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A  
agesudo揚簀戸hanging lattice gate
aiba合端stone joint
aioi相生double-trunked tree; pair-planting method
Aizu Matsudairashi teien会津松平氏庭園garden at the detached mansion of the Matsudaira family, lords of the Aizu domain
ajiro gaki網代垣diagonal mat fence
akadama ishi赤玉石red stone
akai閼伽井aka well
Akisato Ritō秋里籬嶋Akisato Ritō
Amanohashidate天橋立Amanohashidate
Amidadō阿弥陀堂Amida hall
amigasa mon編笠門straw hat gate
ankōgata chōzubachi鮟鱇形手水鉢angler fish basin
ankyoseki安居石stone of easy rest
aoishi青石blue-green stone
araisoariso荒磯rough seashore
ararekoboshi霰こぼしscattered hailstone pavement
ararekuzushi霰くずしstony path
ariso荒磯rough seashore
Ashikaga Yoshimasa足利義政Ashikaga Yoshimasa
Ashikaga Yoshimitsu足利義満Ashikaga Yoshimitsu
ashimoto tōrō足許燈籠foot lantern
Asuka kyōseki enchi飛鳥京跡園池garden remains at the Asuka capital site
azumaya四阿arbor
B  
Biwako sosui琵琶湖疏水Biwako conduit
bonsai盆栽bonsai
bonseki盆石miniature landscape
Byakko (Ch. Baihu)白虎Byakko
Byōdōin teien平等院庭園garden at Byōdōin temple
C  
chaniwa茶庭tea garden
chasen gaki茶筅垣tea-whisk fence
chasenhishi sodegaki茶筅菱袖垣tea whisk and lattice screen fence
chashitsu茶室tearoom; teahouse
chatei茶庭tea garden
chidori uchi千鳥打ちchidori (plover) zigzag
Chiranfumoto teiengun知覧武家屋敷庭園群gardens at Chiranfumoto
chiriana塵穴refuse pit
chōzubachi手水鉢water basin
chūdai中台platform
chūmon中門middle gate
D  
Daigoji Sanpōin teien醍醐寺三宝院庭園garden at Sanpōin of Daigoji temple
dai ishi台石basin stand stone
daimyō teien大名庭園daimyo garden
Daisen'in shoin teien大仙院書院庭園garden at the shoin of Daisen'in temple
Daitokuji gaki大徳寺垣Daitokuji fence
Daitokuji hōjō teien大徳寺方丈庭園garden at the abbot's quarters of Daitokuji temple
dan ochi段落ちstepped-falling (cascade)
dejima出島peninsula
dobashi土橋earthen bridge
dōbōshū同朋衆dōbōshū; priest-artists' guild
doigi土居木wooden steps
dōjiseki童子石children stones
dōkogata chōzubachi銅壺形手水鉢oven-shaped basin
dōkyoseki道居石wayside stone
dotōseki怒涛石wild wave stone
E  
edaburi枝振spread (of the branches); (shape of the) foliage
Eishū瀛州Eishū island
enchi円池circular pond
enchi園池garden pond; garden
Enchishi園池司Gardens and Ponds Office
En'engenryūkō園苑源流考"En'engenryūkō"
engetsukyō偃月橋・円月橋full-moon bridge
Enjōji teien円成寺庭園garden at Enjōji temple
enkōmatsu猿猴松monkey pine
Ennan teien燕庵庭園Ennan garden
en'ōseki鴛鴦石mandarin duck stones
ensaki chōzubachi縁先手水鉢veranda water basin
enshōshukugata chōzubachi円星宿形手水鉢round star basin
Enshūgata tōrō遠州形燈籠Enshū lantern
ensōhishi sodegaki円窓菱袖垣round window lattice fence
ensōkichō円窓机帳round window clotheshorse fence
Entsūji teien円通寺庭園garden at Entsūji temple
Erinji teien恵林寺庭園garden at Erinji temple
F  
Fudarakusan 普陀落山・補陀落山 Potalaka Mountain
fude ishi筆石ink brush stone
Fudōseki不動石stone of Fudō
Fujigata chōzubachi富士形手水鉢Mt. Fuji basin
Fujisan富士山Mt. Fuji
Fujito ishi藤戸石Fujito stone
fujitsubo藤坪wisteria yard
