| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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| Kankaimon 歓会門 | The front gate of Shurijō 首里城 in Okinawa Prefecture. It was burned down during World War 2 and rebuilt in 1974. It is an… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| kanmuridana 冠棚 | ✓ | Also called kanmuridai 冠台 or kanmurishoku 冠卓.
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Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings |
| kanmurigawara 冠瓦 | Roof tiles stacked up on the ridge of a temple or castle roof. Also called *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| kanna 鉋 | A plane, used to shave away the surface of timber to get a smooth finish. In Japan, where most buildings in pre-Meiji… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| Kannon 観音 | Also Kanzeon 観世音, Kanjizai 観自在. The bodhisattva *bosatsu 菩薩 who personifies… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| kannonbiraki tobira 観音開扉 | ✓ | 1 A pair of swing doors *tobira 扉 designed to meet at the… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| kannondō 観音堂 | ✓ | A Buddhist temple hall dedicated to the Goddess of Mercy *Kannon 観音. Fukushima… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| kannuki 閂 | ✓ | A gate bar. A heavy piece of timber or iron used to affix a plank door to its structure. The kannuki is slipped… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kannyū 嵌入 | An inset or inlay technique. One example is the eyes in a wooden statue in which the shape of the eye is hollowed out and a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Kano-ha 狩野派 | A hereditary school of professional artists, patronized by military governments from the late Muromachi to the early Meiji… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kanpachiga 捍撥画 | A painting depicted on a plectrum guard kanpachi 捍溌, a sheet of leather attached to stringed instruments, such… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kanrin zu 寒林図 | Ch: hanlintu. Lit. pictures of a cold grove. A painting theme featuring a grove of leafless trees in a cold or… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kansen 鐶釧 | Decorative rings on the arms and legs of Buddhist images. The rings are carved from the same material as the image, or are… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| kansha 官社 | 1 Shrines which in the Nara and Heian periods received special government supported status. These shrines… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kanshiki 款識 | Correctly read kanshi かんし. Connoisseurship. Originally referred to engraved inscriptions on Chinese bronzes, but… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kanshinjiyō 観心寺様 | A composite style that includes a mixture of architectural elements from the daibutsu style *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kanshitsu 乾漆 | Also kanshitsuzō 乾漆像, kanshitsu-zukuri 乾漆造. Dry lacquer technique. A technique used to produce… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| kanshō 鑑賞 | Appreciation. To take intuitive pleasure in the total sense of form and expression of content of a work of art. Inherent in… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kanshoku 冠飾 | A general term for the ornamentation and style of Buddhist crowns *hōkan… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| kanshūjigata tōrō 勧修寺形灯籠 | A lantern style based on lanterns found in the Heian period Kanshūji or Kajūji 勧修寺 garden in Kyoto. It is low with a large,… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| kansubon 巻子本 | Also kansu 巻子, makimono 巻物 and kansō 巻装. A handscroll or horizontal scroll. A bound-… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kansuryō 監寺寮 | One of the administration offices within the priests' living quarters *kuri 庫裡,… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| kantai 冠帯 | Also kanzō 冠繪, tentai 天帯, hōzō 宝繪, tenkantai 天冠帯. The ornamental ribbons which… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| kantan otoko 邯鄲男 | Also kantan. Man from Kantan. A nō mask *nōmen 能面… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| kantō 間道 | Also written 広東, 漢島, 漢渡, and 閑島. A fine silk striped woven material, perhaps named after the Japanese pronunciation of… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| Kanzan Jittoku 寒山拾得 | ✓ | Ch: Hanshan Shide. Semi-legendary Tang dynasty, Zen 禅 (Ch: Chan) eccentrics who were frequently depicted in Chinese and… |
Art History, Painting |
| kanzashi 簪 | A stick type of hair ornament. It may be a single stick or fork-shaped stick. The handle end usually has decoration.… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| kanzōiro 萓草色 | A bright yellowish-orange color. Named after the yellow dye lily flower kanzō 萓草. Kanzō-iro dye was… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kaō 花押 | Also kakihan 書判, lit. written seal mark, or han 判. Specifically designed character representing or… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kappa 河童 | ✓ | Lit. river child. A supernatural water-sprite believed to inhabit Japan's lakes and rivers. The name kappa varies… |
Art History, Painting |
