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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
akacha-iro 赤茶色

Lit. red brown color. The reddish brown or russet color on the ancient smooth, lipless tiles *…

Architecture, Decorations
ayasuji 綾筋 ✓

Also pronounced shimesuji 〆筋. The parallel chevron lines on the front or sides of a lion-mouth roof tile *…

Architecture, Decorations
daibutsuyō kibana 大仏様木鼻

Also daibutsuyōkei kibana 大仏様系木鼻. Lit. nosings in the daibutsu style. Incised nosings found on bracket…

Architecture, Decorations
daibutsuyō kurigata 大仏様繰形 ✓

Typical daibutsu style *daibutsuyō 大仏様, decorative carvings *…

Architecture, Decorations
dehana 出鼻

Also debana. A projecting part. An example is the coping that extend past the pillars on either side of a Shinto…

Architecture, Decorations
deirimayu 出入眉

Also called kujirimayu 抉眉, or shakurimayu 決眉. A type of carved molding, *…

Architecture, Decorations

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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