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Title	Contains Image(s)	Description	Keywords
natsume 棗	✓	A tea caddy for storing weak green powdered tea. Also called *usuchaki…	Architecture, Tea Houses
nijiriguchi 躙口	✓	Also called nijiri agariguchi 躙上り口; nijirido 躙戸 and kuguriguchi 潜口. Lit. "a crawl-in or wriggle-…	Architecture, Tea Houses
nijūdana 二重棚	✓	Also nijū tsuridana 二重釣棚. A double hanging shelf *tsuridana 釣棚,…	Architecture, Tea Houses
nobedan 延段	✓	Also written 展段 and 展檀. A method of stone paving in the *roji 露地 or tea garden in…	Architecture, Tea Houses
nori-ishi 乗石		Lit. "mounting stone." One of the trump stones *yaku-ishi 役石 placed in front…	Architecture, Tea Houses
norigoe-ishi 乗越石		Lit. "step-over stone." One of the trump stones *yaku-ishi 役石 set…	Architecture, Tea Houses
ō-ita 大板	✓	A board which is placed on the host's mat *temaedatami 点前畳,…	Architecture, Tea Houses
ochi-ishi 落石		Lit. "falling stone." Also pronounced otoshi-ishi. One of the trump stones *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
ochitenjō 落天井	✓	Lit. "dropped ceiling." Also called otoshitenjō 落し天井. A ceiling in a tea ceremony room above the host's mat *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
okiawase 置合		The arrangement of tea ceremony utensils in preparation for a tea ceremony. It is more rarely called okitsuke 置付.…	Architecture, Tea Houses
okidoko 置床		Also *tsukedoko 付床. An early type of removable alcove formed by placing a…	Architecture, Tea Houses
okigata 置形		The part of a ceramic tea bowl decorated with pattern. When used in a tea ceremony, the okigata is positioned…	Architecture, Tea Houses
okiro 置炉	✓	A portable brazier used for a tea ceremony. It is usually 42 cm square with a height ranging from 21-24 cm. The hearth bed…	Architecture, Tea Houses
ōkoboshi shiki-ishi 大零し敷石		Lit. "large scattered paving stones." One type of round-stone paving *tama-…	Architecture, Tea Houses
ōmagari 大曲		Lit. "large curve." An arrangement of stepping stones *tobi-ishi 飛石, laid in…	Architecture, Tea Houses
orekugi 折釘	✓	A type of hooked nail made from one piece of iron. It is bent at a right angle and is square in cross section. The name is a…	Architecture, Tea Houses
oribedoko 織部床		A wall space allotted for hanging a scroll rather than a true alcove. It is characterized by a smoothly planed board, 15-20…	Architecture, Tea Houses
oribeguchi 織部口		An entrance to the guest's seat in a tea ceremony room. The size is between that of a noblemen's entrance *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
oribemado 織部窓		Also called monokakemado 物掛窓. A type of rustic window *shitajimado…	Architecture, Tea Houses
otoshigake 落掛		The lintel of the alcove tokonoma 床の間, in a tea room or a window in a shoin style …	Architecture, Tea Houses
ottori 追取		The handle of a tea scoop *chashaku 茶杓, used to prepare powdered green…	Architecture, Tea Houses
Rikyū chadōgu zue 利休茶道具図会		Sen no Rikyū's 千利休 (1522-91) writings concerning measurements for tea ceremony utensils. Yamada Sōhen 山田宗へん (1627-1708)…	Architecture, Tea Houses
ro-datami 炉畳		Also kagi-datami 鍵畳. The straw mat *tatami 畳, into which…	Architecture, Tea Houses
robuchi 炉縁	✓	The frame placed around the fire-box *rodan 炉壇, in a tea ceremony room *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
robuta 炉蓋	✓	A wooden lid about 1.8 cm thick used to cover the fixed-hearth *rodan 炉壇 in a tea…	Architecture, Tea Houses
rodan 炉壇		A fire box. The fixed, box-like hearth providing a place for a bed of ashes on which charcoal is burned to heat a kettle of…	Architecture, Tea Houses
roji 露地		Lit. "dewy ground." Commonly known as a tea garden *chaniwa 茶庭,…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sadōguchi 茶道口	✓	Also written 茶堂口, 茶頭口; also chatateguchi 茶立口, or *katteguchi 勝手口.…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sagekiri 下げ切		A little used placement of the firebox ro 炉, in a tea ceremony room …	Architecture, Tea Houses
Saimyōji shiorido 西明寺枝折戸		Lit. "Saimyōji 西明寺-style latticed bamboo door." One type of raised lattice door *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sanjūdana 三重棚	✓	1　Triple shelves. Shelves which now are rarely seen in a tea ceremony room except at Nishihonganji…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sarudo 猿戸	✓	Lit. "monkey door." A type of bolted gate, called a wicket or a *kido 木戸, used at…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sashi-ishi 差石		Small, oblong (6-10 cm) or rectangular stones placed in the space below the bamboo wall base kabedomari 壁留り of the…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sekimori-ishi 関守石	✓	Lit. "barrier-keeper stone." A stone placed atop a stepping stone *tobi-ishi…	Architecture, Tea Houses
