Vocabulary

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

sauteed vegetables with fish or poultry made into a stew

divine generals who protect pilgrims, etc.

waterfall viewing

sound of a waterfall

soldier dispatched by a god; soldier under the protection of the gods

beheading followed by mounting of the head on a pike in front of the prison (Edo period)

road taken by a Chinese ajari buddhist monk when he incurred the wrath of emperor Genso (685-762)

dark hole

Blood Pond; pool of blood; pond of blood (in hell)

picture of Hell; painting representing Hell

picture of Hell; painting representing Hell