| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| yukidomariguruwa 行留郭 | A cul-de-sac compound. A long and narrow castle compound with only one gateway entrance which turns into a blind alley.… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| yukidome 雪止め | Lit. "a snow stop." |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| yukimi dōrō 雪見灯籠 | An unusual type of lantern. Like the *oribe dōrō 織部灯籠, its form is… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| yukimi shōji 雪見障子 | Also called *agesage shōji 上下障子 (up and down shōji). Lit. "snow… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Yume no ukihashi 夢浮橋 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "The Floating Bridge of Dreams" Yume no ukihashi, Chapter 54 of Genji monogatari… |
Art History, Painting |
| Yumedono 夢殿 | Lit. "Hall of Dreams." A large octagonal hall *hakkakudō 八角堂, in the… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| yumi ranma 弓欄間 | ✓ | Also called namiranma 波欄間 (wave-patterned slats), takewaki ranma 立涌欄間 (vertical billow-patterned slats in… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| yumiharizuki 弓張月 | Lit. "Crescent Moon;" loaded or pulled bow (shaped) moon. A pictorial subject in *ukiyo-e… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yumimayu 弓眉 | ✓ | A type of carved molding found on the lower edges of rainbow beams *kōryō … |
Architecture, Decorations |
| Yuminagashi 弓流し | Lit. "drifting bow." A pictorial subject depicting an incident at the Battle at Yashima *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yumiyaeda 弓矢枝 | Lit. "bow and arrow branches." The arrangement of a tree trunk and branches in which one branch grows up from the trunk then… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| yuna 湯女 | A low class of prostitutes during the Genna 元和 and Kan'ei 寛永 eras (1615-44). Typically, after meeting customers by washing… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yuniwa 斎庭 | Also *saijō 斎場. A place to perform purification rituals and to worship the… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| yuoke-ishi 湯桶石 | Also called yutōseki, katakuchi-ishi 片口石, yuage-ishi 湯揚げ石, and oke-ishi 桶石. Lit. "warm… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| yūraku zu 遊楽図 | Lit. "depictions of amusements." A major category of genre painting *fūzokuga… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yūri odaruki 遊離尾垂木 | ✓ | Separated tail rafters supported by fulcrums which in turn support long purlins at their mid point and at each end. They are… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| yūsoku mon'yō 有職文様 | Traditional design motifs, used either in single units or repeated to create patterns, based on designs from Heian courtly… |
Art History, Painting | |
| yuta-zukuri 雪打造 | Also written 雨打造. A style of architecture that employs pent roof. A common 13th-19th century expression for *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| yūyaku 釉薬 | Also yū 釉 or uwagusuri. Glaze. In the heat of firing, clay particles vitrify to form a glass matter… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| yūyakugawara 釉薬瓦 | A generic term for glazed roof or wall tiles. |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| yūzen-zome 友禅染 | Yūzen style dyeing. A form of paste-resist dyeing with beautiful colors and pictorial designs named after the Kyoto… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| Yūzū Nenbutsu engi 融通念仏縁起 | The History and Benefits of the Yūzū Nenbutsu engi. A handscroll theme recounting the early history of the Yūzū… |
Art History, Painting |
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