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  2. Japanese wall - Wikipedia

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    A Japanese wall is composed of a mixture of sand, clay, diatomaceous earth and straw, and is a traditional element in the construction of Japanese teahouses, castles and temples. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Today, teahouses continue to use this product for Zen purposes.

  3. Burdock piling - Wikipedia

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    The ishigaki of Ōzu Castle. Burdock piling (牛蒡積み, gobouzumi) is an advanced Japanese technique for building stone walls, named after the resemblance of the rough stones used to the ovate shapes of the blossoms of Japanese burdock plants.

  4. List of Japanese gardens in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The Japanese Garden was designed by Ken Nakajima in 1992, includes a teahouse, waterfalls, bridges, and stone paths that wander among crepe myrtles, azaleas, Japanese maples, dogwoods and cherry trees. Hershey Gardens: Hershey: Pennsylvania: Includes a Japanese garden with rare giant sequoias, Dawn Redwood trees, Japanese maples and more.

  5. List of partitions of traditional Japanese architecture

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    Thought to date from 400s. Used throughout the Heian period (794–1185) and, by the high aristocracy, into the Kamakura period (1185–1333). Towards the end of the Heian period it shifted location, and finally became synonymous with an enclosed sleeping room. Characteristic of Shinden style residences. [17] Archaic, except in ceremonial ...

  6. Kura (storehouse) - Wikipedia

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    Kura (倉 or 蔵) are traditional Japanese storehouses. They are commonly durable buildings built from timber, stone or clay used to safely store valuable commodities. Kura in rural communities are normally of simpler construction and used for storing grain or rice. Those in towns are more elaborate, with a structural timber frame covered in a ...

  7. Suiseki - Wikipedia

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    The stone is provided with a wooden base (daiza). The stone is placed in a waterproof tray or bowl of ceramic (水盤 suiban) or bronze (doban). These stones are not just any stones which can be found in nature; they must be expressive stones and have a special shape, color and texture to be categorized as suiseki. There is a distinction ...

  8. Namako wall - Wikipedia

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    Diagram showing square tiles, on the diagonal, nailed at all four corners and grouted in mounds over the joins and nails. Namako wall or Namako-kabe (sometimes misspelled as Nameko) is a Japanese wall design widely used for vernacular houses, particularly on fireproof storehouses by the latter half of the Edo period. [1]

  9. Monuments of Japan - Wikipedia

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    Okayama Prefecture's Kōraku-en is a designated Special Place of Scenic Beauty. Monuments (記念物, kinenbutsu) is a collective term used by the Japanese government's Law for the Protection of Cultural Properties to denote Cultural Properties of Japan [note 1] as historic locations such as shell mounds, ancient tombs, sites of palaces, sites of forts or castles, monumental dwelling houses ...

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