Japanese Architecture

Question 1

the way of the gods oldest religion.

Answer 1

Shinto

Question 2

god present in nature

Answer 2

Kami

Question 3

THE SUN GODDESS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT KAMI

Answer 3

Amaterasu

Question 4

in Japanese term means pottery . Inhabitants were skillful in the art of pottery making with cord motif

Answer 4

Jomon

Question 5

o Circular shape
o Floor- earth with pith covered with stone served as place for fire for heating and cooking
o Walls- thatched made of grass o Structural- tree parts as pillars

Answer 5

Tataena-shiki (Pit House)

Question 6

large burial mounds for the Japanese nobility during the time of Yamato-the name given to the period in
Japan.

Answer 6

Kofun

Question 7

Shogun was introduced –military generals to combat barbarians of the north

Answer 7

Heian Period

Question 8

the standard style and method of temple building at the end Heian period.

Answer 8

Wayo Style

Question 9

Period where tea ceremony (chanoyu) were held in tea houses (chasitsu) were constructed
Tea ceremony was introduced by Buddhist monk Eichu to temper the extravagant aristocrats and to serve soldiers

Answer 9

Muromachi period

Question 10

A SYSTEM OF SUPPORTING BLOCKS AND BRACKETS SUPPORTING THE EAVES OF A JAPANESE BUILDING, USUALLY PART OF A BUDDHIST TEMPLE OR SHINTO SHRINE.

Answer 10

Tokyo

Question 11

PLANT ROOFING TILES AND A TYPE
OF CYPRESS CALLED _____ WERE
PERIOD THAT THE HIDDEN ROOF, A
USED FOR ROOFS

Answer 11

Hinoki

Question 12

IT IS COMPOSED OF A TRUE ROOF ABOVE AND A SECOND ROOF BENEATH, PERMITTING AN OUTER ROOF OF STEEP PITCH TO HAVE EAVES OF SHALLOW PITCH, JUTTING WIDELY FROM THE WALLS BUT WITHOUT OVERHANGING THEM

Answer 12

Hidden Roof

Question 13

THERE IS A SIDE OF ROOFING THAT EXTENDS OUT AND UP FROM EACH SIDE OF THE RECTANGULAR STRUCTURE. PARTWAY UP TWO OF THE SHORTER OPPOSITE SIDES ARE STOPPED AND THE REMAINING TWO CONTINUE TO THE TOP WHERE THEY ARE JOINED.

Answer 13

Irimoya Roof

Question 14

THE SIMPLEST KIND OF ROOF.

TWO SIDES JOINED AT THE TOP TO COVER THE BUILDING.

Answer 14

Kirizuma

Question 15

ONE OF THE TYPES OF ROOFS USED IN THE JAPANESE TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURE, ESPECIALLY FOR THE BUDDHIST CONSTRUCTIONS.

Answer 15

Hogyo

Question 16

A HIPPED ROOF. A THE ROOF THAT DESCENDS FROM THE RIDGE ON FOUR SIDES OF A RECTANGULAR BUILDING.

Answer 16

Yosemune

Question 17

• “PALACE OF THE GOD/S”
• TO ENSHRINE A KAMI (GOD, 神)
• BUDDHIST IN ORIGIN
• LOCATED NEAR ROCKS, WATERFALLS, OR IN ISLANDS AND MOUNTAINS TO ATTRACT KAMI.

Answer 17

Shinto Shrines

Question 18

THE ENTRANCE TO THE SACRED AREA
• MADE OF WOOD, STONE, METAL, CONCRETE OR ANY MATERIAL.
• A SHRINE CAN HAVE ANY NUMBER

Answer 18

Torii

Question 19

THE ROAD APPROACHING THE SHRINE.
• MARKS THE BEGINNING OF THE SHRINE’S TERRITORY.
• THERE CAN ALSO BE STONE LANTERNS AND ANY OTHER DECORATIONS ALONG THE PATHWAY.

Answer 19

Sando

Question 20

WATER-FILLED BASINS
• BEFORE ENTERING THE
SHRINE, VISITORS ARE TO WASH THEIR HANDS AND MOUTHS

Answer 20

Chozuya

Question 21

TRADITIONAL LATERN MADE OF STONE, WOOD OR METAL

Answer 21

Toro

Question 22

THE FACILITIES WHERE DAY-TO- DAY SHRINE MANAGEMENT IS CONDUCTED.

Answer 22

Shamusho

Question 23

WOODEN PLAQUES BEARING PRAYERS OR WISHES.

