Glossary

Glossary

ajiro ami	網代編み	(plain) twill weave or net weave
amu	編む	plait, weave
bijin	美人	beautiful person (woman)
gozame ami/nuki ami	茣蓙目編み/ぬき編み	mat (-mesh) weave/ plaiting
hira higo	平ひご	flat, narrow strips of bamboo
karamonoya	唐物屋	exotica shops
kashikago	菓子籠	container for sweets
Ken’yakurei		Sumptuary edicts issued by the Tokugawa Shogunate from time to time to restrain expenditures by peasants, chônin, and samurai
Koninklijk Kabinett van Zeldzaamheden		Royal Dutch Cabinet of Curiosities
madake	真竹	Japanese timber bamboo Phyllostachys bambusoides (Sieb. & Zucc.)
maru higo	丸ひご	round splints without skin shaved off
onsen	温泉	hot spring
Oranda	オランダ	Portuguese pronunciation of Holland
Oranda shumi	オランダ趣味	Dutch taste
Rangaku	蘭学	Western learning
Rangakusha	蘭学者	Dutch/ Western scholar
yoko higo	横ひご	horizontal plaiting elements
tate higo	縦ひご	vertical plaiting elements
rentaishiki	連帯式	bamboo basketry
sakazuki	杯	Sake cup
shamizen	シャ未然	string instrument
urushi	漆	lacquer