small buildings at the sides of a Zen temple gate (containing stairs to the upper storey)
lacquerer; lacquer craftsman; lacquer artist
natto made by a temple and given to supporters at the end of the year
method of patterning traditional Japanese clothing (the tops of all of patterns being pointed at the highest part of the shoulder)
imperial envoy gate; temple gate used by imperial envoy
cultural museum; museum of culture
undecorated fabric of any color but black; kimono made of such fabric
semiformal attire; semiformal dress
folding paper-case; kimono wrapping paper; paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony)
governmental porcelain furnace
being filled with; being full of; permeation
Bijutsu Shuppan-sha (publisher)
equipment; installation; facilities; arrangements
lecture hall of a temple (esp. Zen)
Bizen sword (mid-Heian to early Kamakura periods); ancient Bizen ware (Kamakura to early Momoyama periods)
Kyoto man; man from Kyoto
Nagaoka-kyō (capital of Japan 784-794)
Imari ware; Imari porcelain
baby spotted turtle; immature Japanese pond turtle; young Japanese terrapin
second guest of honour (at a tea ceremony); second guest of honor
difficult to hear; indistinct; hesitating to ask; awkward to ask; unpleasant to hear; painful to listen to
high-grade Japanese fresh confections (usu. colorful sculpted mochi in seasonal designs around bean paste)
Taiei era (1521.8.23-1528.8.20)
to two-time; to play it both ways; to sit on the fence
karamon; large gate with a karahafu gable (typically at a temple, shrine or castle)
twelve signs of the zodiac
Urasenke school of tea ceremony
pip (spot on a die); small cube (esp. of food); die; dice