| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| butsudan-no-ma 仏壇の間 | ✓ | A room in traditional vernacular houses *minka 民家, in parts of Hyōgo Prefecture… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| butsuden 仏殿 | ✓ | Also *daiyū hōden 大雄宝殿. The main hall of a Zen temple. Butsuden… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| butsuden-zu 仏伝図 | Lit. illustrated biographies of the Buddha. Artistic representations, usually painted or in low-relief sculpture, of the… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| butsudō 仏堂 | Also called *butsuden 仏殿; bukkaku 仏閣, *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| butsugan 仏龕 | Also gan 龕. A niche carved out of a wall for the purpose of installing a Buddhist image, or a miniature Buddhist… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Butsugen butsumo 仏眼仏母 | Also Butsugenson 仏眼尊 (Venerable Buddha-Eye). Lit. Buddha-Eye, or Mother of the Buddha. Sk: Buddhalocanal Locana. An Esoteric… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Butsugen mandara 仏眼曼荼羅 | A variety of *besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅 (a mandala concerning a single deity… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| butsuma 仏間 | A room for Buddhist images (either two- or three-dimensional images) or, especially in a residence, an altar or tabernacle… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures, Folk Dwellings | |
| butsumon 仏門 | Architecture, Gates | ||
| Butsunichian kōmotsu mokuroku 仏日庵公物目録 | Catalog of objects in Butsunichian, the 14th-century inventory of artistic and other properties of Butsunichian 仏日庵… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| butsuzō 仏像 | A general term that refers to all images of the Buddha used as objects of worship, although most commonly used to refer to… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| buzai 部材 | A generic term for the structural members which form the framework *honegumi… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| byakudan 白檀 | Sandalwood; santalum album. A tree with fine-grained hardwood, native to India and Southeast Asia. The wood is pale-yellow… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Byakue Kannon 白衣観音 | Also Byakushozon 白処尊 and Byakue Kanjizaimo 白衣観自在母. (Sk: Panduravasini); White-robed *… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| byakugō 白毫 | ✓ | Also *mikenkō 眉間光, miken byakugō 眉間白毫, miken byakugōsō 眉間白毫相… |
Art History, Sculpture |
| byakugun 白群 | A pale blue pigment *ganryō 顔料, used in Japanese painting *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| byakuroku 白緑 | A pale green pigment *ganryō 顔料, used in Japanese painting *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| byōbu-e 屏風絵 | Paintings on folding screens *byōbu 屏風. The earliest record of… |
Art History, Painting | |
| byōbu 屏風 | A folding screen consisting of multiple, joined panels. Folding screens vary in size; the standard size consists of six… |
Art History, Painting | |
| byōbudana 屏風棚 | A type of decorative double hanging shelf *tsuridana 釣棚, placed in an alcove… |
Architecture, Accessories | |
| byōbuori 屏風折 | Also termed *orihei 折塀 (folding wall). A castle wall that zig-zags… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| byōmon 廟門 | ✓ | Also called reibyōmon 霊廟門. An entrance gate to a mausoleum. It can be an elaborate gate in two-storied or simulated… |
Architecture, Gates |
| byōtō 廟塔 | Lit. mausoleum pagoda. |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| raden 螺鈿 | 1 A shell, especially mother-of-pearl, inlay technique commonly used for lacquer ware *… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| Rafusen 羅浮仙 | Ch: Luofuxian. The story and pictorial theme of an immortal on Mt. Luofu 羅浮山 (Jp: Rafusen) and the spirit… |
Art History, Painting | |
| rahotsu 螺髪 | Spiral shaped curls of hair, like snail-shells, on the head of a *nyorai… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| raiden 礼殿 | Also *haiden 拝殿. A worship hall for Shinto shrine visitors. The plan… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| raidō 礼堂 | Also called raihaidō 礼拝堂. A worship hall. When Buddhist temples were constructed during the 7th-8th century,… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| raigō-bashira 来迎柱 | Two or four-circular pillars right and left at each corner of the Buddhist altar to define the most sacred place in a temple… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Raigō-in Amida 来迎印阿弥陀 | Lit. "Amida with welcoming descent mudras." A figure of *Amida 阿弥陀 with hand… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| raigō-in 来迎印 | Lit. "welcoming mudra." A mudra or hand gesture *in 印 in which the forefinger,… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| raigō-kabe 来迎壁 | ✓ | Also called raigō-heki. A clay or wooden wall erected behind a Buddhist altar *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| raigō-zu 来迎図 | Painted images of Buddhas and bodhisattvas, such as *Shaka 釈迦, *… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| raimon kōshi 雷文格子 | Lattice arranged in a fret pattern, used especially on railings of balconies. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| raimon 雷文 | Lit. "lightning pattern." Also read ikazuchimon いかずち文. A pattern of thick and thin zig-zag lines. A variation of *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| Raisan imo wo yaku 懶瓚芋を焼く | Ch: Lanzan weiyu 懶瓚煨芋. A Zen 禅 (Ch: Chan) painting subject depicting the late 8th century Chinese Zen priest Lanzan… |