Fujiwara no Yorimichi藤原頼通Fujiwara no Yorimichi
fumi ishi踏石shoe-removing stone (fumi ishi); sand privy stones; basin front stone
fumiwake ishi踏分石path junction stone
funa ishi船石boat stone
funatsuki船着boat landing
funatsuki ishi船着石boat landing stone
funsui噴水fountain
Furuta Oribe古田織部Furuta Oribe
fuse ishi伏石・臥石reclining stone
fusengata chōzubachi布銭形手水鉢coin-shaped basin
fuse tsukuri伏造りumbrella shaping
Fushin'an teien不審庵庭園Fushin'an garden
fusuma gaki襖垣sliding-door fence
G  
gakumi ishi額見石plaque-viewing stone
garan ishigaranseki伽藍石old temple stone
garanseki伽藍石old temple stone
garanseki蝸羅石snail stone
Genbu (Ch. Xuanwu)玄武Genbu
Genkai bashi厳海橋Genkai bridge
Genkaigata chōzubachi厳海形手水鉢Genkai basin
gesshuku seki月宿石planet stone
getsuinseki月陰石moon shadow stone
Gien Jugō nikki義演准后日記diary of Gien Jugō
Ginkakuji gaki銀閣寺垣Ginkakuji fence
gogan ishigumi護岸石組stone shore edging
gogyōseki五行石five basic stone shapes
Go-Mizunoo-jōkō後水尾上皇Retired Emperor Go-Mizunoo
guri ishi栗石cobbles
H  
hachigakoi鉢囲いbasin precinct
hachimae鉢前veranda basin facility
hagitsubo萩坪bush clover inner garden
hanare ochi離れ落ちleaping (cascade)
hanchi泮池hanchi; threshold pond
hane ishi羽石wing stone
hashibridge
hashibiki ishi橋引石hashibiki anchoring stones
hashiguigata chōzubachi橋杭形手水鉢bridge post basin
hashihasami ishi橋挟石bridge anchoring stones
heiwall; fence
Heian Jingū Shin'en 平安神宮神苑garden at Heian shrine
Heijōkyō Sakyō Sanjō Nibō kyūseki teien平城京左京三条二坊宮跡庭園garden at Block 6, East Second Ward on Third Street, Nara capital site
Heijōkyū Tōin teien平城宮東院庭園garden at the Eastern Palace, Nara palace site
hiconduit
hiage ishi灯上石lamp-lighting stone
hibukuro火袋lamp housing
hi gaki檜垣cypress fence; cypress hedge
higata jima干潟島ebb-tide island
hikaeishi控石waiting stone
hikiusu ishi挽臼石millstone
hikkaseki筆笳石brush rest stone
hinseki貧石poor stone
hira hashi平橋flat bridge
hira ishi平石flat stone
hira niwa平庭flat garden
hisensawari no ki飛泉障りの木waterfall-hiding tree
hizawari no ki灯障りの木lantern-hiding tree
hōchi方池square pond
hōjō方丈abbot's quarters
Hōjō方丈Hōjō island
Hōjōji teien法成寺庭園garden at Hōjōji temple
Hokkeji Amida Jōdoin teien ikō法華寺阿弥陀浄土院庭園遺構garden remains at the site of Amida Jōdoin at Hokkeji temple
Hōkongōin teien法金剛院庭園garden at Hōkongōin temple
Honganji Ōshoin teien本願寺大書院庭園garden at Ōshoin of Honganji temple
honka本歌original
Hōrai蓬莱Hōrai; Hōrai island; Mt. Hōrai
Hōrai ishigumi蓬莱石組Hōrai stone arrangement
Hōrai jima蓬莱島Hōrai island
hōshōshukugata chōzubachi方星宿形手水鉢square star basin
hōshu宝珠jewel finial
hyōinseki豹陰石mountain path stone
I  
ichiban ishi一番石first stone
Ichijōdani Asakura-shi iseki teiengun一乗谷朝倉氏遺跡庭園群gardens at the Ichijōdani Asakura-shi site
ichi no ishi一の石first stone
ikepond
ikegaki生垣hedge
ikekomi tōrō生込み燈籠buried lantern; planted lantern
ikeniwa池庭pond garden
inseki陰石Yin stone
in'yōseki陰陽石Yin-Yang stones
irie 入江inlet
irokojiki鱗敷fish scale paving
