| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| wachigaigawara 輪違瓦 | ✓ | Also tsumegawara 爪瓦. A row of narrow tile pieces cut crosswise from semi-cylindrical tiles *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| wajō 倭城 | A Japanese castle. Refers to 25 castles constructed in various regions of Korea by the Japanese forces during the Bunroku-… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| wakaba 若葉 | ✓ | 1 An abstract decorative pattern of extended curved lines based on the form of a leaf. The pattern is… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| wakamiya shinzō 若宮神像 | Lit. "Shinto image of a young prince." A generic term covering both images of a divine son of the main enshrined Shinto… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Wakamurasaki 若紫 | ✓ | Lit. "young lavender." A pictorial subject based on "Wakamurasaki" ("Lavender"), Chapter 5 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Wakana 若菜 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "Wakana" ("New Herbs"), which is divided into two parts, making up Chapters 34 and 35 of … |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| wakaonna 若女 | Young girl. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a young woman. The mature… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| wakaotoko 若男 | Young man. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a young commoner with… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| wakiagari 脇上 | ✓ | The wakiagari allowed visitors to enter or leave the residence from a waiting palanquin kago 駕篭 without… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings |
| wakidana 脇棚 | ✓ | Shelves forming part of an arrangement in the space next to the decorative alcove *… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings |
| wakido 脇戸 | ✓ | A small door, usually beside the main door of a structure. Sometimes there is one on each side of the main door. |
Architecture, General Terms |
| wakiganna 脇鉋 | A plane used to smooth the sides of a groove, particularly in a doorsill or lintel, after the base plane, *… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| wakigegyo 脇懸魚 | Lit. "side gable pendant." Also *kudarigegyo 降懸魚, *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| wakihonjin 脇本陣 | A secondary *honjin 本陣, authorized by the Tokugawa 徳川 government for the… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| wakijin 脇陣 | Side sanctuary. Areas beside the main hall *hondō 本堂 of a Buddhist… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| wakikoguchi 脇虎口 | A side entrance to a castle. A small, inconspicuous entrance located on the side of a castle, in contrast with the main gate… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| wakikokabe 脇小壁 | A long, narrow, vertical wall constructed between two or more pillars, or on each side of an entrance or a window. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| wakimon 脇門 | Also read *ekimon 掖門. A side gate or a small gate on one or both sides of a… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| wakishōji 脇障子 | Wooden screens placed at the back ends of side verandas *en 縁. They… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| wakizura 脇面 | The left and right sides of a purlin *keta 桁. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| waku 枠 | A frame constructed around the perimeter of a window or doorway; the opening into which sliding panels and other structural… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| wakugi 和釘 | Also called nihon kugi 日本釘. A square nail used during and after the Kofun period. The nail was made of hand-wrought… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| wakuhijiki 枠肘木 | Two bracket arms *hijiki 肘木 positioned at right angle to one… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| wakyō 和鏡 | Japanese style mirrors. Wakyō were developed as part of toilet sets in the Heian period. Previously large and… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| wamono 和物 | Lit. "Japanese things." A term used in *chanoyu 茶湯 in… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| wanagi hozo 輪薙ほぞ | A tenon referred to as channeled or as fingered. It is used on king posts *shinzuka… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| wanagikomi 輪薙込 | Wanagikomi is an angle joint, also called an open mortise and tenon joint, a slip slot or finger mortise. It… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| wansen 腕釧 | A wristlet. A decorative ring *kansen 鐶釧 found on the wrists of… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| warabidegata 蕨手形 | Short for warabidegata suihotsu 蕨手形垂髪. Strands of hair *suihotsu… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| warabidemon 蕨手文 | ✓ | Also warabimon 蕨文. A design pattern which represents the bracken fern in spring when it gives out curling shoots.… |
Art History, Painting |
| warabite 蕨手 | ✓ | Also warabide. A style of ornamentation which features a curved design based on curling bracken shoots. It is found… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| warafude 藁筆 | Stiff brushes made of beaten straw. Warafude were popular with the *Kano-ha… |
Art History, Painting | |
| waraijō 笑尉 | Lit. "laughing old man." A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| waranawa 藁縄 | 1 Rope made by twisting together strands of straw. In clay statuary, the central wooden core *… |
Art History, General Terms, Architecture, Sculpture | |
| waraza 藁座 | ✓ | 1 Also called enza, maruza 円座, or ukeza kanamono 受座金物. The metal or… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| waridakebari 割竹張 | To cover or enclose with split bamboo. For example, found on the doors of a simple garden gate teimon 庭門 with a… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| wariguri-ishi 割栗石 | Also called wariguri 割栗, kuri-ishi 栗石 or guri ぐり (lit. "stones crushed like chestnuts"). Rock… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| warihada 割肌 | The surface of a member that was split vertically by pounding in a wedge *kusabi… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| warihagi 割矧 | A sculpture technique used to carve a large hollow space *uchiguri… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| warihaiden 割拝殿 | ✓ | Lit. "divided worship hall." A long structure under a single roof divided in the center by a passageway *… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| warikebiki 割毛引 | Lit. "splitting gauge." The splitting gauge is used to mark thin pieces of wood along the grain so that it can be broken… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| warikubi 割首 | A wood statue technique used to join the head and body at the neck. The head and body of a Buddha statue are carved from a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| warikusabi 割楔 | 1 An extremely strong joint that uses a blind wedge-split tenon warikusabi hozo 割楔ほぞ to join two… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| warima 割間 | The interval between the vertical slats *tateko 竪子 and horizontal… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| washi 和紙 | Handmade Japanese paper made from long natural fibers. Most commonly used fibers include mulberry kōzo 楮 (see *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| washibana akujō 鷲鼻悪尉 | Eagle-nosed fierce old man. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面, representing a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| wata-ita 綿板 | Also called *ireko-ita 入子板. A board that connects the rails and crosspieces… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| watabana 綿花 | Also written 綿鼻. A molding *kurigata 繰形 in the shape of a silk-… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| watari yagura 渡櫓 | ✓ | 1 A connecting gallery or tower inside a square compound *masugata… |
Architecture, Castles |
| watariago 渡腮 | Also called *agokaki 腮欠, agokake 腮掛. A cogged right-angled joint… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| wayō 和様 | 1 Lit. "Japanese style architecture." The architectural techniques and styles introduced from China during… |
Architecture, General Terms, Art History | |
| wayō hijiki 和様肘木 | ✓ | A bracket arm *hijiki 肘木 that is characterized by curved surfaces on the… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| wayō kōran 和様高欄 | ✓ | A railing in the wayō style *wayō 和様. The horizontal… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| -zukuri 造 | A suffix meaning style or type frequently used in Japanese architectural history. |
Architecture, General Terms |
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