| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| numazugaki 沼津垣 | ✓ | Also called ajirogaki 網代垣 or ajiro takegaki 網代竹垣. A type of wickerwork fence, especially popular in… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| nune torii 奴禰鳥居 | An ornamental type of *myōjin torii 明神鳥居, or gate-like entrance a Shinto… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| nuno-ishi 布石 | 1 Also called *nunokiso 布基礎. One meter long rectangular base… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Nunobiki-no-taki 布引の滝 | Lit. "cloth-pulling waterfalls." A series of waterfalls at the head of the Ikuta 生田 River in Hyōgo Prefecture. In ancient… |
Art History, Painting | |
| nunojiki 布敷 | Lit. "fabric paving." Pavement formed by square or rectangular stones laid so that a little space is allowed around each.… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| nunokiso 布基礎 | ✓ | Also called renzoku kiso 連続基礎. A type of direct footing that runs diagonally across corners and attaches to the… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| nunome-gawara 布目瓦 | A generic term for the textured impression found on the underside of a roof tile. The impression is left by the cloth placed… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| nunomeato 布目痕 | The traces left by the pressure of a cloth on a clay surface. The character 痕 ato or kon means a mark left… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nunomezuri 布目摺 | The woodblock print *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 technique of blind or gauffrage… |
Art History, Painting | |
| nunozuki 布築 | Lit. "cloth construction." Ashlar construction. Also termed nunozumi 布積 (cloth piling). A technique used in dry… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| nure-en 濡縁 | Lit. "wet veranda." Also called *ochi-en 落縁, kirime-en 切目縁. A… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nuresagigata tōrō 濡鷺形灯籠 | Lit. "wet-heron type." A lantern with six uniform sides and a long, thick bell-shaped canopy without… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| nurigamachi 塗框 | Also pronounced nurikamachi. The lacquered rails or finishing strips used for the framework of sliding screens *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| nurigome 塗篭 | 1 A sleeping space used by the master and mistress of the house, enclosed with solid plaster walls, usually… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| nurigome-zukuri 塗篭造 | A generic term for the process used to build a fire-resistent wall. Typically the wooden structural frame is entirely… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nurigōshi 塗格子 | ✓ | Windows made with plaster-covered lattice, commonly used in merchants' houses *machiya… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| nurimawashidoko 塗廻床 | ✓ | Also written 塗回床. An alcove *tokonoma 床の間, with three sides and the wall… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| nurishiro 塗代 | Also nuriatsu 塗厚. Depth of plastering. The ratio between the thickness from the first rough coat applied to the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nuriya tenjō 塗屋天井 | A ceiling of the *sunoko 簀子 type made from bamboo stalks lashed… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| nuriya 塗屋 | Also written 塗り屋, 塗家. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nuriya-zukuri 塗屋造 | An alternative term for *ōkabe-zukuri 大壁造. The fireproofing… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| nyōbōza 女房座 | Lit. "wife's seat." Also frequently called kakaza 嬶座. One of the seats around the edge of the sunken hearth *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| nyoi hōju 如意宝珠 | Also nōsashō hōju 能作性宝珠, mani hōju 摩尼宝珠. A sacred jewel, said to remove suffering, and capable of granting… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| nyoi 如意 | An implement carried by Buddhist priests at a ceremony or during formal preaching. It has a slightly curved handle about 30-… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Nyoirin Kannon 如意輪観音 | Sk: Cintamanicakra. A form of *Kannon 観音, most often six armed and… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| nyorai 如来 | Lit. "the thus-come one." Sk: tathagata. One who has realized true enlightenment. In order to reach this state of… |
Art History, Iconography |
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