Isenobō Rinken伊勢房林賢Isenobō Rinken
ishistone
ishibashi石橋stone bridge
ishidatesō石立僧gardener priest
ishidōrō石燈籠stone lantern
ishigumi石組stone arranging; stone arrangement
Ishigumisonō yaegakiden石組園生八重垣伝Ishigumisonō yaegakiden (Garden stones and hedges)
ishihama石浜stone-paved beach
ishiniwa石庭stone garden
ishizumi石積stone wall
Ishigami iseki teien ikō石神遺跡庭園遺構garden remains at the Ishigami site
isorocky seashore
iso ishi磯石seashore rock
iso shima磯島rocky-shore island
ito ochi糸落ちthreadlike (cascade)
iwagumi岩組stone arranging; stone arrangement
iwa jima岩島rock island
iwakura 岩座・磐座shrine-rock
izumispring
izumidono泉殿famous spring mansion; pond-facing room
J  
jikobu地瘤ground lump
Jishōji (Ginkakuji) teien 慈照寺(銀閣寺)庭園garden at Jishōji temple (Ginkakuji)
Jōdo teien浄土(浄土式)庭園Jōdo garden; Pure Land garden
Jōeiji teien常栄寺庭園garden at Jōeiji temple
Jōjuin teien成就院庭園garden at Jōjuin temple
Jōruriji teien浄瑠璃寺庭園garden at Jōruriji temple
jōzaseki上坐石seat of honor stone
jumyōseki寿命石long life stone
jūrokurakan ishi十六羅漢石stones of the sixteen journeying priests
K  
kadan花壇flower bed
kagami ishi蟄石bending stone
kagami ishi鏡石mirror stone
Kairakuen偕楽園Kairakuen garden
kaiyūshiki teien廻遊式庭園stroll garden
kakehi懸樋・筧bamboo conduit
kakehimizugata chōzubachi筧水形手水鉢running water basin
kakifence; hedge
kakushuseki鶴首石crane-neck stone
kame ishi亀石tortoise stone
kame jima亀島tortoise island
Kamogawa maguro ishi鴨川真黒石black pebbles from the Kamo River
kamo ike鴨池duck-decoying pond
kana chōzubachi金手水鉢bronze basin
kana dōrō金燈籠metal lantern
kareike枯池dry pond
karenagare枯流れdry river; dry stream
karesansui枯山水dry landscape (garden); dry garden
karetaki枯滝dry waterfall
karikomi刈込みpruning; pruned tree
kasaroof
kasane ochi重ね落ちstepped (cascade)
Kasuga dōrō春日燈籠Kasuga lantern
kasumigata jima霞形島mist-shaped island
katanagaregata shima片流形島running-stream-shaped island
katanakake ishi刀掛石sword-hanging stone
kata ochi片落ちone-sided (cascade)
katō gaki火燈垣katō fence
Katsura gaki桂垣Katsura hedge; Katsura fence
Katsura rikyū teien桂離宮庭園garden at Katsura detached palace
kaya mon茅門・萱門thatched-roof gate
Kaya no in teien高陽院庭園Kaya no In garden remains
kazan仮山artificial hill (in Chinese); mountain and water landscape imitation
kazari ishi飾石preeminent ornamental stone
keiseki景石ornamental stone
keiunseki慶雲石propitious cloud stone
keiyōboku景養木view-enhancing tree
Kenninji gaki建仁寺垣Kenninji fence
Kenrokuen兼六園Kenrokuen garden
Kentei賢庭Kentei
kentekiseki硯滴石ink-water stone
ken'yōseki硯用石ink-slab stone
kesagata chōzubachi袈裟形手水鉢priest's mantle basin
kibashi木橋wooden bridge
Kibune ishi貴船石Kibune stone
kido木戸wooden gate
kikyakuseki寄脚石recumbent ox stone
kiso基礎base
Kitabatake-shi yakataato teien北畠氏館跡庭園garden at the Kitabatake mansion site
Kitamura Enkinsai北村援琴斎Kitamura Enkinsai
kitōseki亀頭石tortoise head stone
koboreume no sodegaki盈梅袖垣leaning plum-tree fence
Kobori Enshū小堀遠州Kobori Enshū