Art History, Painting | |
| rakan 羅漢 | Arhat. Ch: luohan, Sk: arhan. Abbreviation of arakan 阿羅漢, a translation of the Sk. term arhan… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| rakkan 落款 | An abbreviation of the term rakusei kanshiki 落成款識. Lit. "inscription cast into ancient bronze vessels at… |
Art History, Painting | |
| rakuchū rakugai zu 洛中洛外図 | Paintings of scenes in and around Kyoto. Famous sites, festivals and activities within the capital rakuchū 洛中… |
Art History, Painting | |
| rakugaki 落書 | Also written 楽書. Graffiti or scribblings. The earliest examples in Japan are the scribblings in the margins or on the backs… |
Art History, Painting | |
| rakuyaki 楽焼 | ✓ | Raku 楽 ware. A light weight ceramic ware developed in Kyoto in the Momoyama period and particularly prized in the… |
Art History, Crafts |
| ramō 羅網 | A net-like ornament strung with jewels or precious metals and hung from the canopy *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ran'yōbyō 蘭葉描 | Ch: lanyemiao. Lit. "orchid-leaf drawing." A style of ink-painting using fluid, modulated lines that resemble the… |
Art History, Painting | |
| ranma 欄間 | ✓ | A transom. A rectangular opening, longer in the horizontal direction, constructed between the lintels *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| ranseki 乱石 | ✓ | Also called no-ishizumi 野石積. Stones with an irregular shape. Those that are somewhat square are called nozura-… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| ransekizumi kidan 乱石積基壇 | Also referred to as ranzumi kidan 乱積基壇, ranzō ransekizumi 乱層乱石積, kuzure ishizumi くずれ石積 or simply… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ransekizumi 乱石積 | ✓ | Also *ranzumi 乱積. Piling up unhewn rocks or random masonry. The earliest and… |
Architecture, Castles |
| rantai shikki 籃胎漆器 | The technique whereby bamboo strips are woven into shapes and coated with lacquer. Also called kagoji 籠地 (basket… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| rantei kyokusui 蘭亭曲水 | Ch: Lanting qushui. Lit. "meandering stream and orchid pavilion." A painting theme which refers to a gathering held… |
Art History, Painting | |
| rantō 卵塔 | A stone pagoda with an egg-shaped main body placed directly on a base. It differs from the *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| rantsugi 乱継 | Lit. "random joints." Various types of architectural joints that can be either dovetail *… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| ranzumi 乱積 | Also called *ransekizumi 乱石積, waraizumi 笑い積. Randomly piled natural stones *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| rasetsu 羅刹 | Transliteration of Sanskrit raksasa, a term for demons in general, but which may also be divided into three classes… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Rei Shōjo 霊昭女 | Ch: Ling Zhaonu. Raised by her aged parents as a devout Buddhist, this semi-legendary daughter of Tang dynasty lay Buddhist… |
Art History, Painting | |
| reibyō 霊廟 | ✓ | Also byōsho 廟所 or mitamaya 霊屋. |
Architecture, Shrines |
| reihon 零本 | A set of books from which the larger portion is missing; the odd volume or smaller portion (i.e., several pages) of a larger… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Reiun Kanka 霊雲観花 | Ch: Lingyun Guanhua. The Tang dynasty Zen 禅 priest Lingyun Zhiqin (Jp: Reiun Shikin 霊雲志勤), a disciple of Weishan Lingyu (Jp… |
Art History, Painting | |
| ren 聯 | A long piece of paper or board the same length as *zenshi 全紙 (approximately 135… |
Art History, Painting | |
| ren'ochi 聯落 | A piece of paper, three-quarters the size of *zenshi 全紙. When a… |
Art History, Painting | |
| renben 蓮弁 | Lit. "lotus petal." |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles, Art History, Sculpture | |
| rengejigata tōrō 蓮華寺形灯籠 | 1 Rengeji type lantern. So named because a pair of these lanterns stand in front of the main building at… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| Rengemon 蓮華門 | Also written 蓮花門. Lit. "Lotus Flower Gate." A gate located in the west wall opposite main east gate, Tōdaimon 東大門 of… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| rengemon 蓮華文 | Also renge karakusa 蓮華唐草. Lit. "lotus pattern." A decorative floral and vine design motif that originated in China… |
Art History, Painting | |
| rengeza 蓮華座 | ✓ | Also renza 蓮座. Lit. "Lotus base" (Sk: padmasana). A dais for a Buddhist image *… |
Art History, Sculpture |
| renji 蓮子 | Raised dots or bead-like forms that represent the seeds in a stylized lotus flower pattern decorating many pendant tiles *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| renjimado 連子窓 | Also written 櫺子窓. Lit. "a row lath window." |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| renjumon 連珠文 | ✓ | Also *shumon 珠文. A design pattern that uses circles to represent pearls which… |
Art History, Painting |
| renketsu tenshu 連結天守 | ✓ | Also called renketsushiki tenshu 連結式天守. A castle in which the principle tower or keep *… |