Answer 23

Ema

Question 24

SMALL OR MINIATURE SHRINES ENTRUSTED TO THE CARE OF A LARGER SHRINE, GENERALLY DUE TO SOME DEEP CONNECTION WITH THE ENSHRINED KAMI

Answer 24

Sessha/Masha

Question 25

STATUE PAIRS OF LION-LIKE CREATURES EITHER GUARDING THE ENTRANCE OR THE INNER SHRINE.

Answer 25

Koma

Question 26

HALL OF WORSHIP OR ORATORY | • IT IS PLACED IN FRONT OF THE SHRINE'S MAIN SANCTUARY

Answer 26

Haiden

Question 27

Sacred part of the Shinto shrine where kami, represented by statue or mirror, is enshrined. Located at the back away from public. Only priest are allowed to use the hall.

Answer 27

Honden

Question 28

A FENCE SURROUNDING THE SHRINE. • MADE OF A VARIETY OF MATERIALS INCLUDING WOOD, STONE AND — IN RECENT YEARS — CONCRETE.

Answer 28

Tamagaki

Question 29

The centerpiece of an ancient Buddhist temple's garan (compound) in Japan. • Housing the main object of worship

Answer 29

Kondo

Question 30

The most important gate of the temple • The size is the indicater of the temple’s status • The fact that the gate has

Answer 30

Sanmon

Question 31

A tiered tower with multiple eaves, built in traditions originating in historic South Asia

Answer 31

To (Pagoda)

Question 32

A ROUND OR EGG- SHAPED PART OF THE UPPER DECORATION OF A PAGODA. IT SYMBOLIZES A VEHICLE FOR THE ANGELS TO COME DOWN TO EARTH.

Answer 32

Ryusha

Question 33

ORIGINALLY, IT MEANT FIRE. BUT PEOPLE THINK THAT FIRE CAUSES THE PAGODA TO BURN SO THEY RENAMED IT. SUI MEANS WATER IN JAPANESE.

Answer 33

Suien

Question 34

A CIRCLE OF UPTURNED LOT US PETALS, USUALLY EIGHT IN NUMBER.

Answer 34

Ukebana

Question 35

SYMBOLIZES THE FIVE FAMOUS JINA DEITIES AND FOUR FAMOUS BODHISATTVA

Answer 35

Horin

Question 36

AN INVERTED BOWL-LIKE | FIXTURE WHICH SYMBOLIZES A GRAVE

Answer 36

Fukubachi

Question 37

ON WHICH RESTS THE | ENTIRE FINIAL.

Answer 37

Roban

Question 38

THE CENTRAL PILLAR AT THE CORE. • HAS BEEN LONG THOUGHT TO BE THE KEY TO JAPANESE PAGODA’S EXCEPTIONAL EARTHQUAKE RESISTANCE

Answer 38

Shinbashira

Question 39

A type of roof ornamentation. • They are generally roof tiles or statues • depicting a Japanese ogre (oni) or a fearsome beast.

Answer 39

Onigawara

Question 40

Architectural ornamentation generally consisting of a decorated plaque attached to the ends of the ridge beams of a roof to hide them and protect them from elements.

Answer 40

Kegyo

Question 41

Posts based on the motive of an inverted lotus flower

Answer 41

Sakerenge

Question 42

A style of pointed arch or bell-shaped window found in Japanese architecture

Answer 42

Katomando

Question 43

A generic term for the main, crowning, timber ridge, ridge pole or ridge beam that runs horizontal to the ground. It is joined to the front sloping framework of the roof.

Answer 43

Oomune

Question 44

A cylindrical bird perch tile which has a strong upward curve and is placed on top of an ogre tile. • They are placed at the ends of a main ridge on corner ridges or on descending ridges.

Answer 44

Toribusuma

Question 45

A decorative floral and vine design motif and A pattern of one or more curled tadpole shapes inside a circle which is attached to a nokidomoegawara (軒巴瓦) semi- cylindrical eave-end tile which has a circular pendant disk.

Answer 45

Renge-mon

Question 46

A STYLE OF JAPANESE RESIDENTIAL ARCHITECTURE USED IN THE MANSIONS OF THE MILITARY, AND TEMPLE GUEST HALLS. • IT FORMS THE BASIS OF TODAY'S TRADITIONAL- STYLE JAPANESE HOUSE

Answer 46

Shoin-zukuri

Question 47

REFERS TO THE STYLE OF DOMESTIC ARCHITECTUR E DEVELOPED FOR PALATIAL OR ARISTOC RATICMANSI ONS BUILT IN KYOTO IN THE HEIAN PERIOD

Answer 47

Shinden-zukuri

Question 48

THE MAIN BUILDING (SLEEPING PLACE), IS ON THE CENTRAL NORTH-SOUTH AXIS AND FACES SOUTH ON AN OPEN COURTYARD.