| kappazuri 合羽摺 | Also かっぱ摺 or kappaban かっぱ版; sometimes kōhan 孔版 or katagamizuri 型紙摺. A technique used to apply… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kappitsu 渇筆 | Ch: kebi. Lit. dry brush. Also kohitsu 枯筆 (withered brush) or sappitsu 擦筆 (rubbed brush). An ink… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kara-e mekiki 唐絵目利 | Lit. inspector mekiki 目利 of Chinese painting. The post of official art appraiser for the Tokugawa 徳川 shogunate… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kara-e 唐絵 | Although literally translated to mean Tang dynasty Chinese 'kara 唐' painting, its definition and usage changed with… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kara yakuimon 唐薬医門 | A richly decorated gate with bracket complexes *tokyō 斗きょう, placed on top… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| karabitsu 唐櫃 | A Chinese-style chest used to store clothes, arms, personal effects, sutra scrolls (in this case called kyōkarabitsu… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| karabori 空堀 | ✓ | A dry moat, usually with a V-shaped cross-section called *yagenbori 薬研堀. The… |
Architecture, Castles |
| karadake 唐竹 | Lit. Chinese bamboo. A common type of slender, long-jointed bamboo madake 真竹. It is often used to construct bamboo… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| karado 唐戸 | Either double plank doors *itakarado 板唐戸 in a single opening or paneled… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| karadomen 唐戸面 | ✓ | A molding found on the corners of pillars, sills, etc, often used on paneled doors such as *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| karagaki 唐垣 | Lit. Chinese fence. Also written 韓垣 meaning a Korean fence.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| karahafu gegyo 唐破風懸魚 | A type of bargeboard pendant *gegyo 懸魚 found on a Chinese style… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| karahafu 唐破風 | ✓ | An undulating bargeboard. The shape of a karahafu flows downward from the top center with convex-curves on each… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| karahafu torii 唐破風不鳥居 | ✓ | A unique Shinto gate *torii 鳥居 in Kyoto, called Itsukushima… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| karahanamon 唐花文 | ✓ | Lit. Chinese floral motif. Intricate foliage patterns transmitted from China to Japan. Karahanamon is a general… |
Art History, Painting |
| karaishiki 唐居敷 | ✓ | Also pronounced karaijiki. An abbreviationof kara-ishishiki 唐石敷.
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Architecture, General Terms |
| karajishi 唐獅子 | Ch: tang shizi. The Chinese lion. Representations of lions were produced by Chinese and then Japanese artists based… |
Art History, Painting | |
| karakami shōji 唐紙障子 | Also called *karakami 唐紙. A term used in the late 19th century for opaque… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| karakami 唐紙 | 1 Any paper imported from China. Although the terms karakami and *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| karakasadate 傘建て | A structural system found in small-scale, Edo period thatched farmhouses in the area of Shiga Prefecture north of Lake Biwa… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| karaki 唐木 | Also pronounced tōboku; also meiboku 銘木. Timber from the tropics including red sandalwood (rosewood… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| karako asobi 唐子遊 | ✓ | Ch: tangzi you. A painting subject of Chinese children at play. The theme has two types: in the first children play… |
Art History, Painting |
| karakusagawara 唐草瓦 | Lit. arabesque roof tile. Also *hanahiragawara 端平瓦.
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Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| karakusamon 唐草文 | ✓ | Lit. Chinese grass motif. Also called karakusa 唐草. Often used interchangeably with *… |
Art History, Painting |
| karametemon 搦手門 | Also karameteguchi 搦手口. Term used for the rear gate of a castle from the medieval period onward. Term used in… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| karamon 唐門 | ✓ | Also read karakado. A generic term for a gate with undulating bargeboards *… |
Architecture, Gates |
| karamono 唐物 | Lit. Chinese things. The term is especially common in *chanoyu 茶湯 to designate… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| karasu tobi 烏鳶 | Also written 烏飛び. |
Architecture, General Terms, Folk Dwellings | |
| karasudomari 烏止まり | ✓ | Lit. crow's perch. A widely used term for a range of elements used to decorate the ridge of the roof in vernacular houses *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| karasugami 烏紙 | Lit. crow paper. Very black paper used under straw mats *tatami 畳. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| karasuodori 烏踊り | Lit. crow dance. A widely used term for a range of elements used to decorate the ridge of the roof in thatched vernacular… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| karatsuyaki 唐津焼 | Karatsu 唐津 ware. A general name for the glazed, high-fired pottery made at kilns producing Korean style pottery grouped… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| karayō-no-niwa 唐様の庭 | Lit. Chinese style garden. A general and problematic term used to distinguish gardens with an exotic continental flavor from… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| kareike 枯池 | Lit. dry pond. A symbolic pond made with rocks, pebbles, and white sand instead of water. Along with the more common dry… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| karenagare 枯流 | ✓ | Lit. dry stream. A common garden element construction in dry landscape *karesansui… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| karesansui gogan 枯山水護岸 | Lit. dry landscape revetment. The technique of arranging stones to suggest the bank gogan 護岸 of a dry pond or… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| karesansui 枯山水 | ✓ | Lit. dry landscape. A common type of garden which suggests mountains and water using only stones, sand or gravel and,… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| karetaki 枯滝 | Lit. dry waterfall. A common technique in dry landscape *karesansui … |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| Kariba Myōjin 狩場明神 | Also called Kōya Myōjin 高野明神. An old hunter represented with a white dog or dogs or as a courtly figure in formal… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| kariden 仮殿 | Also karidono. A temporary shrine building to which a deity is transferred while the main sanctuary *… | Architecture, Shrines | |