Kōdaiji teien高台寺庭園garden at Kōdaiji temple
Kōetsuji gaki光悦寺垣Kōetsuji fence
Kohōan teien孤篷庵庭園garden at Kohōan temple
kokemoss
koke niwa苔庭moss garden
Komachi gaki小町垣・小待垣Komachi fence
komi籠・込みpruning; pruned tree
komomaki菰巻mat wrapping
Konchiin teien金地院庭園garden at Konchiin temple
Konnichian teien今日庵庭園Konnichian garden
Kōrai sodegaki高麗袖垣Korean-style screen fence
Kōraitō高麗塔Korean pagoda
Kōrakuen後楽園Kōrakuen garden
Kōrin tsukuri光琳作りKōrin trimming
kōroseki行路石path-side stone
koshikake machiai腰掛待合waiting bench; waiting room
koshi Kōrai sodegaki腰高麗袖垣low Korean screen fence
kumi ishi組石component stone
kumogata jima雲形島cloud-shaped island
Kurama ishi鞍馬石Kurama stone
Kure hashi呉橋Wu-style bridge
kusadome草止めgrass shore protection
kusen hakkai ishi九山八海石stone(s) of the nine mountains and eight oceans
kutsunugi ishi沓脱石shoe-removing stone (kutsunugi ishi)
kuzure ishizumi崩れ石積みirregular stone piling
kyakuhaiseki客拝石guest-honoring stone
kyakujin jima客人島Guests' Isle
kyokuchi曲池curved pond
kyokusui曲水meandering stream
kyokusui no en曲水宴Meandering Stream Banquet
Kyū Daijōin teien 旧大乗院庭園garden at the former Daijōin temple
Kyū Hama rikyū teien旧浜離宮庭園garden at the former Hama detached palace
Kyū Shūrinji teien旧秀隣寺庭園garden at the former Shūrinji temple
Kyū Tokushimajō omotegoten teien旧徳島城表御殿庭園garden at the former Omotegoten of Tokushima castle
M  
machiai待合waiting room
mae ishi前石basin front stone; lamp-lighting stone; right foot stone
magakimagaki; rough-woven fence
Manpukuji teien万福寺庭園garden at Manpukuji temple
Manshuin teien曼珠院庭園garden at Manshuin temple
maru take丸竹round bamboo
matsukawa shima松皮島pine-bark island
Matsushima松島Matsushima island
meguri ishi廻石flow-round stone
meisho zue名所図絵illustrated guidebook
meji目地joint
Michiko no Takumi路子工Michiko no Takumi
michishirubegata tōrō道識形燈籠milepost lantern
Mikage ishi御影石Mikage stone
miki maki幹巻trunk wrapping
mikomi見込みside (of a stone)
mikoshiboku見越木distancing tree
mikoshimatsu見越松distancing pine
misaki tōrō岬燈籠promontory lantern
mitatemono見立物reutilized stone item
mitōshi gaki見通垣looking-through fence
mitsuashigata tōrō三足形燈籠three-legged lantern
mitsuki見付front (of a stone)
Miyajima 宮島Miyajima island
Miyako meisho zue都名所図会Miyako meisho zue (Pictorial guide to scenic spots in Kyoto)
Miyako rinsen meishō zue都林泉名勝図会Miyako rinsen meishō zue (Pictorial guide to gardens in Kyoto)
miyatachigata tōrō宮立形燈籠shrine-shaped lantern
mizuage ishi水揚石water-filling stone
mizuana水穴water hole; drain hole
mizukiri no ishi水切の石water-cutting stone
mizukoshi ishi水越石water-passing stone
mizukumi ishi水汲石water-ladling stone
mizuochi ishi水落石cascade stone
mizuuke ishi水受石water-receiving stone
mizuwake ishi水分石water-dividing stone
mokuhi木樋wooden conduit
morishima杜島forest island
Mōtsūji teien毛越寺庭園garden at Mōtsūji temple
mukae ishi迎え石mukae stone
mukai ochi向落ちfacing (cascades)
