Japanese Homes and Their Surroundings

by Edward Sylvester Morse

Benjo	Privy. Place for business.
Biwa	A lute with four strings.
Biyo-bu	A folding screen.

Cha-dokoro	Tea-place.
Cha-ire	Tea-jar; literally, “tea-put in.”
Cha-no-yu	A tea-party.
Chigai-dana	A shelf, one half of which is on a different plane from the other.
Chōdzu-ba	Privy; literally, “hand water-place.”
Chōdzu-bachi	A convenience near the privy for washing the hands.
Chu-nuri	Middle layer of plaster.

Dai-jū-no	A pan for holding burning charcoal, used in replenishing the hibachi.
Daiku	A carpenter.
Daimio	A feudal lord.
Dodai	The foundation-sill of a house.
Dodai-ishi	Foundation stone.
Do-ma	Earth-space. A small unfloored court at the entrance the house.

Fukuro-dana.	Cupboard; literally, “pouch-shelf.”
Fumi-ishi	Stepping-stone.
Furo	A small culinary furnace, also a bath-tub.
Furosaki biyō-bu.	A two-fold screen placed in front of the furo.
Fusuma	A sliding screen between rooms.
Fū-tai	The bands which hang down in front of a kake-mono; literally, “wind-band.”
Futon	A quilted bed-cover.

Ge-dan	Lower step.
Genka	The porch at the entrance of a house.
Geta	Wooden clogs.
Goyemon buro	A form of bath-tub.

Habakari	Privy.
Hagi	A kind of rush.
Hashira	A post.
Hashira kakushi	A long narrow picture to hang on post in room; literally, “post-hide.”
Hibachi	A brazier for holding hot coals for warming the apartments.
Hibashi	Metal tongs.
Hikite	A recessed catch in a screen for sliding it back and forth.
Hi-no-ki	A species of pine.
Hisashi	A small roof projecting over a door or window.
Hon-gawara	True tile.

Ichi-yo-dana	A kind of shelf.
Iri-kawa.	The space between the verandah and room.
Ishi-dōrō.	A stone lantern.

Ji-bukuro.	Cupboard.
Jin-dai-sugi	“Cedar of God's age.”
Jinrikisha	A two-wheeled vehicle drawn by a man.
Ji-zai	A hook used for hanging pots over the fire.
Jō-dan	Upper step. Raised floor in house.

Kago	Sedan chair.
Kaikōsha	Name of a private school of architecture.
Kake-mono	Hanging picture.
Kaki	Fence.
Kamado	Kitchen range.
Kami-dana	A shelf in the house for Shin-tō shrine.
Kami-no-ma	Higher room.
Kamoi	Lintel.
Kara-kami	Sliding screen between rooms.
Kawarake	Unglazed earthen ware.
Kaya	A kind of grass used for thatch.
Kaya	Mosquito netting.
Kazari-kugi	Ornamental headed nails.
Kaze-obi	The bands which hang down in front of the kake-mono; literally, “wind-band.”
Keshō-no-ma	Toilet-room.
Keyaki	A kind of hard wood.
Kō-ka	Privy; literally, “back frame.”
Koshi-bari	A kind of paper used for a dado.
Kuguri-do	A small, low door in a gate.
Kura	A fire-proof store-house.
Kuro-moji-gaki	A kind of ornamental fence.

Ma-bashira	Middle post.
Mado	Window.
Ma-gaki	A fence made of bamboo.
Magari-gane	A carpenter's iron square.
Maki-mono	Pictures that are kept rolled up, not hung.
Maki-mono-dana	Shelf for make-mono.
Makura	Pillow.
Miki-dokkuri	Bottle for offering wine to gods.
Mochi	A kind of bread made of glutinous rice.
Mon	Badge, or crest.
Mune	Ridge of roof.