| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| enogu 絵具 | Paint. Usually refers to an insoluble pigment *ganryō 顔料 or soluble dye… |
Art History, Painting | |
| enpaku 鉛白 | Also hakuen 白鉛, oshiroi 白粉, hafuni 白粉. White lead. A toxic white powder of basic lead carbonate (… |
Art History, Painting | |
| enpatsu 炎髪 | Also written 焔髪. Upstanding hair in the shape of flames. This accompanies an expression of anger *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ensaki chōzubachi 縁先手水鉢 | ✓ | Lit. end of the veranda water basin. A type of tall, cylindrical wash basin *… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| enseishukugata chōzubachi 円星宿形手水鉢 | Lit. round star type. A variety of *ensaki chōzubachi 縁先手水鉢, end of… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| enshūgaki 遠州垣 | Lit. Enshū gate. A type of projecting fence *sodegaki 袖垣 featuring upper… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| enshūgata tōrō 遠州形灯籠 | One type of lantern. Generally six-sided with an elongated canopy *kasa 笠 and… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| ensōdoko 円窓床 | ✓ | Also written 円相床; also marumadodoko 丸窓床. A circular window placed in the center of the rear wall of an alcove *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| ensōgaki 円窓垣 | Lit. circular window fence. A common type of projecting fence *sodegaki 袖垣… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ensōhishi sodegaki 円窓菱袖垣 | Lit. circular window lattice sleeve fence. A type of narrow screen fence *sodegaki… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ensōkō 円相光 | Also ensō kōhai 円相光背. A large circular halo *kōhai 光背 found on… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ensōzō 円相像 | A portrait which is drawn in a circular background. |
Art History, Painting | |
| ensumigi 縁隅木 | Lit. veranda corner rafter. Also called sumisasu 隅扠首. A brace placed under the outer corners of a… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| entan 鉛丹 | Red lead. A crimson red pigment *ganryō 顔料 produced from lead oxide Pb O… |
Art History, Painting | |
| entsunagi 縁繋 | Also written 椽繋. Short horizontal bearers that join the outer veranda posts *enzuka… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| enza 円座 | 1 A matting made of straw, rushes, sedge, or cattails woven in a spiral pattern that was used for bedding,… |
Architecture, Accessories | |
| enzanseki 遠山石 | Lit. distant mountain stone. The stone in an arrangement placed above or behind artificial mountains *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| enzuka 縁束 | ✓ | Also written entanbashira 縁短柱, also pronounced entsuka. Struts *tsuka… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| eriwa 襟輪 | ✓ | Also called iriwa 入輪. Lit. a collar ring. A collar tenon. It has a step-like piece called a collar, cut on each… |
Architecture, Joints |
| eriwadome 襟輪留 | Also called iriwadome 入輪留 or eridome 襟留. Lit. collar miter. An angle joint *… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| eshi 絵師 | Also written 画師. Also read ekaki. A painter or decorator, often a master painter. A term used especially to refer… |
Art History, Painting | |
| etoki 絵解 | A written or spoken explanation of *shaji engi-e 社寺縁起絵 (historical scenes… |
Art History, Painting | |
| etsuri 桟 | Also read san. Lit. hanging branches. 1 A sheathing made of boards and bamboo woven… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| etsuriana 桟孔 | The holes made in roofing lath to allow rope to be passed through and tied, thus making the lath secure. An example can be… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| etsuridake 桟竹 | Sometimes called *tarukidake 垂木竹: noboridake 昇竹 or sasudake… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| eya 絵屋 | A shop which produced and sold painting. Distinguished from fan shops ōgiya 扇屋 and screen shops shōjiya… |
Art History, Painting | |
| eyō hijiki 絵様肘木 | Bracket arms *hijiki 肘木, that are decorated with *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| eyō 絵様 | 1 A Nara and Heian periods term used to refer to any kind of design, which included a sketch for a statue… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| eyō kurigata 絵様繰形 | Also written 絵様刳形. Low relief carvings which use curved lines. The carvings are found, for example, on nosings *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| eyōjakuri 絵様决 | A low relief architectural decoration carved into beams *hari 梁, nosings… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| ezo-e 蝦夷絵 | The paintings of the Ainu アイヌ of Hokkaidō 北海道 and Sakhalin サハリン, focusing on their everyday activities and yearly… |
Art History, Painting | |
| ezōshi 絵草子 | Also written 絵双紙. An illustrated booklet published during the Edo period. These were short publications written in kana… |
Art History, Painting |
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