| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| wariguri-ishi 割栗石 | Also called wariguri 割栗, kuri-ishi 栗石 or guri ぐり (lit. "stones crushed like chestnuts"). Rock… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| warihada 割肌 | The surface of a member that was split vertically by pounding in a wedge *kusabi… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| warihagi 割矧 | A sculpture technique used to carve a large hollow space *uchiguri… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| warihaiden 割拝殿 | ✓ | Lit. "divided worship hall." A long structure under a single roof divided in the center by a passageway *… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| warikebiki 割毛引 | Lit. "splitting gauge." The splitting gauge is used to mark thin pieces of wood along the grain so that it can be broken… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| warikubi 割首 | A wood statue technique used to join the head and body at the neck. The head and body of a Buddha statue are carved from a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| warikusabi 割楔 | 1 An extremely strong joint that uses a blind wedge-split tenon warikusabi hozo 割楔ほぞ to join two… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| warima 割間 | The interval between the vertical slats *tateko 竪子 and horizontal… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| washi 和紙 | Handmade Japanese paper made from long natural fibers. Most commonly used fibers include mulberry kōzo 楮 (see *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| washibana akujō 鷲鼻悪尉 | Eagle-nosed fierce old man. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面, representing a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| wata-ita 綿板 | Also called *ireko-ita 入子板. A board that connects the rails and crosspieces… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| watabana 綿花 | Also written 綿鼻. A molding *kurigata 繰形 in the shape of a silk-… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| watari yagura 渡櫓 | ✓ | 1 A connecting gallery or tower inside a square compound *masugata… |
Architecture, Castles |
| watariago 渡腮 | Also called *agokaki 腮欠, agokake 腮掛. A cogged right-angled joint… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| wayō 和様 | 1 Lit. "Japanese style architecture." The architectural techniques and styles introduced from China during… |
Architecture, General Terms, Art History | |
| wayō hijiki 和様肘木 | ✓ | A bracket arm *hijiki 肘木 that is characterized by curved surfaces on the… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| wayō kōran 和様高欄 | ✓ | A railing in the wayō style *wayō 和様. The horizontal… |
Architecture, General Terms |
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