| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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| arashikō ganna 荒仕工鉋 | A type of smoothing plane. The arashikō ganna is the first smoothing plane used on a piece of timber, planking… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| aratame-in 改印 | Also *kiwame-in 極印. The printed censor seals that appear on an *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| aratsuchi 荒土 | Lit. rough clay. Clay mixed with other materials (known as *susa すさ),… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| araumi-no-shōji 荒海障子 | Sliding screens *fusuma 襖, on which various images are painted including a… |
Art History, Painting | |
| ari 蟻 | Lit. dovetail shape. Also arigata 蟻形. The generic term for any part of a joint in a dovetail shape. The earliest… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| aridome 蟻留 | ✓ | A type of right angle, mitered, housed, and dovetail joint used mainly on flat timber as, for example, in the upper… |
Architecture, Joints |
| Aridōshi 蟻通 | A shrine in Izumi 和泉 Province, Osaka. Best known from a tale about the famous poet Ki no Tsurayuki 紀貫之 (ca. 868-945), who… |
Art History, Painting | |
| arigata aigakihozo 蟻形相欠ほぞ | Also arigata aihozo 蟻形相ほぞ. Dovetail halving. A type of half-lap dovetail joint *… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| arigoshi 蟻腰 | The name of one section of a tea scoop. It is the deep indentation at the back part of a bamboo tea scoop *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| arihozo 蟻ほぞ | ✓ | Lit. dovetail tenon. Also *arikake 蟻掛. A tenon shaped like a dove's tail with… |
Architecture, Joints |
| arikabe 蟻壁 | 1 A narrow horizontal strip of wall between a long, light, binding beam *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| arikake 蟻掛 | 1 A dovetail joint with the dovetail tenon cut at the butt end about half the depth of one beam. It then is… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| arikubi 蟻首 | Lit. dovetail neck.
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Architecture, Joints | |
| ariotoshi 蟻落 | Also called *arikake 蟻掛. |
Architecture, Joints | |
| aritsugi 蟻継 | ✓ | A dovetail joint used to attach the ends of two boards. The tenon *hozo ほぞ or… |
Architecture, Joints |
| arizuri 蟻吊 | Also written 蟻釣. A type of angled wood joint. A dovetail tenon *arihozo… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| asa-no-ha byōshibon 麻の葉表紙本 | A type of *ehon 絵本, a woodblock-printed picture book. Small books of… |
Art History, Painting | |
| asa-no-ha 麻の葉 | ✓ | A repeating six-sided geometric design that resembles the leaves of the hemp plant, asa 麻. The design has six… |
Art History, Painting |
| Asagao 朝顔 | A pictorial subject based on "The Morning Glory" Asagao, Chapter 20 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale… |
Art History, Painting | |
| asagaokugi 朝顔釘 | ✓ | Lit. morning glory nail. A two-pronged nail bent into a right angle for the purpose of hanging a flower vase. The nail… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| asagi-iro 浅葱色 | A color-name used in dyeing. A light blue color with a hint of green, made by adding yellow to a pale indigo dye *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| asakurajō 朝倉尉 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing an old man. The broad bone structure, direct… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| asao 麻紵 | Also written 麻緒, 麻苧, asahimo 麻紐, asa-ito 麻糸. Cord or thread made from hemp, asa 麻, and Chinese… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ashi 足 | Lit. leg or foot. Also 脚, read ashi or kyaku. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ashiage 足揚 | 1 A structure erected in the central open space, miyaa みやあ, of a settlement in Okinawa Prefecture… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| ashiagekura 足揚倉 | Also simply called *ashiage 足揚. A type of thatched storehouse set upon a… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ashiba 足場 | Scaffold or scaffolding. A temporary, elevated structure used to support workmen, tools, etc. when erecting a building.… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ashide 葦手 | Lit. reed-hand script. A decorative, pictorialized style of calligraphy, de 手, developed during the 9th century in… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Ashigarayama 足柄山 | A mountain in Kanagawa Prefecture associated with legends of *Yamauba 山姥 and *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| ashigatame 足固 | Also written 脚固, 足堅. Strong, horizontal ties which strengthen the posts beneath the floor of a timber building by… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ashihozo 足ほぞ | Lit. foot-tenon. A rectangular piece of wood that projects from the sole of a standing wooden statue and fits into a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ashimoto 足元 | 1 A general term for all structural members from the foundation *dodai… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ashimotogaki 足下垣 | Lit. footstep fence. A generic term for a fence made alongside a path. It is similar to the *… | Architecture, Gardens | |
