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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
byōbudana 屏風棚

A type of decorative double hanging shelf *tsuridana 釣棚, placed in an alcove…

Architecture, Accessories
chira ちら

A mat binding that covers more than half of the wale of a straw mat *tatami 畳…

Architecture, Accessories
enza 円座

1 A matting made of straw, rushes, sedge, or cattails woven in a spiral pattern that was used for bedding,…

Architecture, Accessories
fukikaeshi 吹返

1 Also written 葺返. A board which projects diagonally out from the top of a statue canopy, *…

Architecture, Accessories, Sculpture, Art History
fumichidana 文道棚

A very simple type of shelving with sliding doors at floor level. Typically, the shelving is part of the many different…

Architecture, Accessories
fusa 総

Also written 房.

1 A tassel, tuft, fringe, cluster, or bunch.

2 Silk is for the elite and rough fabric for…

Architecture, Accessories
fusahikite 総引手

Tassels attached to the pull, *hikite 引手, of an opaque sliding screen, *…

Architecture, Accessories
hikite 引手 ✓

Lit. hand pull. Commonly called door pull. A door pull added to sliding doors *fusuma…

Architecture, Accessories
kyūden 宮殿

Also kūden 空殿.


1 Also *zushi 厨子, an old term…

Architecture, Accessories
menori 目乗

The general term for the relationship between the *tatami 畳 mat binding and…

Architecture, Accessories
sanmen zushi 三面厨子

A miniature shrine characterized by three doors, one placed at the front and one on each side of the structure. It contains…

Architecture, Accessories
shumidan 須弥壇 ✓

An altar made of fine timber, generally with panelling, hame 羽目, and rich moldings at its top and bottom.…

Architecture, Accessories
Tamamushi no zushi 玉虫厨子

The Tamamushi no zushi owned by Hōryūji 法隆寺 (mid-7th century) is also called the Beetle-wing Shrine, because of the…

Architecture, Accessories
tatami-no-me 畳の目

The mesh or the number of meshes "wales" of a straw mat *tatami 畳. One "wale" is approximately…

Architecture, Accessories
tsukkake 突っ掛

A term used by the makers of *tatami 畳 mats to refer to the binding on the long sides of …

Architecture, Accessories

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University