Kozakuran dictionary

This Kozakuran dictionary is a list of terms from Kozakuran.

B

 * bakufu : the headquarters of a shoguns government. Also, capital
 * benkan : a headpiece worn by the Emperor. It was adorned by jewels
 * byobu : folding screen

C

 * chichi : father
 * chodai : a sleeping platform surrounded by a curtain

D

 * dotaku : a bell made from bronze

E

 * emakimono : picture scroll

F

 * fusuma : sliding wall

G

 * geisha : female entertainers similar to bards
 * godown : building used to store grains or rice

H

 * haka : burial mound
 * hi no goza : the raised platform on which the Emperor sits
 * hoden : building containing treasure, treasure house
 * hon-maru : interior courtyard of a castle
 * hyakkan : officials of the court
 * hyakusho : non-samurai professions, such as farmer, merchant, etc

I

 * ishiotoshi : chutes built into castle walls for dropping stones on attackers
 * inkan : personal seal for letters
 * izumi-dono : a small building found in gardens and built over water

J

 * jo : a section of a city, ward

K

 * kakemono : vertical picture scroll
 * kamidana : shrine found within a private residence
 * kanshofu : charter granting power to a sho
 * koburi : a headdress worn by nobles who were 5th Birth rank and above
 * kodo : the exterior porch of a temple
 * kofun : burial mound
 * kongo rikishi : guardian statues of a temple
 * kotatsu : small brazier
 * kugyo : Highest-ranked nobles

M

 * makimono : horizontal picture scroll
 * maru : the courtyard of a castle
 * masugata : double gate. The smaller outer gate is set at a right angle to the larger inner gate
 * minka : house belonging to a peasant
 * mura : small village

N

 * ni-no-maru : second, or middle, courtyard of a castle
 * nishiki-e : colored woodcut
 * nonakaniumi : in the ocean

O

 * ote-mon : a castle's main gate

P

 * pagoda : a multi-storied tower

S

 * Sakadono : part of a temple were ceremonial sake was brewed
 * sake : a beverage made from fermented rice
 * san-no-maru : third, outer courtyard of a castle
 * sento : public bathhouse
 * shoen : estate or fief
 * shoji : paper-covered sliding doors with a latticed wood frame
 * sutra : religious scriptures

T

 * takuhatsu : a lifestlye of frugality and poverty adopted by some shugenja
 * tamon : a building build on top of a castle's walls, used as barracks or weapons storage
 * tatami : woven mat used as flooring
 * tenno : emperor
 * tenshu-kaku : a castle's main tower
 * tofu : a common food, made from soybean protein
 * torii : tall arch, painted in red, found at the entrance to a shrine or temple

U

 * uguisi-bari : nightingale floor
 * uji no choja : the leader of a clan or family