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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
ameyū 飴釉

A variation of *tenmokuyū 天目釉. A yellow-brown or liver-brown glaze…

Art History, Crafts
awataguchiyaki 粟田口焼

Awataguchi 粟田口 kiln. Also called awatayaki 粟田焼. A ceramic ware that was made in Awataguchi, at the foot of…

Art History, Crafts
aya 綾

A figured or diagonally-woven twill fabric.

1 The twill form, ayasoshiki 綾組織 or pattern of…

Art History, Crafts
hagiyaki 萩焼 ✓

Hagi ware. A general name for pottery made in the Matsumoto, 松本, area of western Hagi City, and in Nagato Fukawa, 長門深川, in…

Art History, Crafts
hanpi 半臂

Lit. half arm. A sleeveless short undergarment for aristocratic men. From the Nara through the early Heian periods, …

Art History, Crafts
heidatsu 平脱

Ch. Pingtuo. A technique in which thin sheets of metal are cut into decorative shapes and set in a lacquer base;…

Art History, Crafts
heishi 瓶子 Also heiji. A type of wine vessel with a long slim neck with narrow mouth and round bottom, or narrow mouth, round waist… Art History, Crafts
hidasukimon 火襷文 ✓

Fire-cord design. A decoration used on ceramics. While appearing accidental, this is a method created by the special…

Art History, Crafts

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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