| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| chōnabari 釿梁 | ✓ | Transverse roof beams that span the distance from the center posts of a vernacular house with a thatched roof to the *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| chōnaguri 釿栗 | Cutting decorative patterns with an adze *chōna 釿 on chestnut wood … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| chōnahajime 釿始 | Also written 釿初, 手斧初. Also called kozukuri hajime 木造り始め or onohajime 斧始め. A carpenter's ceremony performed… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| chōnamekezuri 釿目削 | ✓ | Also called chōnahatsuri 釿斫. A decorative pattern carved into the visible surface of a timber using an adze *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| chōren 頂蓮 | Also kairen 開蓮. A lotus flower found on the head of a *Fudō Myōō … |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chōsenshiki yamajiro 朝鮮式山城 | Lit. Korean type mountain castle. A general term for castle structures in Japan that resemble those in ancient Korea.… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| choshi 楮紙 | Also read kōzogami and kajigami 梶紙. Formerly called kokushi 穀紙 during the Heian period. Paper… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chōshitsu 彫漆 | Carved lacquer. A generic term used for many carved lacquer techniques where layers of lacquer are applied to a thickness of… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| chōshizenshugi 超自然主義 | Lit. hyper-naturalism. The idea of basing a garden, or a single element in it, on nature, but exaggerating the natural… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| Chotō 猪頭 | Ch: Zhutou. A painting subject depicting the Northern Song dynasty eccentric priest Zhimeng (J: Shimō 志蒙). He was known… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chōyō・taigetsu 朝陽・対月 | ✓ | Ch: chaoyang duiyue. A Zen painting subject depicting a priest sewing in the morning sun (Jp: chōyō … |
Art History, Painting |
| chōzu-ishi 手水石 | Lit. hand-washing stone. One of the seven trump stones *nanatsu-ishi 七つ石… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chōzubachi 手水鉢 | Lit. hand water bowl. A water basin used to rinse the hands or as a decorative element in gardens. Usually made of stone,… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| chōzuya 手水舎 | Also written 手水屋. Also called suibansha 水盤舎 or temizuya 手水舎. Shrine or temple building for cleaning hands… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| chūban 中判 | Lit. medium-size format. A size of *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 print. The term chūban… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chūberi 中縁 | A part of the mounting of a hanging scroll *kakemono 掛物. The chūberi… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chūbō 中房 | The central, circular part of a round, eave-end, pendant tile *gatō 瓦当… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| chūdai 中台 | The middle base of a lantern *tōrō 灯籠 upon which rests the flame holder and… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| chūdan 中段 | Middle area. In upper class residences especially from the Momoyama period and through the Edo period, seating was… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| chūden 中殿 | The space *ai-no-ma 相の間 between the sanctuary *… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| chūdō 中堂 | Lit. central hall. A hall situated between two Buddhist halls or a hall with corridors attached on either side. The most… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| chūhon 中本 | Lit. a middle-size book. A woodblock printed book, popular during the Edo period, which is one-half the size of a … |
Art History, Painting | |
| chūjin 中陣 | A term used in shrine architecture: a middle area between the *honden 本殿, *… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| chūjō 中将 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 supposedly intended to represent the 9th-century poet and… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chūkin 鋳金 | Metal casting. A technique used in metalwork to produce vessels or sculptures by melting down metal and pouring it into a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chūkondō 中金堂 | Lit. middle golden hall. An image hall *kondō 金堂 located at the center of… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| chūmon 中門 | 1 Middle gate. The second or inner gate on the north-south axis of a temple compound in the ancient period… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| chūmon-zukuri 中門造り | A type of vernacular house *minka 民家, characterized by one or more wings or… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| chūmonrō 中門廊 | 1 A Heian-period corridor intersected by gates. In the most elaborate Heian-period shinden style… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| chūnikai 中二階 | ✓ | A term for a loft or attic occupying the roof space of a vernacular house *minka… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| chūsei kenchiku 中世建築 | Lit. medieval architecture. Temple and shrine buildings erected during the Kamakura, Nanbokuchō, and Muromachi periods when… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| chūshikō ganna 中仕工鉋 | A smoothing plane, used to further smooth the surface of timber after the general roughing plane *… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| chūshin kazari 中心飾 | Also tenjō chūshinkazari 天井中心飾. Lit. center flower. 