| ashimotogawara 足元瓦 | Also called *hire 鰭 or *hiregawara… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| ashiwake 葦分け | Lit. split reed. A style of round-stone paving *tama-ishijiki 玉石敷 of the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Ashuku 阿閦 | Ashuku, also Ashiku. Immovable One (Sk: Aksobhya). The name of a Buddha today generally associated with Esoteric Buddhism… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Ashura 阿修羅 | Sk: Asura. Also abbreviated to shura 修羅. Among the Indo-Iranians, the term Asura Ashura in Avestan,… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Asuka jidai 飛鳥時代 | The Asuka period (538/552-645). So called because the capital of the new Yamato 大和 region was located in the Asuka district… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| atari 当り | 1 The part of an architectural element in which one member meets another. Different from a joint in that it… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| atenashi bokashi 当てなしぼかし | Lit. indeterminate shading. A type of *fuki bokashi 拭きぼかし, a… |
Art History, Painting | |
| ato-in 後印 | Lit. later seal. An artist's seal placed posthumously on a painting or calligraphy, sometimes by a well-meaning person… |
Art History, Painting | |
| atorakkan 後落款 | Lit. a later signature. A forged signature put on an unsigned painting or work of calligraphy in order to increase its… |
Art History, Painting | |
| atozuri 後摺 | Also read nochizuri. Woodblock prints *ukiyo-e 浮世絵, produced… |
Art History, Painting | |
| atsuhirabashira 厚平柱 | A type of rectangular pillar employed in the construction of a gate at a castle or dwelling. This pillar, front to back, is… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| atsuyō 厚様 | Also written 厚葉. A thick type of paper called *ganpishi 雁皮紙. Because both… |
Art History, Painting | |
| ausaka 合坂 | Also read aisaka. A type of warrior run *mushabashiri 武者走, where… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| awa-ishi 阿波石 | Lit. sea-foam stone. A type of blue stone *ao-ishi 青石, produced in modern… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| awaotoko 阿波男 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 of the basic emaciated *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| aware あわれ | The capacity to be moved deeply, an aesthetic ideal associated with Heian period literature and aristocratic values. An… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| awasejōgi 合せ定規 | A wooden measuring gauge *jōgi 定規, generally, 6-7 cm wide, 35-45 cm long, and 0.9… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| 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 | |
| awate-e あわて絵 | Multi-colored woodblock prints *nishiki-e 錦絵, depicting the… |
Art History, Painting | |
| aya 綾 | A figured or diagonally-woven twill fabric. |
Art History, Crafts | |
| ayakashi 怪士 | Also written 霊神, 網像, 危. Noh masks *nōmen 能面, representing a wraith or a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Ayakiri 綾切 | Also written 阿夜岐理 and called Aikirijo 愛嗜女. A dance piece in *bugaku 舞楽 and a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| 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 |
| azegi 校木 | ✓ | Also pronounced azeki. Chamfered logs used to build walls for storehouses *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| azehikinoko 畔挽鋸 | Lit. ridge cutting saw; from aze 畔 meaning a ridge between rice fields. An intermediate cutting saw. The … |
Architecture, Tools | |
| azekura 校倉 | ✓ | A storage facility constructed of logs *azegi 校木, cut in appropriate lengths to… |
Architecture, Storehouses |
| azuchi-umadashi 的山馬出 | Also written 安土馬出. A type of defensive gateway barrier *umadashi 馬出,… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| Azuma kudari 東下り | ✓ | Lit. going down to the East. In the pre-Edo periods, traveling from the capital city of Kyoto toward the Eastern provinces… |
Art History, Painting |
| azuma nishiki-e 東錦絵 | Also written 吾妻錦絵, *nishiki-e 錦絵, azuma-e 東絵, *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Azumaya 東屋 | ✓ | Lit. Eastern cottage. A pictorial subject based on "The Eastern Cottage" Azumaya, Chapter 50 of Genji… |
Art History, Painting |
| Azusayumi 梓弓 | Lit. azusa bow. The azusa 梓 tree is a kind of birch. The phrase serves as a pillow-word, makurakotoba… |
Art History, Painting | |
| naga-ita 長板 | Lit. "a long board."