Answer 48

Shinden

Question 49

TWO SUBSIDIARY BUILDINGS, ARE BUILT TO THE RIGHT AND LEFT OF THE SHINDEN, BOTH RUNNING EAST-WEST. THE TAI-NO-YA AND THE SHINDEN ARE CONNECTED BY TWO CORRIDORS CALLED RESPECTIVELY SUKIWATADONO AND WATADONO.

Answer 49

Tai-no-ya

Question 50

AT THE HALF- WAY POINTS OF THE TWO CORRIDORS LEAD TO A SOUTH COURTYARD, WHERE MANY CEREMONIES WERE CELEBRATED.

Answer 50

Chumunro

Question 51

ONE BIG SPACE PARTITIONED BY PORTABLE | SCREENS AND THE ROOM AT THE CORE

Answer 51

Moya

Question 52

MOST IMPORTANT CEREMONIAL BUILDING WITHIN THE PALACE GROUNDS. THE ENTHRONEMENT CEREMONIES OF EMPEROR TAISHO AND EMPEROR SHOWA TOOK PLACE HERE.

Answer 52

Shinshin-den

Question 53

A PLACE WHERE THE EMPEROR WOULD CONDUCT HIS OWN PERSONAL AFFAIRS, IT WAS LATER USED FOR VARIOUS GATHERINGS AND MEETINGS AS WELL.

Answer 53

Seiryo-den

Question 54

A PLACE WHERE THE EMPEROR RECEIVED BANNERMEN UNDER THE DIRECT CONTROL OF THE TOKUGAWA SHOGUN (BUKE). IT WAS ALSO USED FOR SOME RITUALS.

Answer 54

Ko-gosho

Question 55

WAS FOR READING RITES, A MONTHLY POETRY RECITAL AND ALSO A PLACE THE EMPEROR RECEIVED NOBLES

Answer 55

O-gakumonjo

Question 56

THE IMPERIAL THRONE. IT HAS BEEN USED ON THE OCCASION OF THE ENTHRONEMENT CEREMONIES COMMENCING IN 707 IN THE REIGN OF EMPEROR GENMEI.

Answer 56

Takamikura

Question 57

WHICH HAS A CYPRESS-WOOD ROOF, AND IS SUPPORTED BY FOUR UNPAINTED WOODEN PILLARS. THIS GATE WOULD HAVE BEEN USED ON THE RARE OCCASIONS OF THE EMPEROR WELCOMING A FOREIGN DIPLOMAT OR DIGNITARY, AS WELL AS FOR MANY OTHER IMPORTANT STATE CEREMONIES

Answer 57

Kenreimon

Question 58

A SMALLER GATE ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE MAIN COURTYARD

Answer 58

Gekkamon

Question 59

It is a special building designed for holding Japanese Tea Ceremonies. It is built using simple rustic materials and is usually surrounded by a small garden called roji.

Answer 59

Japanese Tea House

Question 60

It is a material where Japanese Tea House floors are covered

Answer 60

Tatami Mat

Question 61

Waiting room in the Japanese Tea House where guests are received and offered sayu (hot water) by the hanto (assistant)

Answer 61

Machiai

Question 62

Small garden in the Japanese Tea House where guests remove the dust of the world

Answer 62

Roji

Question 63

Waiting bench in the Japanese Tea House where the guest wait for their host

Answer 63

Koshikake

Question 64

Were constructed on tops of mountains where they were protected by the rough terrain as well as the reluctance of Japanese to attack the habitat of spirits associated with nature.

Answer 64

Mountain Top Castle

Question 65

Built on a hill or high plateau in the middle of a lord’s domain, included residences for the lord and his chief retainers.

Answer 65

Flat-land Mountains/ Hirayamajiro

Question 66

Were erected on plains where surrounding castle towns could be built to serve as administrative centers.

Answer 66

Hirajiro

Question 67

Jut out into a body of water. Several, such as azuchi castle, built by Oda Nobunaga in1579, were built around Lake Biwa, the largest ,lake in Japan.

Answer 67

Water Castle