Mukōjima hyakkaen向島百花園Mukōjima hyakkaen garden
Murin'an teien無隣庵庭園Murin'an garden
Muryōkōin teien無量光院庭園garden remains at Muryōkōin temple site
Musō Soseki夢窓疎石Musō Soseki
N  
nagare流れstream
nagare tsukubai流れ蹲踞stream basin arrangement
nagashi matsu流松・流枝松stretching pine
naka jima中島central island; pond island
nakakuguri中潜pass-under gate
namiuke ishi浪受石wave-receiving stone
Naniwajigata chōzubachi難波寺形手水鉢Naniwaji basin
Nanko kōen南湖公園Nanko park
Nanzen'in teien南禅院庭園garden at Nanzen'in temple
Nanzenji hōjō teien南禅寺方丈庭園garden at the abbot's quarters of Nanzenji temple
natsumegata chōzubachi棗形手水鉢date-shaped basin
nawabari縄張りmeasuring out with rope
ne ishi根石support stones
nidanseki二段石double-step stone
nijinseki二神石stones of the two gods
nijiriguchi躙口crawl-through entrance
Nijōjō ninomaru teien二条城二之丸庭園garden at Ninomaru palace of Nijō castle
nijū roji二重露地two-part tea garden
niren uchi二連打ちtwo-stone set
nisanren二三連two-three zigzag
niwagarden
niwa dōrō庭燈籠garden lantern
niwa ishi庭石garden stone
niwaki庭木garden tree
niwa mon庭門garden gate
niwashi庭師garden builder; gardener
niwa, teien...庭、庭園...garden (terms for)
nobedan延段nobedan pavement
no shima野島field island
nosuji野筋field belt
nozoki bashi覗橋peeping bridge
nozoki gaki覗垣peeping fence
nozoki ishi覗石peeping stone
nozura ishizumi野面石積rough stone wall
Numazu gaki沼津垣Numazu fence
nuno ochi布落linen-falling (cascade)
O  
Ogawa Jihei小川治兵衛Ogawa Jihei
Ōishi bugakuryū大石武学流Ōishibugaku gardening school
ōkarikomi大刈り込みlarge cluster of (uniformly trimmed) trees
Okayama Kōrakuen岡山後楽園Okayama Kōrakuen garden
oki dōrō置燈籠legless lantern
Okunoingata tōrō奥の院形燈籠Okunoin lantern
omo ishi主石principal stone
onmyō gogyōsetsu陰陽五行説doctrine of Yin-Yang and the Five Elements
Oribe dōrō織部燈籠Oribe lantern
ori tsukubai下り蹲踞sunken basin arrangement
osakiseki尾崎石tail stone
Ōsawa no ike大沢池Ōsawa pond
oshibuchi押縁oshibuchi; support pole
ōshukuseki鴎宿石sea gulls' rest stone
oyakuen御薬園herb garden; Oyakuen garden
Ozawa Keijirō小澤圭次郎Ozawa Keijirō
R  
raihaiseki礼拝石 worshiping stone
rangui乱杭random stakes
rankeigata tōrō蘭渓形燈籠waterside lantern
reihaisekiraihaiseki礼拝石 worshiping stone
reikyakuseki嶺脚石mountain base stone
reishōseki霊象石low vertical stone
ridatsuseki履脱石shoe-removing stone (ridatsuseki)
rigyoseki鯉魚石carp stone
Rikugien六義園Rikugien garden
rinsen林泉garden
Ritsurin kōen栗林公園Ritsurin kōen garden
roji露地tea garden
roketsugata chōzubachi露結形手水鉢roketsu water basin
Rokuonji (Kinkakuji) teien鹿苑寺(金閣寺)庭園garden at Rokuonji temple (Kinkakuji)
rōkyō廊橋roofed bridge
Rozan廬山Rozan (Ch. Lushan) mountain
Ryōanji hōjō teien龍安寺方丈庭園garden at the abbot's quarters of Ryōanji temple
ryōkyakuseki両脚石hind leg stones
ryōshuseki両手石foreleg stones
ryūchi龍池dragon-shaped pond
ryūmonbaku龍門瀑dragon gate waterfall
ryutōgekishusen龍頭鷁首船cock-and-dragon boats
S  
sabi寂・荒びsabi; weathered beauty
saisai
Saihōji teien西芳寺庭園garden at Saihōji temple
