| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| oriido-no-kagenoki 下り井戸の影の樹 | Lit. "spiral well with shade tree." A tree planted near a spiral well *oriido 下り井戸 so that it… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| oriido 下り井戸 | Lit. "descending well." A deep well. It is also called spiral well rasei 螺井, or snail well maimai ido… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| oriokigumi 折置組 | ✓ | Also orioki 折置. Method of assembly in a building's structural frame. A method of fixing a transverse beam *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| orizama 折狭間 | A loophole in a wall *oribei 折塀 that zigzags back and forth like a folding screen *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| ōsakado 大阪戸 | A plastered sliding door on a storehouse, kura 蔵. During the early 17th century they became heavy and thick,… |
Architecture, Storehouses | |
| oshi-e 押絵 | Fabric pictures. Representations of figures, birds, animals, flowers, landscapes or characters of a poem that are cut out of… |
Art History, Painting | |
| oshi-ita 押板 | 1 A low four-legged table used in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods in upper class priestly and lay… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| oshibuchi 押縁 | Lit. "pushing frame." The horizontal bars to which the vertical slats *tateko… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| oshidashibutsu 押出仏 | Also tsuichōbutsu 鎚ちょう仏. A repose relief depicting Buddhist deities (and the technique involved). Usually small,… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ōshukubai 鴬宿梅 | Lit. "the plum tree where the warbler dwells." A painting subject inspired by an episode in the 10th-century tale in … |
Art History, Painting | |
| osue 御末 | Also written 男末. |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| otabisho shinden 御旅所神殿 | Also *otabisho 御旅所. Otabi 御旅 (revered journey); sho 所 (space); shinden… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| otabisho 御旅所 | Also otabi-no-miya 御旅宮, otabi 御旅, tabisho 旅所, mikoshiyadori 神輿舎. |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| otafuku お多福 | Also okame おかめ, ofuku お福, otogoze 乙御前, and *sanpei… |
Art History, Painting | |
| otafukubishi 御多福菱 | A decorative diamond pattern created by a series of indented curved lines. Occasionally the pattern is used for mullions *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| ōtan 黄丹 | Also pronounced ōdan, ōni. A deep yellow color, produced by dyeing yellow gardenia *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| ōte 大手 | Also written 追手. |
Architecture, Castles | |
| ōtemon 大手門 | The front gate of a castle. Derive from *ōte 大手, the front of a castle or… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| Ōtenmon 応天門 | The red-painted front gate, 5 x 2 bays with three entrances that provided access from the south to enter the *… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| oto 乙 | Also otogoze 乙御前. A mask of a young woman, used in kyōgen 狂言 plays. Oto has a fat, dimpled face… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ōtobide 大飛出 | Also tobide 飛出. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing the God of… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| otogi zōshi 御伽草子 | Popular stories which flourished from the late Kamakura to the early Edo period. The name derives from an early 18th-century… |
Art History, Painting | |
| otoko masugami 男十寸髪 | Also masugami otoko 十寸髪男. Noh masks *nōmen 能面 of male… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| otokomen 男面 | Noh masks *nōmen 能面 representing men. These realistic portrayals… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Otome 乙女 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "Otome" ("The Maiden"), Chapter 21 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of Genji… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| ōtori-zukuri 大鳥造 | A simple style of main shrine building *honden 本殿, with gable roof *… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| otoshigake 落掛 | The lintel of the alcove *tokonoma 床の間, in a tea room or a window in a shoin style *… | Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| otoshikama 落鎌 | ✓ | Also called sagekama 下鎌. A commonly used half-blind, gooseneck tenon *kama… |
Architecture, Joints |
| Ōtsu-e 大津絵 | Also known as oiwake-e 追分絵, derived from place names on the outskirts of Ōtsu. Small paintings produced for… |
Art History, Painting | |
| ōtsugaki 大津垣 | Also called yarai 矢来, yaraigaki 矢来垣, chōsengaki 朝鮮垣, and chōsen yarai 朝鮮矢来… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ōtsushibari 大津縛 | An abbreviation of ki-ōtsushibari 黄大津縛. A yellow clay applied about 4-5 cm thick in order to hide and protect the… |
Architecture, Storehouses | |
| ottori 追取 | The handle of a tea scoop *chashaku 茶杓, used to prepare powdered green… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| oue 御上 | 1 The wife of a member of the upper classes and her living chambers. The term, used in the Muromachi period… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| ōya-ishi 大谷石 | Neocene quartz. A type of soft volcanic tuff that is rough, porous and easily worked. It is a light, bluish greenish brown… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| oyama-e おやま絵 | Also *yūjo-e 遊女絵. The term used in Osaka for pictures of… |
Art History, Painting | |
| ōyoroi 大鎧 | Lit. "big armor." The most formal type of armor for high-ranking samurai 侍, it was loose-fitting defensive… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| oyudono-ue 御湯殿上 | A room connected to the *oyudono 御湯殿 where utensils for the emperor's meals were kept.… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| oyudono 御湯殿 | 1 A north room in the western pent-roof structure *hisashi 廂… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| ōyuka 大床 | 1 The board-floor veranda at the top of the steps of a shrine building. The veranda at the bottom of the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ōyuya 大湯屋 | ✓ | Also called yuya 湯屋, yokushitsu 浴室, onshitsu 温室. A bathhouse. Traditionally, a separate… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
Displaying 301 - 340 of 340