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JAANUS

karasugami 烏紙

Keywords

Architecture

General Terms

Lit. crow paper. Very black paper used under straw mats *tatami 畳.

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University