Vocabulary

unglazed reddish brown pottery (originally from China)

land near a castle

oil leak

farming implement

common nutmeg (tree) (Myristica fragrans)

red wine

strategic resources; strategic materials

vaporization; volatilization; sublimation

this product; this item; this article

iron-reinforced warships built by Oda Nobunaga

ox seller; ox vendor

distemper painting

foreign religion (esp. Christianity)

prohibition; ban

whiteboard; white board

samurai-house style (Kamakura period)

guard house in a samurai style house (Kamakura period)

room or pavilion of residence for the master of the house (Heian-period palatial-style architecture)

Board of Retainers (Kamakura and Muromachi-period government office)

government office in charge of court music (ritsuryō period)

(skilled) tanka poet

Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex); Chinese bottletree; Japanese varnishtree; phoenix-tree

lining of a sleeve; sleeve lining

courage; guts; nerves of steel

passing by flying

corridor; passage; hall

castle town

main southern gate (of a temple, castle town, etc.)

thatched-roof gate (used as the entrance to a garden, esp. of a tea ceremony house)

gate to the garden of a tea ceremony house

teahouse garden

gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)

inner teahouse garden (within the central gate)

outer teahouse garden (outside the central gate)

corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)

corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)

main building (of a villa, palace, etc.)

early phase of the shoin-zukuri residential architecture style

Heian Imperial Palace

Buddhism