| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fu Daishi 傅大士 | Ch: Fu Daishi. Buddhist Master Fu or Great Teacher Fu. The Chinese Buddhist layman Fu Xi (Jp: Fu Kyū 傅翕, 497-569)… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Fudarakusen 補陀落山 | Sanskrit: Potalaka. Sometimes written 普陀楽山, 布落迦山; also called Fudaraku 補陀落. Octagonal island-mountain paradise… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| fudegaeshi 筆返し | ✓ | A curved wooden border attached to the end of a desk or shelf to prevent brushes and scrolls from rolling off. It is also… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings |
| fudō 不動 | Art History, Sculpture | ||
| Fudō Myōō 不動明王 | The chief of the Five Great Myōō, *Godai Myōō 五大明王, Fudō has been, and… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Fudōdō 不動堂 | A hall in a Buddhist temple dedicated to the deity *Fudō Myōō 不動明王 (Sk:… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| fuebashira 笛柱 | Lit. flute post. The thick post at the right rear corner of a noh stage, *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fugaku zu 富嶽図 | Depictions of Mt. Fuji 富士 painted from the Heian period to modern times in a variety of contexts. A usually quiet (but still… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Fugen 普賢 | Lit. universally good (Sk: Samantabhadra); also Henkitsu 遍吉. A bodhisattva, *bosatsu… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| fugendō 普賢堂 | ✓ | Also called Shigatsudō 四月堂; *Sanmaidō 三昧堂. A Buddhist temple in which the main deity… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| fuhekishun 斧劈皴 | Lit. axe-cut stroke. A painting texture stroke, *shunpō 皴法, said to have been… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Fuji mandara 富士曼荼羅 | Devotional paintings of Mt. Fuji 富士 in a large hanging scroll format. Usually they are in the form of sankei mandara… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Fuji no uraba 藤裏葉 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from the "Wisteria Leaves" (Fuji no uraba, underleaves of wisteria), Chapter 33 of … |
Art History, Painting |
| Fujibakama 藤袴 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from the "Purple Trousers" (Fujibakama, also translated as Mistflowers), Chapter 30 of… |
Art History, Painting |
| fujigata chōzubachi 富士形手水鉢 | ✓ | Lit. Fuji shape. A common type of *shizenseki chōzubachi 自然石手水鉢,… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| Fūjin Raijin 風神雷神 | Lit. Wind God and Thunder God. Based on popular Indian deities (Sk: Vayu and Varun) and Chinese deities (Ch: Fengshen 風神 and… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Fujiwara jidai 藤原時代 | Fujiwara period. A period of approximately two hundred years corresponding to the Middle Heian period (Heian chūki… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| fukai 深井 | Deep. A noh mask, *nōmen 能面, representing a middle-aged woman torn by… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| fukasanjō 深三畳 | Also fukasanjō-no-seki 深三畳席. A tea ceremony room of three mats. One of the mats is about one quarter normal size,… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| Fuke 普化 | Ch: Puhua. An itinerant priest of the Tang Dynasty depicted in paintings as wandering the streets of Zhenzhou 鎮州 in a state… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fūkeiga 風景画 | Lit. Landscape painting, a general term, usually applied only to works in the long western tradition of landscape by… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fuki bokashi 拭きぼかし | Also zōkin bokashi 雑巾ぼかし, rag shading. Any wiping technique used to produce gradated tones (shading) on a woodblock… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fuki-e 吹き絵 | A technique to create tints by placing a cut-out pattern on paper and scraping paint through a wire mesh with a brush,… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fukiashi 葺足 | ✓ | The length of the visible surface of an ordinary broad, concave roofing tile, *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| fukijiku 葺軸 | The part of a lotus-petal base, *rengeza 蓮華座, for a Buddhist image… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| fukikaeshi 吹返 | 1 Also written 葺返. A board which projects diagonally out from the top of a statue canopy, *… |
Architecture, Accessories, Sculpture, Art History | |
| fukinuki yatai 吹抜屋台 | ✓ | A compositional technique used to depict a residential interior. The technique involves rendering a building without a roof… |
Art History, Painting |
| fukinukimon 吹貫門 | A gate without doors. It may be a roofed opening in a fence or wall, but no gate leaves are hung on the structure. |
Architecture, Castles | |
| fukioroshi 葺下 | Also written 葺卸. The extension of a roof or the elongation of eaves on the main part of a building in order to cover an… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fukitsuchi 吹土 | The layer of clay spread on sheathing, *shitaji 下地, sometimes called … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fukiyose 吹寄 | 1 The arrangement of muntins, lattice (*fukiyose gōshi… |
Art History, General Terms, Sculpture, Architecture | |
