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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.
1 A writing and service room for servants responsible for household chores in either…

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.
A palanquin-like…

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.
The front of a castle or fortification. Contrast with karamete 搦手 (the rear of a castle…

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

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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