Sakafuneishi iseki teien ikō酒船石遺跡庭園遺構garden remains at the Sakafuneishi site
sakazuki ishi盃石sake cup stone
Sakuteiki作庭記Sakuteiki (The book of gardening)
samon砂紋raked pattern
sanchōseki山頂石summit stone
sandan gaki三段垣three stage fence
sangaimatsu三蓋松tripple-peaked pine
Sangatsudōgata tōrō三月堂形燈籠Sangatsudō lantern
sanjū roji三重露地triple tea garden
Sankeien三渓園Sankeien garden
sankiseki三忌石three shunned stones
sansui山水mountain-and-water landscape
Sansui narabini nogata no zu山水並野形図Sansui narabini nogata no zu
santō ichiren no niwa三島一連の庭three-sacred-islands garden
san'yōseki山腰石mountain slope stone
sanzonbutsu三尊仏Buddhist trinity
sanzonseki三尊石triad stones
sao竿shaft
sarudo猿戸sarudo gate
sasabamboo grass
sawatobi ishi沢飛石water-crossing stones
sawawatari沢渡shore stepping-stones
sayū ochi左右落ちright-and-left falling (cascade)
seigetsuseki晴月石clear moon stone
Seiko (Ch. Xihu)西湖Lake Seiko
Seiryū (Ch. Qinglong)青龍Seiryū
sekidō石幢memorial pillar
sekimori ishi関守石barrier stone
sekisuibyō chōzubachi石水瓶手水鉢stone bottle basin
sekisuiko chōzubachi石水壺手水鉢stone jar basin
sekiteiishiniwa石庭stone garden
sekiyōboku夕陽木tree of the setting sun
sekizenboku寂然木tree of solitude
Sengan'en仙巌園Sengan'en garden
Sen Rikyū (Sen no Rikyū)千利休Sen Rikyū (Sen no Rikyū)
senseki泉石garden; garden stones and water
sensui泉水body of water; garden
Sentō gosho teien仙洞御所庭園garden at the Sentō palace
senzai前栽garden flora; garden
senzui kawaramono山水河原者kawaramono gardener
Senzui narabini yagyōzu山水並野形図Senzui narabini yagyōzu
setchin雪隠privy
shakkei借景borrowed scenery
shibafu芝生lawn
shiba gaki柴垣brushwood fence
Shiba Onkō chōzubachi司馬温公手水鉢Shiba Onkō basin
shichigosan ishigumi七五三石組seven-five-three stones
shigaramirestraint
shigyōseki枝形石arching stone
shihōbutsugata chōzubachi四方仏形手水鉢four-Buddhas basin
shiki ishi敷石stone pavement; paving stone
shikimatsuba敷松葉pine-needle covering
Shikinaen識名園Shikinaen garden
shiki no niwa四季の庭four seasons garden
shikirigaki仕切垣partition (fence)
shimaisland; garden (archaic)
Shimanoshō iseki teien ikō 島庄遺跡庭園遺構garden remains at the Shimanoshō site
shinden寝殿shinden hall; main hall
shindenzukuri寝殿造shinden style
shindenzukuri teien寝殿造庭園shinden style garden
shin-gyō-sō真行草shin-gyō-sō classification of formality
shini ishi死石dead stone
shinji ike心字池heart character pond
Shinsen'en神泉苑garden at Shinsen'en
shinsen shisō神仙思想cult of immortality
shintaiseki心体石flat stone
shioiri no niwa潮入の庭sea inlet garden
shiorido枝折戸lattice gate
Shirakawa suna白川砂Shirakawa sand
Shiramizu Amidadō teien白水阿弥陀堂庭園garden at Shiramizu Amidadō temple
Shiratayūgata tōrō白太夫形燈籠Shiratayū lantern
shisan uchi四三打ちfour-three zigzag
shishin四神four directional deities
shishiodoshi鹿おどしdeer-scarer
shoinzukuri書院造shoin style
shoinzukuri teien書院造庭園shoin style garden
shōjōseki清浄石purifying stone
Shōmyōji teien称名寺庭園garden at Shōmyōji temple
Shōseien渉成園Shōseien garden
shōshinboku正真木principal tree