| fukiyose daruki 吹寄垂木 | ✓ | The grouping of two or three parallel rafters placed closely together with a wide space between each group. The spaces… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| fukiyose gōshi 吹寄格子 | ✓ | Lit. grouped or varying numbered lattice. Lattice or small beams arranged to form patterns in transoms, *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| fukiyosebashira 吹寄柱 | Evenly spaced pillars or posts that are arranged so that two or more are in line. The amount of the space between the… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| fukiyoseshiki 吹寄式 | Also fukiyosebuki 吹寄葺, fukiyose renben 吹寄蓮弁, or *fukiyose… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Fukko yamato-e-ha 復古大和絵派 | A later-era appellation given to a group of artists from the late Edo period who consciously attempted revive the past *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fuku-no-kami 福の神 | The god of happiness, represented in kyōgen 狂言 plays by a masked figure, *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| fukubachi 伏鉢 | Also written 覆鉢; also called fukuhatsu ふくはつ. The small inverted bowl-like fixture placed on the box-like cover, *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fukuben 複弁 | A motif which consists of a double-stylized lotus petal with a leaf seedling in each petal. Found on the pendant, *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| fukuben rengemon 複弁蓮華文 | ✓ | Also written 複弁蓮花文. A double-lotus-petal motif applied to the pendant tiles, *gatō… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| fukugen mosha 復元模写 | A restoration copy. A painting that is copied with the intent of restoring it to near its original state. This means… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Fukugi 伏羲 | Ch: Fuxi. A legendary Chinese sage and ruler who was the founder of Chinese civilization and first sovereign of the Five… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fukugō tenshu 複合天守 | ✓ | Also fukugōshiki tenshu 複合式天守. A large tower, *daitenshu 大天守, with… |
Architecture, Castles |
| Fukūkenjaku Kannon 不空羂索観音 | Also known as Fukūkensaku Kannon. His name, "non-empty noose," is pronounced differently in Shingon 真言 (Fukaukenjaku) and… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| fukumi 含 | ✓ | A channel. The part of a bearing block, *masu 斗, that is cut out either as a one-… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| fukurin 覆輪 | 1 Parallel lines used to mark outlines in a painting or sculpture. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| fukuro-e 袋絵 | The woodblock-printed paper that formed the outer covers for prints and woodblock books. In the 1770s-80s it became popular… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fukurō 複廊 | ✓ | A double corridor that was two bays, *ken 間, wide. Window frames with vertical… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| fukuro hyōgu 袋表具 | A type of mounting for hanging scrolls, *kakemono 掛物. The *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fukurodana 袋棚 | Also fukurotodana 袋戸棚 or tenbukuro 天袋. Lit. enclosed shelf. |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings | |
| fukurodoko 袋床 | Lit. pouch or pocket alcove. An alcove, *tokonoma 床の間, characterized by a… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fukurokakekugi 袋掛釘 | Lit. bag-hanging nail. A bamboo or iron nail inserted into the middle post, *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| Fukurokuju 福禄寿 | ✓ | Ch: Fu Lu Shou. A popular deity of wealth (fuku 福), happiness (roku 禄), and longevity( ju 寿),… |
Art History, Iconography |
| fukurotoji 袋綴 | ✓ | Also read fukurotsuzuri. Also called karatoji 唐綴 and fukurozōshi 袋草子. Lit. pouch-binding. The… |
Art History, Painting |
| fukusa 袱紗 | Also chabukusa 茶袱紗. A thick silk cloth used by the host at a tea ceremony to wipe tea bowls, *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fukyoku 布局 | Also fuchoku 布置. Composition in Chinese painting. Included in the fifth canon, "Plan and Design, Place and Position… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fumi-ishi 踏石 | ✓ | Lit. stepping stone. The stone placed directly under the crawl door entrance, *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| fumichidana 文道棚 | A very simple type of shelving with sliding doors at floor level. Typically, the shelving is part of the many different… |
Architecture, Accessories | |
| fumigaeshi 踏返 | Replica casting. A technique used in metal casting, where a simple, flat metal object was covered with clay to make a mold.… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| fumikomi-datami 踏込畳 | A straw mat, *tatami 畳, which is placed adjacent to the door from which the… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fumikomidoko 踏込床 | ✓ | Also fungomidoko ふんごみ床. An alcove, *tokonoma 床の間, with a board floor… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| fuminugiishi 踏脱石 | Lit. one of the trump stones, *yaku-ishi 役石, at the guest's entrance to the… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fumisagari 踏下 | The distance from the ridge of a roof, *munagi 棟木, to the eave end, *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fumiwake-ishi 踏分石 | ✓ | Lit. path-dividing stone. A type of trump stone, *yaku-ishi 役石. A stepping… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| fumizura 踏面 | Also called fumi-ita 踏板. The horizontal surface, known as the tread, on steps or stairs. The board, plank, or… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| funagata chōzubachi 舟形手水鉢 | ✓ | Lit. boat shape. A type of functional or decorative water basin, *chōzubachi… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| funagata kōhai 舟形光背 | Also funagatakō 舟形光. Lit. boat-shaped