| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ya-no-ne 矢の根 | A pictorial subject taken from Arrowhead, the play from the *kabuki… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Yadorigi 宿木 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "Yadorigi" ("The Ivy"), Chapter 49 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of Genji… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| yakifude 焼筆 | Lit. "burned brush." A wooden stick with a burned tip. Like charcoal used in western style painting, yakifude is… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yakusha-e 役者絵 | A type of *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 print which shows one or several actors in a stage pose or… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yakusha ehon 役者絵本 | Lit. "picture books illustrating actors." Books that bound together actor prints, but also included theater and stage scenes… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yakusha hyōbanki 役者評判記 | Printed books criticizing actors' skills. Theater reviews were not published in booklet form until 1656 with Yakusha-no-… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| Yakuzan Rikō 薬山・李翱 | Ch: Yaoshan Li'ao. A Zen 禅 painting subject depicting the philosophical debate between the Tang dynasty hermit-priest… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Yakuzan shuchū no shu wo iru 薬山射麈中麈 | Ch: Yaoshan she chenzhongchen; lit. "Yakusan's Shooting of the Great King of the Big Deers." A Zen 禅 (Ch: Chan)… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yama-ai 山藍 | Lit. "mountain indigo." Perennial plant 30-40 cm high, Mercurialis leiocarpa Sieb. et zuc., used to make a blue dye… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yamamomo 山桃 | Also written 楊梅樹. A brown vegetable dye senryō 染料 obtained from the evergreen tree Myrica rubra,… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yamato-e やまと絵 | Also written 大和絵 and 倭絵. A widely used description term which has carried various nuances in different periods, but… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yamato hyōgu 大和表具 | The most commonly used style of mounting hanging scrolls *kakemono 掛物 in… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yamatotoji 大和綴 | ✓ | Also musubitoji 結び綴じ, lit. "knot-binding." The simplest style of book-binding, and usually a type of pouch-binding… |
Art History, Painting |
| Yamauba 山姥 | Also read Yamanba. Oni-onna 鬼女 (demonic woman) or yama-onna 山女 (mountain woman) are used occasionally.… |
Art History, Painting, Sculpture | |
| yashabushi やしゃぶし | Also written 夜叉付子. A brown vegetable dye senryō 染料 made from the alder tree (Alnus firma), which… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Yashima kassen 屋島合戦 | A pictorial subject depicting scenes from the Battle at Yashima, an important engagement in the Genpei Battles Genpei… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yatsuhashi 八橋 | ✓ | 1 Lit. "eight bridges." A type of low bridge built over a shallow pond or marsh using wooden planks without… |
Architecture, Art History, Painting |
| yōfūga 洋風画 | Western-influenced paintings and prints produced in Japan before the Meiji period, including *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yōga 洋画 | Western-style painting produced during the Meiji period. Yōga employed the use of western materials such as oil… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yohaku 余白 | A blank, unpainted space. It is considered one of the identifying characteristics of both Chinese and Japanese painting.… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yōkai-e 妖怪絵 | Also bakemono-e 化物絵 and yūrei-e 幽霊絵. *Ukiyo-e 浮世絵 prints that depict… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Yōkihi 楊貴妃 | Ch: Yang Guifei (719-56). The famous Chinese beauty and concubine of Emperor Xuanzong (Jp: *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yōkō 洋紅 | Carmine, a crimson pigment. An alkaline organometallic compound, taken from the female cochineal insect which lives on… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yokobue 横笛 | ✓ | A pictorial subject based on "The Flute," Yokobue, Chapter 37 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of… |
Art History, Painting |
| Yokohama-e 横浜絵 | Also Yokohama 横浜 *ukiyo-e 浮世絵. Late ukiyo-e prints which depicted foreigners at the port… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yomihon 読本 | Lit. "reading books." An Edo period woodblock printed novel prevalent from the mid to late Edo period that focused on… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Yomogiu 蓬生 | ✓ | A pictorial subject based on "The Wormwood Patch" Yomogiu, Chapter 15 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The… |
Art History, Painting |
| yonkyoku byōbu 四曲屏風 | Also yomaiori byōbu 四枚折屏風. A folding screen with four panels. Before the 12th or 13th century, this type of screen… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Yoshino 吉野 | An area in Mt. Ōmine 大峰, Nara, most famous for cherry blossoms. Important not only as a place of great scenic beauty, but… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Yoshitsune 義経 | The tragic warrior Minamoto no Yoshitsune 源義経 (1159-89), whose many exploits both real and legendary are recounted in… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Yoshiwara 吉原 | The licensed pleasure and prostitution quarter of Edo. First established in 1617 near Nihonbashi 日本橋 by Shōji Jin'emon… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yotsuwaribishi 四割菱 | ✓ | Also waribishi 割菱, takedabishi 武田菱. A decorative pattern that consists of a diamond shape divided into four smaller… | Art History, Painting |
| Yotsuya kaidan 四谷怪談 | A pictorial subject in *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 taken from the popular *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Yūgao 夕顔 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "Evening Faces" Yūgao, Chapter 4 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of… |
Art History, Painting |
| Yūgiri 夕霧 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from the "Evening Mist" Yuugiri, Chapter 39 of Genji monogarari 源氏物語 (The… |
Art History, Painting |
| yūjo-e 遊女絵 | Art History, Painting | ||
| yūjo hyōbanki 遊女評判記 | An Edo period "Who's Who" of prostitutes in the pleasure districts. The yūjo hyōbanki was one of two major… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yūki ganryō 有機顔料 | Organic pigment. An insoluble paint material *ganryō 顔料 made from animal… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Yume no ukihashi 夢浮橋 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "The Floating Bridge of Dreams" Yume no ukihashi, Chapter 54 of Genji monogatari… |
Art History, Painting |
| yumiharizuki 弓張月 | Lit. "Crescent Moon;" loaded or pulled bow (shaped) moon. A pictorial subject in *ukiyo-e… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Yuminagashi 弓流し | Lit. "drifting bow." A pictorial subject depicting an incident at the Battle at Yashima *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yuna 湯女 | A low class of prostitutes during the Genna 元和 and Kan'ei 寛永 eras (1615-44). Typically, after meeting customers by washing… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yūraku zu 遊楽図 | Lit. "depictions of amusements." A major category of genre painting *fūzokuga… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yūsoku mon'yō 有職文様 | Traditional design motifs, used either in single units or repeated to create patterns, based on designs from Heian courtly… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Yūzū Nenbutsu engi 融通念仏縁起 | The History and Benefits of the Yūzū Nenbutsu engi. A handscroll theme recounting the early history of the Yūzū… |
Art History, Painting |
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