| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| ganro 丸炉 | Also called *ganro-no-seki 丸炉席. A cylindrical iron stove used in a tea… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| ganryō 顔料 | 1 Pigment. Powdered colors used in oriental painting. Insoluble in water and most other liquid media.… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gansaku 贋作 | A fake or forgery. To produce a likeness of another painting with intent to deceive. Generally the forger is careful to use… |
Art History, Painting | |
| ganwaridoko 龕破床 | Also called ganaidoko, gangōdoko 龕合床. An alcove with the floor board the same height as the matted room, a… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| ganzō 龕像 | Images carved in a niche. In a broad sense the term refers to the Buddhist images of high relief carved into the rock walls… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| garan haichi 伽藍配置 | ✓ | The arrangement of buildings within the precinct of a Buddhist temple constructed between the late 7th century to 12th… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| garan-ishi 伽藍石 | Also garanseki 伽藍石. Lit. temple stone. A base stone from a ruined temple used as a stepping stone *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| garan 伽藍 | An abbreviated form of sōgya ranma 僧伽欄摩 (Sk: samgha arama). Lit. A garden for monks. Also rendered as sōen… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| garasu-e ガラス絵 | Glass painting. Oil or thick pigments are mixed with glue and applied to the reverse sides of glass plates, to be viewed… |
Art History, Painting | |
| garon 画論 | Ch: hualun. Discourses on Painting. Writings on painting theory, criticism, principles or classification, also including… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gasan 画賛 | A kind of poetic inscription, added to a blank area above or next to a completed painting. Typically, this inscription gives… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Gasen 画筌 | Net of Paintings, an early 18th-century introductory text on the study of painting by Hayashi Moriatsu 林守篤 (fl. early 18th… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gasenshi 画仙紙 | Also written 画箋紙 or abbreviated to gasen, written 画箋, 画牋, or 雅宣. A paper of Chinese origin, xuanzhi (Jp:… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gasō 画僧 | Monks who produced paintings of Buddhist subjects to accumulate religious or spiritual merit. Gasō refers to those… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Gasoku 画則 | Principles of Painting. A mid-18th-century five-volume treatise on painting by Sakurai Sekkan 桜井雪館 (1715-90). An ally of the… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gasshō 合掌 | 1 The triangular frame created by joining a pair of cruck-like members *… |
Architecture, General Terms, Art History, Sculpture | |
| gasshō-zukuri 合掌造 | ✓ | A distinctive style of farmhouse nōka 農家 which evolved in the Edo period in the Shirakawa 白川 and Shōkawa 荘川 areas… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| gasshōhire 合掌鰭 | Also oigata 笈形, *taiheibire 大瓶鰭. Lit. principal-rafter fins. A… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| Gatan keiroku 画譚鶏肋 | Lit. Worthless Discussion of Painting. A late 18th-century three-volume treatise on painting by sinophile, Southern… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| gatō mon'yō 瓦当文様 | ✓ | Patterns, motifs, designs applied to the circular antefixes *gatō 瓦当 on semi… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| gatō 瓦当 | ✓ | 1 Eave-end tiles with a circular or semi-circular ornamental pendant. Gatō were brought to Japan… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| gawageta 側桁 | Also pronounced kawageta. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gawakabe 側壁 | Also read sokuheki or kawakabe. The exterior wall of a building. An outside wall or end wall. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gedai 外題 | Also hyōdai 表題. The title daimoku 題目 of a literary work or painting. It is written on the outer cover of a… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gedan 下段 | Lit. low step. The lowest level of floor space in a formal *shoin 書院 style room… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| gedō 外堂 | Lit. outer hall. The outer part of a two part structure called the *sōdō 僧堂… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gegyo 懸魚 | ✓ | Also gegyo 掛魚 (Ch: guayu); formerly also pronounced kengyo. Gable pendant, lit. hanging fish.… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| gejin 外陣 | 1 In shrine architecture, the main hall *honden 本殿 is divided… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gejōseki 下乗席 | Lit. dismounting stone. A type of keystone *yakui-shi 役石, stepped on when… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gekan 下間 | Lit. lower space. It is a room adjoining the main rooms of the priests' quarters in a Zen temple. It is located near the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| geki 戟 | Also hoko 鉾. A weapon, found as an attribute of fearsome Buddhist figures such as *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Gekkamon 月華門 | 1 A gate in the corridor connecting the two halls Kyōshoden 校書殿 and Anpukuden 安福殿 in the Imperial Palace at… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| Gekkōden 月光殿 | A guest hall at Gokokuji 護国寺 in Tokyo. It is a large single storied structure of 7 x 6 bays, and has a hip-and gable roof *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| Gen Shiryō 厳子陵 | Ch: Yan Ziling. A scholar-recluse of the later Han period, who was a childhood friend of Emperor Guangwu (Jp: Kōbu 光武, AD 4-… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Genji-e 源氏絵 | Pictorial representations whose subject matter comes from Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of Genji). Either a… |
