| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| dōbari 胴張 | ✓ | Entasis. The bulge in the center of a circular pillar to make it appear straight. In Japan, circular pillars called *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| dobashi 土橋 | 1 Lit. earthen bridge. An earthen bridge, which is made by leaving an unexcavated section of moat in front… |
Architecture, Castles, Gardens | |
| dobei 土塀 | Also read tsuchibei. Also called *tsuiji 築地. An earthen wall or… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| dōbō 動貌 | The movable face plate. The most elaborate gimmick used on the bugaku mask, *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| dōbori 胴彫 | Lit. body carving. The carver of woodblocks for *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 prints who was… |
Art History, Painting | |
| dōbōshū 同朋衆 | A title of artistic or cultural advisors in the Ashikaga 足利 shogunate, established about the time of Yosimitsu 義満 (1358-1408… |
Art History, Painting | |
| dōbuchi 胴縁 | 1a.) Furring strips made of thin wood or bamboo that are nailed horizontally to posts to form the base for… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| dodai 土台 | A sill, ground sill, or footplate. Generally the heavy timber members laid horizontally at the base of a wooden building… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| dodomezan 土留桟 | Also called tsuchidomesan. Narrow timber strips nailed horizontally to roof sheathing, *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| dōfuku 胴服 | A man's hip-length jacket, generally worn over other clothing or armor by high-ranking samurai 侍 from the late… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| dōgan 動眼 | Rotating eyes, a gimmick used for many bugaku masks, *bugakumen 舞楽面… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| dōgu-datami 道具畳 | Lit. implement mat. The straw mat, *tatami 畳, on which the host sits when he… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| doi 土居 | Also dorui 土塁. An earthen embankment, earthwork, or rampart. A defensive embankment surrounding a castle or a… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| doibuki 土居葺 | 1 Generally a base for tile roofing, *kawarabuki 瓦葺. A… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| doijiki 土居敷 | The foundation bed, shiki 敷, of an earthen embankment, *doi 土居. It has… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| doinuri 土居塗 | The process of spreading clay on the prepared surface of a roof in order to lay roof tiles, *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| dōji 童子 | Lit. child, young boy. |
Art History, Iconography, Sculpture | |
| Dōjikyō Mandara 童子経曼荼羅 | A variety of *besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅 (a form of mandara centered… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| dōjime 胴締 | The decorated 'belts' around the upper, middle, and lower circumference of the stem, sao 竿, of a lantern. |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| dōjiseki 童子石 | Lit. guardian boy's stones. Two symbolic garden stones (see *yakuishi 役石）… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Dōjōji 道成寺 | A temple of the Tendai 天台 sect in Hidaka 日高, Wakayama Prefecture. The setting of a dramatic old Japanese tale first recorded… |
Art History, Painting | |
| dokkohozo 独鈷ほぞ | Also called hikidokko 引独鈷; hikidokko ari 引独鈷蟻. One type of *… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| dōko 洞庫 | Also written 洞戸, 道幸, 道古, 堂庫、or 道籠. A storage space for utensils used for the tea ceremony. The earliest type was probably a… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| dokuritsu tenshu 独立天守 | ✓ | Lit. independent donjon or keep. Also called dokuritsushiki tenshu 独立式天守, dokuritsu tenshukaku 独立天守閣. A… |
Architecture, Castles |
| dokuritsubashira 独立柱 | Independent post. An internal freestanding post, *hashira 柱, not attached to… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| dōkyōshiki teien 道教式庭園 | Lit. Daoist-style gardens. A general term designating gardens which incorporated Chinese Daoist ideas or motifs. The Daoist… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| doma 土間 | 1 Alternatively called *niwa 庭 or dōji どうじ. An area… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| domon 土文 | Decorative drapery used on statues in the Kamakura region from the late Kamakura period. The drapery was made in clay relief… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| donsu 緞子 | Also written 純子. Patterned damask weave. A thick and glossy silk variety of shusu 繻子 (satin), with the design made… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| doro-e 泥絵 | Any painting produced with a type of thick, opaque paint made from inexpensive pigment and the white pigment, *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| doroji 泥地 | A technique where a mixture of animal glue, *nikawa 膠, and powdered burnt clay… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| dōsa 礬水 | Also 礬沙, 陶砂. Sizing. Dōsa is made by dissolving animal glue, *nikawa 膠… |
Art History, Painting | |
| dōsan 胴桟 | Also written dōzuri 胴摺. The widest horizontal stile in the door of *heijūmon… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| dōshakuga 道釈画 | Lit. Daoist Buddhist paintings. A genre of painting on Daoist (Taoist; Jp: Dōkyō 道教) and Buddhist (shaku 釈 from *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Dōsojin 道祖神 | Also Sae-no-kami 塞の神 (also read Sai-no-kami), Dōrokujin 道陸神, and other less common names. A folk deity associated with roads… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| dote 土手 | 1 The flat top of an embankment, *doi 土居, also called *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| dotō 土塔 | Also called tsuchi-no-tō 土の塔 or dantō 段塔. Lit. earthen pagoda. Dantō means stepped pagoda. A… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| dotome-ita 土留板 | Also read dodome-ita, and called *seki-ita 堰板. The sheathing boards… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| dōtsukinoko 胴付鋸 | ✓ | Lit. saw with attached spine. A tenon or back saw. A saw designed especially to cut the shoulder of a tenon. The blade is… |
Architecture, Tools |
| doza 土座 | 1 A type of floor found in vernacular houses, *minka 民家, used… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| dōzashi 胴差 | A large, heavy horizontal timber attached to the tops of posts, *hashira 柱,… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| dōzō 銅造 | Bronze work. Bronze casting has been very important in Japan since ancient times, and was used for Yayoi period dōtaku… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| dozō 土蔵 | A form of storehouse which provided a fireproof place to keep valuables which were otherwise always at risk in highly… |
Architecture, Storehouses | |
| dozō-zukuri 土蔵造 | Also referred to as *kura-zukuri 蔵造. A fireproof building construction… |
Architecture, Storehouses | |
| -zukuri 造 | A suffix meaning style or type frequently used in Japanese architectural history. |
Architecture, General Terms |
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