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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
Suzakumon 朱雀門

The front gate at the center of the south end of the outer enclosure that surrounded the palace compound at Heijō-kyō 平城京…

Architecture, Gates
suzumeguchi 雀口 ✓

Lit. "sparrow entrance, exit." A gap under the eave end tiles *nokisakigawara…

Architecture, General Terms
suzumeodori 雀踊 ✓

Lit. "sparrow dance." A widely-used term for a range of elements used to decorate the ridge of the roof in vernacular houses…

Architecture, General Terms, Folk Dwellings
Suzumushi 鈴虫 ✓

A pictorial subject taken from "Suzumushi" ("The Bell Cricket"), Chapter 38 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale…

Art History, Painting
suzuri 硯

Also written 研. Inkstone. A base made of stone or other material used for grinding *sumi…

Art History, Painting
suzuribako 硯箱

A box designed to hold an inkstone *suzuri 硯 and other writing tools, such as an…

Art History, Painting

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University