Art History, Painting | |
| genjibei 源氏塀 | ✓ | Genji 源氏 fence is a board fence with posts set at intervals and a base runner set between the foundation stones of the posts… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| genjikō-no-zu 源氏香の図 | Also kō-no-zu 香の図. A geometrical design pattern originally symbolizing combinations of incense fragrances. The… |
Art History, Painting | |
| genjō mosha 現状模写 | Also called hakuraku utsushi 剥落写し. Lit. a copy of the exfoliated state of a painting. An exact copy of the present-… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Genjō 玄奘 | Ch: Xuanzhuang/Xuanzang (600/2-664). A Chinese monk of the Tang Dynasty and the founder of the Hossō sect (see *… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Genjōraku 還城楽 | Return to the castle dance, Alternative names: Genkyōraku 環京楽 (Return to Capital Dance), Genjōraku 還成楽 (Return of One of… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| genkaibashi 厳海橋 | Lit. Genkai bridge. A type of bridge used to span deep garden streams or ravines. It is constructed with a triangular timber… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| genkan chūmon 玄関中門 | A structure with a gable roof *kirizuma-zukuri 切妻造, projecting from the… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| genkan 玄関 | 1 The entrance gallery or porch used in the guest hall *kyakuden… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gennō 玄能 | A type of hammer with an iron head and an oak handle. The gennō is used to strike a chisel or plane, or to… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| genpitsu 減筆 | Ch: jianbi. Often genpitsubyō 減筆描. Also ryakuhitsu 略筆. Lit. abbreviated brush drawing. An… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Genroku bunka 元禄文化 | Lit. Genroku culture. The middle Edo period *Edo jidai 江戸時代 chūki 中期… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| Gensō 玄宗 | Also known as Minghuang (Jp: Meikō 明皇). Ch: Xuanzong (685-762). The sixth emperor of the Tang dynasty, well-known for his… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gensōdoko 原叟床 | A style of alcove *tokonoma 床の間, attributed to Kakukasai Sōsa 覚々斎宗左… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| gentanryū teien 玄丹流庭園 | Lit. Gentan lineage garden. A style of late Edo period garden in the Izumo 出雲 district, Shimane Prefecture, associated with… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| Genzu mandara 現図曼荼羅 | Genzu mandala. A version of the *Taizōkai mandara 胎蔵界曼荼羅 that is… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| geshō 牙象 | 1 Also gejō. A type of molding *kurigata 繰形. The… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| geya kōzō 下屋構造 | A structural system characterized by the creation of a peripheral zone *geya 下屋… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| geya 下屋 | Lit. lower house. Also pronounced shitaya or shimoya. Also written 下家. Also referred to as *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| geya-zukuri 下屋造 | A form of construction characterized by the use of a strut *tsuka 束 standing… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| geyabari 下屋梁 | A beam that spans the peripheral structural zone *geya 下屋, created by extending… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| geyabashira 下屋柱 | The posts along the outside of the peripheral zone *geya 下屋 created by extending… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| geyageta 下屋桁 | Also called hon'yageta 本屋桁. The eaves plate or purlin supported by the *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| gezadoko-no-seki 下座床の席 | A tearoom with a decorative alcove *tokonoma 床の間 placed behind the host's mat… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| gezadoko 下座床 | Lit. lower seat alcove. An alcove *tokonoma 床の間, positioned behind the host's… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| giboshi kōran 擬宝珠高欄 | A railing *kōran 高欄, with newel posts, oyabashira 親柱, topped with an… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| giboshi 擬宝珠 | ✓ | Also pronounced gibōshi, giboju, gibōshu, goboshu. A decoration in the shape of the… |
Architecture, General Terms, Decorations |
