| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| chōdai-no-ma 帳台の間 | A small enclosed room in a large *shoin 書院 style structure built in the… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| chōdai 帳台 | 1 A curtained sleeping platform used by those of highest rank in shinden style *… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| chōdaigamae 帳台構え | 1 A built-in ornamental doorway found in the raised area *jōdan… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| chōdōin 朝堂院 | In ancient Japan, a complex of buildings within the Imperial Palace used for affairs of State, enthronement ceremonies, and… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| chōgan 彫眼 | Eyes carved directly into the surface of a wooden sculpture. This method was in general use until the late Heian period when… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chōji 丁子 | Also written 丁字. A deep yellow, dull orange, or tan colored aromatic dye senryō 染料 made from the flowers or… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chōjikuzushi 丁字崩 | A decorative, geometric pattern based on the character 丁 chō that is found on transoms *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chōjō 長城 | Also termed chōrui 長塁, bōrui 防塁. A long defensive fortification consisting of a continuous, extended… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| chōjōfuku 長条幅 | 1 A hanging scroll *kakemono 掛物 that is vertically oriented… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chōjūza 鳥獣座 | Also kinjūza 禽獣座 and jūza 獣座. A pedestal or throne for a Buddhist image in the form of a bird or a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chōka 鳥窠 | Ch: Niaoke. Lit. bird's nest. A painting subject depicting the Tang dynasty eccentric priest Dōrin 道林 (Ch: Daolin), also… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chōkan zuhō 鳥瞰図法 | A bird's-eye view. Also fukan zuhō 俯瞰図法 (view from above). One type of perspective popular in Japanese… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chōketsue 長袂衣 | Also pronounced chōketsui. A garment with long sleeves. Seen, for example, on images of *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chōkin 彫金 | Chasing. Carving patterns or letters with a chisel on metal work. A common technique is nanako-uchi 魚々子打 (fish-roe… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| chōkō-zu 蝶幸図 | Ch: diexingtu. Lit. Picture of the Butterfly of Happiness, or Picture of the Butterfly and the Emperor's Visit. A… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chōkoku ranma 彫刻欄間 | ✓ | Lit. carved transom. A decorative frieze consisting of carved panels fixed above the head of a door. Transom designs include… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| choku'uchi 直打 | The method of arranging stepping stones *tobi-ishi 飛石 in a straight line. If… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chokuhitsu 直筆 | A painting and calligraphy technique where the brush is held perpendicular to the paper so that just the tip is used to… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chokusen yane 直線屋根 | Lit. straight line roof. Roofs without any curved surfaces. A hip roof *yosemune… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| chokushiden 勅使殿 | ✓ | The chokushiden is the place where an envoy, chokushi 勅使, stays when he is sent to a shrine to offer… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| chokushimon 勅使門 | A gate originally used only by the Emperor. Primarily found at Buddhist temples, it is usually a four-legged gate *… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| chōna 釿 | ✓ | An adze. Also written 手斧. A carpenters' tool with a curved handle fitted with a blade. It is used for rough finishing of… |
Architecture, Tools |
| chōna-zukuri 釿造り | A method of construction that employed long substantial beams called *chōnabari… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| chōnabari 釿梁 | ✓ | Transverse roof beams that span the distance from the center posts of a vernacular house with a thatched roof to the *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| chōnaguri 釿栗 | Cutting decorative patterns with an adze *chōna 釿 on chestnut wood … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| chōnahajime 釿始 | Also written 釿初, 手斧初. Also called kozukuri hajime 木造り始め or onohajime 斧始め. A carpenter's ceremony performed… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| chōnamekezuri 釿目削 | ✓ | Also called chōnahatsuri 釿斫. A decorative pattern carved into the visible surface of a timber using an adze *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| chōren 頂蓮 | Also kairen 開蓮. A lotus flower found on the head of a *Fudō Myōō … |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chōsenshiki yamajiro 朝鮮式山城 | Lit. Korean type mountain castle. A general term for castle structures in Japan that resemble those in ancient Korea.… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| choshi 楮紙 | Also read kōzogami and kajigami 梶紙. Formerly called kokushi 穀紙 during the Heian period. Paper… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chōshitsu 彫漆 | Carved lacquer. A generic term used for many carved lacquer techniques where layers of lacquer are applied to a thickness of… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| chōshizenshugi 超自然主義 | Lit. hyper-naturalism. The idea of basing a garden, or a single element in it, on nature, but exaggerating the natural… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| Chotō 猪頭 | Ch: Zhutou. A painting subject depicting the Northern Song dynasty eccentric priest Zhimeng (J: Shimō 志蒙). He was known… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chōyō・taigetsu 朝陽・対月 | ✓ | Ch: chaoyang duiyue. A Zen painting subject depicting a priest sewing in the morning sun (Jp: chōyō … |