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Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| naga-itabuki 長板葺 | 1 An early term for long boards used on roofs. Records dating from the 8th century first used the terms… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nagakikkō 長亀甲 | An elongated hexagon or a decorative pattern consisting of a series of elongated hexagon shapes. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| nagamarugawara 長丸瓦 | Longer than standard semi-cylindrical roof tiles used as coping tiles *kasagawara… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| nagare 流 | Lit. "flowing." |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nagare-zukuri 流造 | ✓ | Also nagare hafu-zukuri 流破風造. A widely used style of main sanctuary *… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| nagarehozo 流ほぞ | ✓ | A sloped tenon, which is cut into the end of a beam. The top of the tenon is flush with the top surface of the beam. The… |
Architecture, Joints |
| Nagasaki-ha 長崎派 | A term used to group a number of artists and artistic styles associated with the city of Nagasaki 長崎 from the 17th through… |
Art History, Painting | |
| nagasaki hanga 長崎版画 | Also called nagasaki-e 長崎絵 or Nagasaki prints. Woodblock prints made in the port city of Nagasaki during the Edo… |
Art History, Painting | |
| nagashi 流し | 1 A sink used for washing food before its preparation, for washing utensils after a meal, or for washing… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| nagate 長手 | The long side of a timber, or a timber placed in a lengthwise direction. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nagatoko 長床 | A room at Kumano Jinja 熊野神社, in Fukushima Prefecture, which is similar to a worshipper's hall *… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| nagaya 長屋 | Longhouse, or row house. A house with a long ridge. Also indicates a house with a number of residences connected under a… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nagayamono 長屋物 | The smallest of three standard sizes of roof tiles yanegawara 屋根瓦, used during the 17th-19th century. The… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| Nageiredō 投入堂 | ✓ | Also once known as Zaōdō 蔵王堂. The Nageiredō is a small building, constructed in the overhang style kake-zukuri 懸造,… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| nagekakebari 投掛梁 | ✓ | A transverse beam *hari 梁 made in two sections and coupled by a stub-tenon-… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| nageshi 長押 | ✓ | Non-penetrating tie beams that are made to fit around pillars *hashira 柱 of… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| nageshibiki 長押挽 | A long rectangular beam cut along a diagonal cross-section and used as a non-penetrating tie *nageshi… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nagimayu 薙眉 | Also called naginata mayu 薙刀眉 or 長刀眉. A type of carved molding *kurigata… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| naginatazori 長刀反 | A sudden strong, upward curve at the corner ends of eaves. Especially characteristic of the Zen style *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| naidō 内堂 | Buddhist priests' living quarters. Higher-ranking priests had two rooms one behind the other. The inner room was called the… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| naiheki 内壁 | 1 An interior wall partition. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| naijimon 内侍門 | Also read naishimon. Traditionally, the timbergate through which virgin attendants entered a shrine. Structurally,… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| naijin 内陣 | ✓ | The inner sanctum located in the main halls *kondō 金堂 or *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| naijinbashira 内陣柱 | ✓ | Also called moyabashira 母屋柱; irikawabashira入側柱. The pillars placed on the boundary between, or slightly… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| naijō 内城 | The innermost compound *kuruwa 郭 of a castle. Sometimes called *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| naiku 内区 | ✓ | The inner section of the pendant *gatō 瓦当, attached to a semi-… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| Naikūgen torii 内宮源鳥居 | Small entrance-gates at Yoshida Jinja 吉田神社 in Kyoto. They are located in front of two small shrines behind the octagonal… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| nainaijin 内内陣 | 1 A miniature shrine within the sanctuary of a Shinto shrine. |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| naka-ita 中板 | A board which is inserted between the host's mat *temaedatami 点前畳 and the… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| naka-no-kuchi 中の口 | 1 A semi-formal entrance to Honmaru Goten 本丸御殿, the main palace in Edo-jō 江戸城. It was situated at the east… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Naka-no-Mibumon 中の壬生門 | According to the Shokunihongi 続日本紀, a gate leading to the waiting area for all officials, chōshūden… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| naka-no-to 中の戸 | 1 A generic term for a door connecting two areas of a structure.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| nakabachi-no-tsukubai 中鉢の蹲踞 | A garden wash-basin set characterized by the use of gravel surrounding it. The gravel allows the water from hand washing to… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| nakabashira 中柱 | 1 Also *daimebashira 台目柱. A small pillar which stands at… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings | |
| nakado 中戸 | ✓ | A pair of sliding doors *hikichigai 引違, separating the front… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
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