| giga 戯画 | Humorous or satiric paintings, or sketches or drawings done in fun. Typically, giga have human and animal figures… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gigaku 伎楽 | Also kuregaku 呉楽. Now-lost ancient masked theatrical performances given at temples from the 7th to 9th century.… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| gigakumen 伎楽面 | Masks worn for performances of *gigaku 伎楽, now-lost temple processions and… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Gigeiten 技芸天 | Goddess of the Arts. A minor Buddhist deity revered in Japan as patroness of the arts. According to the Gigei tennyo… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| giki 儀軌 | Sk: kalpa. Regulations prescribing Esoteric Buddhist mikkyō 密教 ceremonies, incantations and services, and the… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| ginbutsu 銀仏 | Silver Buddha. Bronze was the most frequent metal used in the production of Buddhist statues. Where silver was used instead… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ginkakujigata chōzubachi 銀閣寺形手水鉢 | ✓ | Lit. Ginkakuji type. One kind of water basin *chōzubachi 手水鉢, based on the… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| Gion matsuri 祇園祭 | An annual festival at Yasaka Jinja 八坂神社 and surrounding area of Kyoto, and a popular subject of Japanese genre painting *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gion-zukuri 祇園造 | Also called *yasaka-zukuri 八坂造. The style of the main shrine building *… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| gishi 祇支 | Also sōgishi 僧祇支 (Sk: Sankaksika). A robe worn by Buddhist priests under the *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Gishūmon 宜秋門 | ✓ | Also called Kugyōmon 公卿門 or Karagomon 唐御門. A 4-legged gate *… |
Architecture, Gates |
| gō-ita 格板 | Also called *ura-ita 裏板. The panel used to fill the space made by the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gobō 御坊 | 1 Also *betsuin 別院. A branch temple. |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gobōzumi 牛蒡積 | Burdock masonry. A construction technique used to lay the stones in a dry stone wall *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| gobu shinkan 五部心観 | A collection of iconographical line drawings *hakubyō 白描 in handscroll form… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| gōbuchi 格縁 | The wooden ribs or coffers laid in a criss-cross pattern to form a coffered ceiling *gō… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gobutsudō 五仏堂 | An Esoteric Buddhist hall dedicated to the central Buddha of the Shingon 真言 sect, *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gochi hōkan 五智宝冠 | Also gobutsukan 五仏冠, gobutsu hōkan 五仏宝冠, gochi nyoraikan 五智如来冠, gohō tenkan 五宝天冠. A… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| gochi nyorai 五智如来 | Lit. Five Wisdom *nyorai 如来 (Sk: Tathagatas); this refers to the Five Buddhas… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| gochidō 五智堂 | Also called shinmendō 真面堂. A very small open building 1 x 1 bay (2.49 m) with a large central pillar to which are… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| Godai Myōō 五大明王 | Also sometimes called godaison 五大尊. Lit. five great *myōō 明王. Myōō… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| godaidō 五大堂 | ✓ | A hall dedicated to the five guardian kings, also called the five renowned deities *Godai… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| godairiki bosatsu 五大力菩薩 | Lit. five great bodhisattvas of strength. Also godairikiku 五大力吼 (five roars of great strength) or godairikison… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| gofun chirashi 胡粉散らし | The technique of scattering drops of shell white *gofun 胡粉 onto a finished… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gofun 胡粉 | 1 A white pigment *ganryō 顔料, used in Japan from the Muromachi… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gofunzuri 胡粉摺 | The white pigment used for the white face powder of figures in a woodblock print *ukiyo-… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gogyōseki 五行石 | Lit. five elements of stones. A name for the five types of functional and decorative stones *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gogyōsetsu 五行説 | Lit. theory of five elements. A basic principle of Chinese geomancy and cosmology adapted in Japanese garden design. The… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gohyaku rakan 五百羅漢 | Ch: wubai luohan. Five hundred arhats *rakan 羅漢, a Buddhist art subject… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Gojo 呉女 | Maid of (the country of) Wu 呉. The only female mask in the *gigaku 伎楽 repertory… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| gojū-no-tō 五重塔 | ✓ | A five-storied pagoda usually 3 x 3 bays square with the central bays used as entrances. The corner bays most often contain… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| gokakumasu 五角桝 | ✓ | Lit. a five cornered measuring box. A method used to determine the proportions of a bracket arm *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| gōkan 合巻 | Lit. combining volumes. Long, complicated revenge stories which required two, three, or up to ten booklets, that were sewn… |
Art History, Painting | |
| goken-sanko 五間三戸 | Any gate five bays wide of which the three center ones are usually entrances. Often, there is only one opening for passage… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gokenmon 五間門 | ✓ | A five-bay gate. A five-bay, three-opening gate is called *goken-sanko 五間三戸… |
Architecture, Gates |
| gokō 後光 | Also written 御光. Aureole. The light emitted from the Buddha. Often expressed as a halo *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Gokō 呉公 | Lit. Man of (the country of) Wu 呉, a gigaku mask *gigakumen 伎楽面,… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| gokōshii Amida 五劫思惟阿弥陀 | Also read gokōshiyui Amida. Lit. *Amida 阿弥陀 Meditating for Five Kalpas, a kalpa… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| gokosho 五鈷杵 | A short club with five prongs at each end, usually made of gilt bronze. The central grip is encircled by demons' eyes … |
Art History, Sculpture |
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