Shūgakuin rikyū teien修学院離宮庭園gardens at Shūgakuin detached palace
shugoseki守護石guardian stone
shujin jima主人島Master's Isle
shujintōshujin jima主人島Master's Isle
shukkei縮景reduced-scale landscape
Shukkeien縮景園Shukkeien garden
Shukōgata tōrō珠光形燈籠Shukō lantern
shukukeishukkei縮景reduced-scale landscape
Shumisen須弥山Mt. Sumeru
Shumisen ishi須弥山石Mt. Sumeru stone
shuro nawa棕櫚縄hemp-palm rope
shusekiomo ishi主石principal stone
soba ochi稜落ちside view falling (cascade)
sode gaki袖垣screen fence
sohagake no ishi岨崖石cliff stone
soko ishi底石water bottom stone
sonogarden
Sonoike no tsukasa →Enchishi園池司Gardens and Ponds Office
sori bashi反橋arched bridge
sori ishibashi反石橋arched stone bridge
sōtō層塔pagoda
soto roji外露地outer tea garden; outer sector
suhama洲浜・州浜pebble beach
suhamagata shima洲浜形島sandy beach island
suibonseki水盆石water-tray stone
suichōgan水鳥岩waterfowl stone
suichōseki垂釣石fishing stone
suigyoseki水禦石water-diverting stone
suiji ike水字池"water" character pond
suikinkutsu水琴窟suikinkutsu; underground echo chamber
suimon水門water gate; drain hole
suimonseki水門石water gate stone
suisekitei水石庭suisekitei; water-and-stone garden
suiwatadono透渡殿open corridor
Suizenji Jōjuen水前寺成趣園Suizenji Jōjuen garden
Sujaku →Suzaku朱雀Suzaku
suna setchin砂雪隠sand privy
susaki洲崎sand bar
sute ishi捨石discarded stone
Suzaku (Ch. Zhuque)朱雀Suzaku
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tachiai gaki立合垣stand together fence
Tachibana no Toshitsuna橘俊綱Tachibana no Toshitsuna
taidō seki体胴石statue stone
taimatsu gaki松明垣torch fence
taimenseki対面石meeting stone
Tairyūsansō teien對龍山荘庭園garden at Tairyūsansō
Taizōin teien退蔵院庭園garden at Taizōin temple
take bamboo
take gaki竹垣bamboo fence
takiwaterfall; cascade
takigakoi ki滝囲木waterfall-screening tree
takiguchi滝口cascade mouth
takihasami ishi滝挟石cascade-embracing stone
taki ishigumi滝石組waterfall stone arrangement
takisoe ishi滝添石・滝副石cascade-supporting stone
takitsubo滝壷cascade basin
takitsubo ishi滝壷石cascade basin stone
tamabuchi玉縁tamabuchi coping
tamagari玉刈りball pruning
tama ishi玉石round stone
tama ishizumi玉石積round-stone wall
tamatsukuri玉作りball treatment
tanzaku ishi短冊石tanzaku stones
tasoyagata tōrō誰屋形燈籠who goes there? lantern
tate ishi立石standing stone; upright stone
tateko立子vertical (fence) members
teien庭園garden
teishuseki亭主石host's stone
teitōseki庭洞石cave stone
Tekisuien滴翠園Tekisuien garden
temari dōrō手鞠燈籠ball lantern
tenba天端top (of a stone or wall)
Tenryūji teien天龍寺庭園garden at Tenryūji temple
Tenshaen天赦園Tenshaen garden
teppō gaki鉄砲垣pipe fence; rifle barrel fence
teshoku ishiteshokuseki手燭石candlestick stone
teshokuseki手燭石candlestick stone
tetsubachigata chōzubachi鉄鉢形手水鉢iron basin
Toba rikyū teien鳥羽離宮庭園gardens at Toba detached palace
tobi ishi飛石stepping stones
Tōkaian shoin teien東海庵書院庭園garden at the shoin of Tōkaian temple
Tokudaiji Hōgen Jōi徳大寺法眼静意Tokudaiji Hōgen Jōi
tomayagata tōrō苫屋形燈籠thatched hut lantern