Art History, Painting |
| chōzu-ishi 手水石 | Lit. hand-washing stone. One of the seven trump stones *nanatsu-ishi 七つ石… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chōzubachi 手水鉢 | Lit. hand water bowl. A water basin used to rinse the hands or as a decorative element in gardens. Usually made of stone,… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| chōzuya 手水舎 | Also written 手水屋. Also called suibansha 水盤舎 or temizuya 手水舎. Shrine or temple building for cleaning hands… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| chūban 中判 | Lit. medium-size format. A size of *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 print. The term chūban… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chūberi 中縁 | A part of the mounting of a hanging scroll *kakemono 掛物. The chūberi… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chūbō 中房 | The central, circular part of a round, eave-end, pendant tile *gatō 瓦当… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| chūdai 中台 | The middle base of a lantern *tōrō 灯籠 upon which rests the flame holder and… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| chūdan 中段 | Middle area. In upper class residences especially from the Momoyama period and through the Edo period, seating was… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| chūden 中殿 | The space *ai-no-ma 相の間 between the sanctuary *… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| chūdō 中堂 | Lit. central hall. A hall situated between two Buddhist halls or a hall with corridors attached on either side. The most… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| chūhon 中本 | Lit. a middle-size book. A woodblock printed book, popular during the Edo period, which is one-half the size of a … |
Art History, Painting | |
| chūjin 中陣 | A term used in shrine architecture: a middle area between the *honden 本殿, *… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| chūjō 中将 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 supposedly intended to represent the 9th-century poet and… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chūkin 鋳金 | Metal casting. A technique used in metalwork to produce vessels or sculptures by melting down metal and pouring it into a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chūkondō 中金堂 | Lit. middle golden hall. An image hall *kondō 金堂 located at the center of… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| chūmon 中門 | 1 Middle gate. The second or inner gate on the north-south axis of a temple compound in the ancient period… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| chūmon-zukuri 中門造り | A type of vernacular house *minka 民家, characterized by one or more wings or… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| chūmonrō 中門廊 | 1 A Heian-period corridor intersected by gates. In the most elaborate Heian-period shinden style… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| chūnikai 中二階 | ✓ | A term for a loft or attic occupying the roof space of a vernacular house *minka… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| chūsei kenchiku 中世建築 | Lit. medieval architecture. Temple and shrine buildings erected during the Kamakura, Nanbokuchō, and Muromachi periods when… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| chūshikō ganna 中仕工鉋 | A smoothing plane, used to further smooth the surface of timber after the general roughing plane *… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| chūshin kazari 中心飾 | Also tenjō chūshinkazari 天井中心飾. Lit. center flower. 1 A group of decorative patterns in… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| Chūshingura 忠臣蔵 | A pictorial subject matter taken from The Treasury of Loyal Retainers Chūshingura, an epic and well-loved story of… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chūshinseki 中心石 | Lit. center stone(s). A single stone or stone arrangement *ishigumi 石組,… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| chūson 中尊 | Also chūdai-no-son 中台の尊. The principal statue in a group of Buddhist statues. The central image in a triad or group… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chūtō 柱頭 | A synonym for the large bearing block *daito 大斗 placed on the tops of pillars… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| chūzō 鋳造 | Also imono 鋳物. Casting. A technique used to make cast sculptural forms. The base material was heated… |
Art History, Sculpture |
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