| karigasumi 雁霞 | ✓ | A pattern used for muntins *kumiko 組子. It is thought to resemble… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| kariginu 狩衣 | Also written 猟衣, 雁衣. Lit. hunting silk. Often translated as hunting robe. Originally a long, loose informal jacket worn by… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| karikomi 刈込 | Lit. pruning. The term refers to the clipped hedge or clipped plants common in Japanese gardens. Karikomi is… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| karimata gegyo 雁股懸魚 | ✓ | Lit. double-headed-arrow gable pendant. A gable pendant *gegyo 懸魚 with a tip… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| Kariteimo 訶梨帝母 | The Japanese name of the Indian deity (Sk: Hariti), a protector of children who was the wife of Panchika. Her name was… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| kariyasu 苅安 | Also written 刈安. The name of a yellow dye, and the plant from which it is taken. Kariyasu is a tall grass… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Karura 迦楼羅 | 1 Garuda. see *hachibushū 八部衆.
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Art History, Sculpture | |
| karuraen 迦楼羅焔 | 1 Flames which emerge from the mouth of the supernatural bird *Karura… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| karyōbinga 迦陵頻伽 | Sk. kalavinka. Originally a sparrow-like bird that lived in the snowy mountains ofthe Himalaya range, reputed to possess a… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| kasa-ishi 笠石 | Coping stones. A finish on the tops of fences and stone walls to protect them from weathering. Also used on the tops of the… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| kasa-ita 笠板 | 1 A crowning board. Similar to the lid placed at the top of storage boxes for rain shutters *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kasa 笠 | Lit.umbrella. The part of a stone lantern ishidōrō 石灯籠 that acts as an umbrella over the fire box *… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| kasagawara 笠瓦 | Coping tiles. Tiles used to cover the top of a fence or wall to prevent weathering. The fences may be made of wood, bamboo… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| kasagi 笠木 | Also written 葢木 or 衡木; also *kabuki 冠木.
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Architecture, Shrines | |
| Kasamori Osen 笠森お仙 | A depiction of a famous beauty of the Meiwa 明和 era (1764-72). Until her marriage in 1771 at age 19, Osen お仙 was a… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kasan 仮山 | Lit. artificial mountain. Also read kazan, or kasansui 仮山水. A general term referring to an artificial… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| kasane izutsu 重井筒 | A pattern formed by interweaving the strokes ofthe character 井 'i ' meaning 'well'. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kasane-umadashi 重馬出 | Multiple barriers *umadashi 馬出, erected or naturally occurring… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| kasane 重ね | 1 The area where members such as siding boards shitami-ita 下見板 (see *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kasanezaka 重坂 | Also read kasanarizaka. A type of warrior run *mushabashiri… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| kasatōba 笠塔婆 | ✓ | Also called kasasotōba 笠卒都婆. A memorial or grave stone. The most common has a square shaft *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| Kasei bunka 化政文化 | The culture of the Bunka 文化 (1804-18) and Bunsei 文政 eras (1818-30), and by extension, that of the late Edo period as a whole… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| kasen-e 歌仙絵 | ✓ | Images of the so-called immortal poets kasen 歌仙, distinguished historical poets of waka 和歌 (Japanese 31… |
Art History, Painting |
| kashigidono 炊殿 | Also mikashigidono 御炊殿
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Architecture, Shrines | |
| kashii-zukuri 香椎造 | A style of building used for the sanctuary *honden 本殿, at a… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| kashima torii 鹿島鳥居 | ✓ | Shinmei type pillars *shinmei torii 神明鳥居,… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| kashirabori 頭彫 | Lit. head carving. The title of the master engraver and also of the engraving process by which the key block *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kashiranageshi 頭長押 | A horizontal, non-penetrating head beam nailed along the outside and inside of the top face of pillars. If the nails show,… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kashiranuki 頭貫 | ✓ | Horizontal head penetrating tie beams that are connected to the tops of pillars to make them secure. These tie beams may be… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| Kashiwagi 柏木 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "The Oak Tree" Kashiwagi, a type of oak, Quercus deutata, Chapter 36 of Genji… |
Art History, Painting |
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