Sekishū-ryū 石州流		1　An Edo period school of tea ceremony founded by Katagiri Sekishū 片桐石州 (1605-73). Branch schools…	Architecture, Tea Houses
Sekishū sanbyakukajō 石州三百ヶ条		A tea ceremony encyclopedia based on the methods of Katagiri Sekishu 片桐石州 (1605-73), who is believed to have authored 300…	Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
shakutate 杓立		Also hishakutate 柄杓立. A ladle stand or holder for the ladle or dipper, and charcoal tongs. Shakutate is…	Architecture, Tea Houses
shiki-ishi 敷石	✓	A stone-cutting technique for paving stones. According to certain tea ceremony sources various sized stones were used for…	Architecture, Tea Houses
shikishimado 色紙窓	✓	Lit. "poetry paper windows." *Shikishi 色紙 refers to the square paper on which short poems…	Architecture, Tea Houses
shiorido 枝折戸	✓	Also written 紫折戸. Lit. "broken branch door." A type of wicket *kido 木戸 used at…	Architecture, Tea Houses
shitabara setchin 下腹雪隠		Also pronounced the kafuku setchin. A functional toilet placed in the outer tea garden *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
shitajimado 下地窓	✓	Also written 助枝窓. Also called nurisashimado 塗さし窓, nurinokoshimado 塗残し窓, kakisashimado 掻さし窓. A…	Architecture, Tea Houses
shōbanseki 相伴席		A special mat for one or more guests, shōban 相伴, who are companions to the guest of honor, shōkyaku…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sōan 草庵		A small, rustic style tea ceremony structure up to 4 1/2 mats *yojōhan 四畳半,…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sokujō 触杖		Also called sunakake 砂かけ, sunasukui 砂掬い, and ezue え杖. Also written 束杖. A thin wooden board…	Architecture, Tea Houses
Sōtan nikki 宗湛日記		The diaries of Kamiya Sōtan 神谷宗湛 (1551-1635), a wealthy merchant and tea ceremony master in Fukuoka Prefecture. Written…	Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
Sōtankitsune 宗旦狐		A tea ceremony legend that probably dates from the first half of the 17th century. An old fox, the story goes, lived in the…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sōteigakoi 宗貞囲	✓	Also called sōtei zashiki 宗貞座敷. A 3-mat tea ceremony room *chashitsu…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sotogaki 外垣		Lit. "outer fence." A generic name for any fence that encloses a tea ceremony house and garden *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sotoroji 外露地		Outer tea garden. The section of the double teagarden nijū roji 二重露地 closest to the entrance gate, sotorojimon…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sukiya 数奇屋		A tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室 distinguished from a genuine tea ceremony…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sumichigai 隅違い		1　A term referring to the arrangement of the utensils employed during a tea ceremony. Specifically, …	Architecture, Tea Houses
sumiro 隅炉		One of several arrangements for positioning the fire-box *ro 炉 or fixed hearth in a…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sunasetchin 砂雪隠		Lit. "sand toilet." Originally a functioning toilet for use during tea gatherings, it later became a purely ornamental…	Architecture, Tea Houses
sute-ishi 捨石		Lit. "discarded stone." One of the seven trump stones *nanatsu-ishi…	Architecture, Tea Houses
takekugi 竹釘		A bamboo nail. Usually the nail is 7.5 mm square and made from giant bamboo madake 真竹 (also nigatake 苦竹).…	Architecture, Tea Houses
tama-ishijiki 玉石敷	✓	A type of paving using naturally rounded stones *tama-ishi 玉石, about 15-30 cm in diameter.…	Architecture, Tea Houses
tana 棚		Shelves. 1　 A type of shelf, sometimes with a rack, of which there are many ordinary household…	Architecture, General Terms, Aristocratic Dwellings, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings
tanamono 棚物		A simplified portable shelf *daisu 台子 set on the host's mat *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
tatamidoko 畳床		A type of straw matted alcove in which either an ordinary *tatami mat is set on…	Architecture, Tea Houses
temae-datami 点前畳		Also called *dōgu-datami 道具畳, or kyo-datami 居畳. The straw mat…	Architecture, Tea Houses