tōrō燈籠lantern
tōsen chōzubachi唐船手水鉢Chinese junk basin
Toshihito Shinnō智仁親王Imperial Prince Toshihito
Toshitada Shinnō智忠親王Imperial PrinceToshitada
tsubo niwa坪庭enclosed garden
tsuijibei築地塀earthen wall
tsukiyama築山artificial hill
tsukiyama niwa築山庭hill garden
tsukiyama rinsentei築山林泉庭hill and pond garden
Tsukiyama senjiroku築山染指録Tsukiyama senjiroku
Tsukiyamateizōden (kōhen)築山庭造伝(後編)Tsukiyamateizōden (kōhen) (Hill garden construction, part 2)
Tsukiyamateizōden (zenpen)築山庭造伝(前編)Tsukiyamateizōden (zenpen) (Hill garden construction, part 1)
tsukubai蹲踞crouching basin arrangement
tsukubai chōzubachi蹲踞手水鉢crouching water basin
tsukubai dōrō蹲踞燈籠crouching basin lantern
tsume ishi詰石packing stones; rock fill
tsuri dono釣殿fishing pavilion
tsuri dōrō釣燈籠・吊燈籠hanging lantern
tsuru ishi 鶴石crane stone
tsuru jima鶴島crane island
tsurukame no niwa鶴亀の庭crane-and-tortoise garden
tsutai ochi伝い落ちslithering (cascade)
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uchigaki内垣inner fence
uchi koshikake内腰掛inner bench
uchi roji 内露地inner tea garden
Ueda Sōko上田宗箇Ueda Sōko
ueki植木garden tree; garden shrub
uekiya植木屋nurseryman; gardener
uekomi植込みclose planting of trees
uguisugaki鴬垣nightingale fence
ukebana請花flower bowl base
uki ishi浮石floating stone
unjō sodegaki雲上袖垣unjō screen fence
uodamari魚溜fish haven
Urakugata dōrō有楽型燈籠Uraku lantern
utsushi写しcopy
Uzumasagata tōrō太秦形燈籠Uzumasa lantern
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wabi侘びwabi; rustic simplicity
waki ishi脇石side stones
wakutamagata chōzubachi湧玉形手水鉢bubble basin
wara maki藁巻straw wrapping
warbite蕨手warabite; furled bracken
wari take割竹split bamboo
watari渡りspan
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yado屋戸garden (archaic)
yaesode gaki八重袖垣multiple screen fence
yahakuseki夜泊石treasure ship stones
yaku boku役木key tree
yaku ishi役石key stone
yamai ishi病い石diseased stone
yama shima山島mountain island
yarai gaki矢来垣yarai fence
yarimizu遣水yarimizu stream
yatsuhashi八つ橋zigzag bridge
yōfū teien洋風庭園western style garden
yōgōseki影向石stone of divine presence
yohōbutsugata chōzubachi四方仏形手水鉢four-Buddhas basin (yohō)
yoko ishi横石horizontal stone; horizontal stone members
yoko ochi横落yoko ochi (cascade)
yoroigata sodegaki鎧形袖垣armor pattern screen fence
yose dōrō寄燈籠patchwork lantern; aggregate lantern
yōseki陽石Yang stone
yōsokuseki腰息石sitting stone
Yōsuien養翠園Yōsuien garden
yotsuashigata tōrō四脚形燈籠four-legged lantern
yotsume gaki四つ目垣bamboo lattice fence
yūgyoseki遊魚石fish tunnel stone
yukimi dōrō雪見燈籠snow-viewing lantern
yuki tsuri雪吊りsnow protection
yukyoseki遊居石stone of amusement
yunokigata tōrō柚木形燈籠citron tree lantern
yutōseki湯桶石hot-water vessel stone
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Zen'ami善阿弥Zen'ami

Japanese Garden Dictionary: A Glossary for Japanese Gardens and Their History
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