| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| bakuryō 曝涼 | Lit. airing. Also called mushiboshi 虫干. The practice of inspecting and airing valuables that have been in storage… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ban 盤 | A heavy wooden plank placed above the ceiling of the first story of a two-storied pagoda *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| banzuke 番付 | A system used to label each structural members of a building before construction, while being dismantled for repair, or… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| biwa-ita 琵琶板 | Also written 枇杷板. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| bōzumi 棒隅 | Lit. straight corner. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| bugaku 舞楽 | ✓ | Imperial court dance that is accompanied by Imperial court music, gagaku 雅楽, as performed from the late 8th century… |
Art History, General Terms |
| buke-zukuri 武家造 | A style of residential architecture in use among the bushi 武士 or warrior class. As defined by the early 20th-… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| bukku 仏供 | Also jukubukku 熟仏供, butsuhan 仏飯, or butsushō 仏餉. Cooked rice made as an offering to the Buddha,… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| bukkyō setsuwa-zu 仏教説話図 | Narrative paintings, reliefs, or group sculptures of Buddhist stories (sutras or legends), which were made in great… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| butaigamachi 舞台框 | Lit. stage framework. A framing member that runs the entire width of the upper part of a *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| butaikabe 舞台壁 | Lit. proscenium wall. The wall at the front part of a *kabuki 歌舞伎 stage. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| buzai 部材 | A generic term for the structural members which form the framework *honegumi… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| wakido 脇戸 | ✓ | A small door, usually beside the main door of a structure. Sometimes there is one on each side of the main door. |
Architecture, General Terms |
| wakikokabe 脇小壁 | A long, narrow, vertical wall constructed between two or more pillars, or on each side of an entrance or a window. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| wakishōji 脇障子 | Wooden screens placed at the back ends of side verandas *en 縁. They… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| wakizura 脇面 | The left and right sides of a purlin *keta 桁. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| wakugi 和釘 | Also called nihon kugi 日本釘. A square nail used during and after the Kofun period. The nail was made of hand-wrought… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| wakuhijiki 枠肘木 | Two bracket arms *hijiki 肘木 positioned at right angle to one… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| waranawa 藁縄 | 1 Rope made by twisting together strands of straw. In clay statuary, the central wooden core *… |
Art History, General Terms, Architecture, Sculpture | |
| waraza 藁座 | ✓ | 1 Also called enza, maruza 円座, or ukeza kanamono 受座金物. The metal or… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| waridakebari 割竹張 | To cover or enclose with split bamboo. For example, found on the doors of a simple garden gate teimon 庭門 with a… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| wariguri-ishi 割栗石 | Also called wariguri 割栗, kuri-ishi 栗石 or guri ぐり (lit. "stones crushed like chestnuts"). Rock… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| wata-ita 綿板 | Also called *ireko-ita 入子板. A board that connects the rails and crosspieces… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| wayō 和様 | 1 Lit. "Japanese style architecture." The architectural techniques and styles introduced from China during… |
Architecture, General Terms, Art History | |
| wayō hijiki 和様肘木 | ✓ | A bracket arm *hijiki 肘木 that is characterized by curved surfaces on the… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| wayō kōran 和様高欄 | ✓ | A railing in the wayō style *wayō 和様. The horizontal… |
Architecture, General Terms |
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