Architecture, Castles |
| renniku 蓮肉 | The central section of a lotus flower pedestal *rengeza 蓮華座 on which a Buddhist image usually… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| renpashiki emon 漣波式衣文 | A manner of representing drapery folds in Buddhist sculpture. It consists of either 1) a high… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| renritsu tenshu 連立天守 | Lit. "connected towers." Also termed renritsushiki tenshu 連立式天守. An extensive, highly-developed castle complex… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| rensō 連窓 | Multiple windows. Two or more windows connected horizontally, or windows connected within one frame window with vertical… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| rensōmado 連双窓 | ✓ | Rensōmado means double windows. Two windows in line. Also called *meotomado… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| retchōsō 列帖装 | Also tetsuyōsō 綴葉装 or retsuyōsō 列葉装. |
Art History, Painting | |
| Ri Haku 李白 | Ch: Li Bai (701-62). One of the two most famous poets of the early Tang dynasty along with Du Fu (Jp: *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Ri Kō shaseki 李広射石 | Ch: Li Guang sheshi. Lit. "Li Guang shooting a rock." The Han dynasty archer Li Guang (Jp: Ri Kō 李広) who, on a… |
Art History, Painting | |
| rigōfuku 離合幅 | Hanging scrolls *kakemono 掛物 in a set of two or more. Each… |
Art History, Painting | |
| rigyoseki 鯉魚石 | ✓ | Lit. "carp stone." A stone placed at the base of a waterfall to symbolize a carp swimming up the waterfall. Good examples… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| Rikishi 力士 | ✓ | Ch: Lishi. A gigaku mask *gigakumen 伎楽面… |
Art History, Sculpture |
| Rikuhō 六法 | The Six Canons or Principles, thought to be essential for the appreciation of Chinese painting. They were set out in the… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Rikyū chadōgu zue 利休茶道具図会 | Sen no Rikyū's 千利休 (1522-91) writings concerning measurements for tea ceremony utensils. Yamada Sōhen 山田宗へん (1627-1708)… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| Rikyūgaki 利休垣 | A fence made of bamboo stakes that alternate with unpeeled wooden stakes. The bamboo and unpeeled stakes have the same… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| Rikyūgata tōrō 利休形灯籠 | A type of lantern. Lanterns of various shapes may be called Rikyūgata. It is difficult to judge which are authentic… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| Rin Nasei 林和靖 | Ch: Lin Hejing (967-1028). A noted poet, calligrapher and scholar of the Northern Song dynasty. Rin Nasei's real name was… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Rin Reiso 林霊素 | Ch: Lin Lingsu. A Daoist immortal in the service of the Northern Song Emperor Huizong (Jp: Kisō 徽宗, r. 1101-25). A staunch… |
Art History, Painting | |
| rinkō 輪光 | A type of halo *kōhai 光背 used on Buddhist images, forming a free-… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| rinmo 臨模 | A technique used to copy *mosha 模写 a painting or work of calligraphy. The… |
Art History, Painting | |
| rinnōza 輪王坐 | ✓ | The royal ease position (Sk: Maharajalilasana). A seated position used for a Buddhist image with one knee (usually… |
Art History, Sculpture |
| Rinpa 琳派 | A school of painters and decorative artists, which began in 17th-century Kyoto and then spread to Kanazawa and Edo. The term… |
Art History, Painting | |
| rinsen 林泉 | Lit. "forest and stream." |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| Rinzai 臨済 | Also known by the Chinese name: Linji. A Tang dynasty priest who founded a major school of chan (Jp: Zen 禅) Buddhism. Zen… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| rinzō 輪蔵 | Also called kaiten rinzō 回転輪蔵. Octagonal sutra storage shelves that revolve around a central pillar, which acts as… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| Rishukyō mandara 理趣経曼荼羅 | The Rishukyō jūhachi-e mandara was introduced from China to Japan by Ennin 円仁 (794-864) and Shūei 宗叡 (809-884… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| ro-datami 炉畳 | Also kagi-datami 鍵畳. The straw mat *tatami 畳, into which… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| rō 廊 | A roofed corridor or passageway that connects one structure to another. It may also encompass an open area. There are… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ro 炉 | ✓ | A sunken hearth. A square box installed into the floor of a tea ceremony room to make a charcoal fire. The standard size… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| rō-zukuri 楼造 | ✓ | A gate *rōmon 楼門, that appears to have two stories, but in reality is a high… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| roban 露盤 | ✓ | Commonly used abbreviation of shō roban 承露盤; also called masugata 枡形. Originally, an entire spire *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| robuchi 炉縁 | ✓ | The frame placed around the fire-box *rodan 炉壇, in a tea ceremony room *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| robuta 炉蓋 | ✓ | A wooden lid about 1.8 cm thick used to cover the fixed-hearth *rodan 炉壇 in a tea… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
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