kawakabe. The exterior wall of a building. An outside wall or end wall.	Architecture, General Terms
gejin 外陣		1　In shrine architecture, the main hall *honden 本殿 is divided…	Architecture, General Terms
gekan 下間		Lit. lower space. It is a room adjoining the main rooms of the priests' quarters in a Zen temple. It is located near the…	Architecture, General Terms
genkan 玄関		1　The entrance gallery or porch used in the guest hall *kyakuden…	Architecture, General Terms
Genroku bunka 元禄文化		Lit. Genroku culture. The middle Edo period *Edo jidai 江戸時代 chūki 中期…	Art History, General Terms
giboshi 擬宝珠	✓	Also pronounced gibōshi, giboju, gibōshu, goboshu. A decoration in the shape of the…	Architecture, General Terms, Decorations
gigaku 伎楽		Also kuregaku 呉楽. Now-lost ancient masked theatrical performances given at temples from the 7th to 9th century.…	Art History, General Terms
gō-ita 格板		Also called *ura-ita 裏板. The panel used to fill the space made by the…	Architecture, General Terms
gōbuchi 格縁		The wooden ribs or coffers laid in a criss-cross pattern to form a coffered ceiling *gō…	Architecture, General Terms
gokakumasu 五角桝	✓	Lit. a five cornered measuring box. A method used to determine the proportions of a bracket arm *…	Architecture, General Terms
gōma 格間		The space created by the coffers or ribs *gōbuchi 格縁 of a coffered or latticed…	Architecture, General Terms
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
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. 1　The simplest type of coffered…	Architecture, General Terms
gyobutsu 御物		Also read gomotsu. The emperor's property. The Imperial Collection of art objects, books, etc., which are either of…	Art History, General Terms
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
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
haegi 延木		Also haigi. An archaic term for *nodaruki, 野垂木 (a hidden rafter). A…	Architecture, General Terms
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
haibutsu 廃仏		Lit. abolish Buddha. It was government policy during the early Meiji period to repress Buddhism in favor of Shinto which was…	Art History, General Terms
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
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 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. 1　A method. Introduced in the Edo period, of constructing the…	Architecture, General Terms
hakarihijiki 秤肘木	✓	A single bracket arm *hijiki 肘木, which is set into a large bearing block *…	Architecture, General Terms
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
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
Hakuhō jidai 白鳳時代		The Hakuhō period (645-710) referred to in recent scholarship as the Late Asuka period, Asuka jidai kōki 飛鳥時代後期.…	Art History, General Terms
hamayuka 浜床		Also called *chōdai 帳台 in the Heian period. 1　A low…	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
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
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
hanahijiki 花肘木	✓	Lit. flower bracket arm. A decorative bracket arm *hijiki 肘木 that appeared in…	Architecture, General Terms
hanakakushi-ita 鼻隠板	✓	A fascia board. A board nailed flat against the rafter ends, characteristic of the daibutsu style *…	Architecture, General Terms
hanamashi 鼻増		Also sorimashi 反増; terimashi 照増. The gradual increase in height toward the ends of rafters *…	Architecture, General Terms
hanamichi 花道		Lit.flower path. A long elevated walkway on the left side of a *kabuki…	Architecture, General Terms
hanamoya 鼻母屋		Pole plates. Horizontal members that are positioned on the outer end of raking beams *…	Architecture, General Terms
hanbashira 半柱		Lit. half column. Also katabutabashira 片蓋柱 (half-covered pillar). The half visible column on the exterior or…	Architecture, General Terms