tesaki 手先		1　A term used to count the number of steps of a bracket complex. For example, futatesaki 二手先, …	Architecture, Tea Houses
teshoku-ishi 手燭石		Lit. "candlestick stone." One of the *yaku-ishi 役石 of the *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
tobi-ishi 飛石	✓	Lit. "stepping stones." As the key material for the path of the *roji …	Architecture, Tea Houses
toko-bashira 床柱	✓	Also called nihon-bashira 二本柱, because originally both the pillars to the left and right of the alcove *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
tokomado 床窓		The window in the alcove *tokonoma 床の間 of tea ceremony rooms *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
tokonoma 床の間		Lit. "alcove room." A *tatami 畳 mat room with a small alcove. There…	Architecture, Tea Houses
tsuchibisashi 土廂	✓	Also called sutebisashi 捨廂. A pent roof with its under structure exposed that extends above a hardpacked earthen…	Architecture, Tea Houses
tsuchitenjō 土天井		A ceiling with a clay or mud plaster coating. Used in tea ceremony house *chashitsu…	Architecture, Tea Houses
tsukedoko 付床		A wooden platform, about 95 cm x 45 cm, attached to a wall to form a type of alcove which has no ceiling or extended wall…	Architecture, Tea Houses
tsukiagemado 突上窓	✓	Also written 突揚窓. A skylight built into the sloping ceiling *kakekomi tenjō…	Architecture, Tea Houses
tsukubai 蹲踞	✓	Lit. "stooping basin." A low wash basin used in a tea garden. One has to stoop down to use the basin, hence the name. Before…	Architecture, Tea Houses
tsunodo 角戸		Also tsunogarado 角柄戸. Lit. "rectangular door." A type of wicket *kido…	Architecture, Tea Houses
tsuridana 釣棚		A general term for hanging shelves or shelves suspended from the ceiling by a stick or a piece of bamboo, especially used in…	Architecture, Tea Houses
tsuridoko 釣床	✓	Also written 吊床, or called kabedoko 壁床. A type of alcove *tokonoma 床の間 which has…	Architecture, Tea Houses
uchiroji 内露地		Inner tea garden. The part of the double tea garden nijū roji 二重露地, between the middle gate *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
urakumado 有楽窓		A type of window named for Oda Uraku 織田有楽 (1547-1621) which incorporates short, small, vertical stripes of bamboo placed…	Architecture, Tea Houses
ushiro-ishi 後石		Also *kagami-ishi 鏡石. Lit. "back stone." A stone water basin that…	Architecture, Tea Houses
usuchaki 薄茶器		Also abbreviated usuki 薄器. A container for weak-flavored tea. Early usuchaki had a cylindrical shape, but…	Architecture, Tea Houses
usumoributa 薄盛蓋		A lid with a high center used for a tea ceremony kettle *chanoyugama…	Architecture, Tea Houses
yaku-ishi 役石	✓	Also kaname-ishi 要石. Rocks and stones which in a tea garden *roji 露地…	Architecture, Tea Houses
yamatobuki 大和葺	✓	1　A type of board roofing made by first spacing boards of equal width at predetermined intervals and then…	Architecture, General Terms, Tea Houses
yamatokaki 大和掻		A type of bamboo lattice entwined with wisteria vine set in a window opening *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
yanagikugi 柳釘		Also yanagikakekugi 柳掛け釘. A nail hammered into a partially plastered post yanagibashira 柳柱 (see *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
yōji-bashira 楊子柱		Also called nuritate bashira 塗立柱, nuridashi bashira 塗出柱 or yanagi bashira 柳柱. A corner pillar in…	Architecture, Tea Houses
yojōhan 四畳半	✓	A four and a half 4 1/2 mat tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室, the most common…	Architecture, Tea Houses
yojōhangiri 四畳半切		Lit. "four mats and a half cut." A firebox or hearth used in a 4 1/2 mat or larger tea ceremony room *…	Architecture, Tea Houses
yokogi 横木		Also hikigi 引木 Lit. "horizontal timber." Although the term yokogi can refer to any horizontal timber, it…	Architecture, Tea Houses
yoritsuki 寄付		Also written 寄附. 1　Room immediately inside an entrance to the raised floor zone; *…	Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Tea Houses
yose-ishijiki 寄石敷		Stone paving in which various sizes of cut and natural stones are arranged in unique patterns. Different sizes of regular…	Architecture, Tea Houses
yugamibashira 歪柱		Also called *magaribashira 曲柱. Lit. "crooked or bent post." Posts that…	Architecture, Tea Houses
yuoke-ishi 湯桶石		Also called yutōseki, katakuchi-ishi 片口石, yuage-ishi 湯揚げ石, and oke-ishi 桶石. Lit. "warm…	Architecture, Tea Houses