halo. A halo, *kōhai 光背, with a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| funahijiki 舟肘木 | ✓ | A boat-shaped bracket arm placed directly on top of a pillar to carry a purlin, *gagyō… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| funatsukiishi 舟着石 | Lit. A boat-landing stone. A large, flat stone used as a kind of dock in large pond gardens where boating took place. Even… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| funazoko tenjō 舟底天井 | Also called *yakata tenjō 屋形天井, an upside-down houseboat-shaped ceiling. A… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fundami 粉溜 | Also read fundame. A technique of coating a statue with gold. Used during and after the Kamakura period. The figure… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| funnusō 忿怒相 | Also funnugyō 忿怒形 or shinnusō 瞋怒相. An angry expression found on Buddhist images. The opposite of *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| funpon 粉本 | 1 A Tang Dynasty term for rough sketches or underdrawings made with gesso powder, *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| funzōe 糞掃衣 | Also pronounced funsōe or funsōi. A Buddhist monk's robe made from rags. According to Buddhist tradition,… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| furesumi 振隅 | Refers to the pitch of a roof that is different on the front and back from the pitch of the sides. The hip rafters at the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| furesumigi 振隅木 | A hip rafter, *sumigi 隅木, which cannot bisect the purlins, *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| furiwake 振分 | The center line of a surface that has been divided equally. The line may run vertically or horizontally. This center point… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| furo 風炉 | ✓ | A portable brazier used in the spring and summer seasons when the hearth or fire-box, *ro… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| furoku 不陸 | Lit. not horizontal. A surface which is not flat or horizontal to the ground. | Architecture, General Terms | |
| furosaki byōbu 風炉先屏風 | Sometimes abbreviated to furosaki 風炉先. A partition used in a tea ceremony room *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| furosakimado 風炉先窓 | Lit. window in front of stove. A window opened in the wall by the host's mat, *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fūryū 風流 | Lit. refined taste. An aesthetic ideal implying traditional elegance, chic stylishness, creative ingenuity, and sometimes… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fūryūjin-zu 風流陣図 | Ch: Fengliuzhentu. Lit. Depictions of Elegant Battles. A Chinese painting subject included among the Pictures of… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fusa 総 | Also written 房. |
Architecture, Accessories | |
| fusahikite 総引手 | Tassels attached to the pull, *hikite 引手, of an opaque sliding screen, *… |
Architecture, Accessories | |
| fusakumen 布作面 | Lit. cloth masks. Also sakumen 作面. Eighth-century burlap (ramie) pieces with a human face sketched in the… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| fuse-zu 伏図 | A framing plan showing the structural arrangement and details of various parts of a building including the floor, ceiling,… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fusegawara 伏瓦 | Also called *ogawara 男瓦 (male tile). |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| fusen 布泉 | An abbreviation of fusen no chōzubachi 布泉の手水鉢. A type of water basin, *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| fūshiga 風刺画 | Lit. satirical pictures. Paintings and prints satirizing current events, world affairs, government, and politics. The… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fushikizō 節木増 | Knotted zō. A noh mask, *nōmen 能面, representing a mature young woman. A… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| fushin 普請 | Originally, the solicitation of great numbers of people to help construct Zen temple buildings. By the 14th century, … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fushinchō 普請帳 | ✓ | The ledger or account books in which material and labor costs incurred during a construction project were recorded. … |
Architecture, General Terms |
| fushoku 腐蝕 | Wood rot. Wood rot can be either dry rot, kanshoku 乾蝕, or wet rot, shisshoku 湿蝕. Wet rot is particularly… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Fusō meigaden 扶桑名画伝 | Biography of Famous Painters in Japan, a comprehensive mid-19th-century biography of painters. Supplemented and… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Fusō meikō gafu 扶桑名公画譜 | Primer on Master Painters of Japan, an early 18th-century biography of painters by Asai Fukyū 浅井不旧. Asai, a native… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Fūsuidō 風水洞 | Ch: Fengshuidong. Lit. the wind and water caves. A grotto complex near Hangzhou 杭州 which was the subject of poems by Su… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fusuma 襖 | ✓ | An abbreviation for fusumashōji 襖障子, an opaque sliding screen, as distinguished from the translucent screen, *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| fusuma-e 襖絵 | Abbreviation of fusumashōji-e 襖障子絵. Paintings on sliding-door panels, *fusuma… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fusumagawara 伏間瓦 | Also written 衾瓦; also called *kanmurigawara 冠瓦 or *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
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