1 A group of decorative patterns in… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| Chūshingura 忠臣蔵 | A pictorial subject matter taken from The Treasury of Loyal Retainers Chūshingura, an epic and well-loved story of… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chūshinseki 中心石 | Lit. center stone(s). A single stone or stone arrangement *ishigumi 石組,… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| chūson 中尊 | Also chūdai-no-son 中台の尊. The principal statue in a group of Buddhist statues. The central image in a triad or group… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chūtō 柱頭 | A synonym for the large bearing block *daito 大斗 placed on the tops of pillars… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| chūzō 鋳造 | Also imono 鋳物. Casting. A technique used to make cast sculptural forms. The base material was heated… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Fu Daishi 傅大士 | Ch: Fu Daishi. Buddhist Master Fu or Great Teacher Fu. The Chinese Buddhist layman Fu Xi (Jp: Fu Kyū 傅翕, 497-569)… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Fudarakusen 補陀落山 | Sanskrit: Potalaka. Sometimes written 普陀楽山, 布落迦山; also called Fudaraku 補陀落. Octagonal island-mountain paradise… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| fudegaeshi 筆返し | ✓ | A curved wooden border attached to the end of a desk or shelf to prevent brushes and scrolls from rolling off. It is also… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings |
| fudō 不動 | Art History, Sculpture | ||
| Fudō Myōō 不動明王 | The chief of the Five Great Myōō, *Godai Myōō 五大明王, Fudō has been, and… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Fudōdō 不動堂 | A hall in a Buddhist temple dedicated to the deity *Fudō Myōō 不動明王 (Sk:… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| fuebashira 笛柱 | Lit. flute post. The thick post at the right rear corner of a noh stage, *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fugaku zu 富嶽図 | Depictions of Mt. Fuji 富士 painted from the Heian period to modern times in a variety of contexts. A usually quiet (but still… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Fugen 普賢 | Lit. universally good (Sk: Samantabhadra); also Henkitsu 遍吉. A bodhisattva, *bosatsu… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| fugendō 普賢堂 | ✓ | Also called Shigatsudō 四月堂; *Sanmaidō 三昧堂. A Buddhist temple in which the main deity… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| fuhekishun 斧劈皴 | Lit. axe-cut stroke. A painting texture stroke, *shunpō 皴法, said to have been… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Fuji mandara 富士曼荼羅 | Devotional paintings of Mt. Fuji 富士 in a large hanging scroll format. Usually they are in the form of sankei mandara… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Fuji no uraba 藤裏葉 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from the "Wisteria Leaves" (Fuji no uraba, underleaves of wisteria), Chapter 33 of … |
Art History, Painting |
| Fujibakama 藤袴 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from the "Purple Trousers" (Fujibakama, also translated as Mistflowers), Chapter 30 of… |
Art History, Painting |
| fujigata chōzubachi 富士形手水鉢 | ✓ | Lit. Fuji shape. A common type of *shizenseki chōzubachi 自然石手水鉢,… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| Fūjin Raijin 風神雷神 | Lit. Wind God and Thunder God. Based on popular Indian deities (Sk: Vayu and Varun) and Chinese deities (Ch: Fengshen 風神 and… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Fujiwara jidai 藤原時代 | Fujiwara period. A period of approximately two hundred years corresponding to the Middle Heian period (Heian chūki… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| fukai 深井 | Deep. A noh mask, *nōmen 能面, representing a middle-aged woman torn by… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| fukasanjō 深三畳 | Also fukasanjō-no-seki 深三畳席. A tea ceremony room of three mats. One of the mats is about one quarter normal size,… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| Fuke 普化 | Ch: Puhua. An itinerant priest of the Tang Dynasty depicted in paintings as wandering the streets of Zhenzhou 鎮州 in a state… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fūkeiga 風景画 | Lit. Landscape painting, a general term, usually applied only to works in the long western tradition of landscape by… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fuki bokashi 拭きぼかし | Also zōkin bokashi 雑巾ぼかし, rag shading. Any wiping technique used to produce gradated tones (shading) on a woodblock… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fuki-e 吹き絵 | A technique to create tints by placing a cut-out pattern on paper and scraping paint through a wire mesh with a brush,… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fukiashi 葺足 | ✓ | The length of the visible surface of an ordinary broad, concave roofing tile, *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| fukijiku 葺軸 | The part of a lotus-petal base, *rengeza 蓮華座, for a Buddhist image… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| fukikaeshi 吹返 | 1 Also written 葺返. A board which projects diagonally out from the top of a statue canopy, *… |
Architecture, Accessories, Sculpture, Art History | |
| fukinuki yatai 吹抜屋台 | ✓ | A compositional technique used to depict a residential interior. The technique involves rendering a building without a roof… |
Art History, Painting |
| fukinukimon 吹貫門 | A gate without doors. It may be a roofed opening in a fence or wall, but no gate leaves are hung on the structure. |
Architecture, Castles | |
| fukioroshi 葺下 | Also written 葺卸. The extension of a roof or the elongation of eaves on the main part of a building in order to cover an… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fukitsuchi 吹土 | The layer of clay spread on sheathing, *shitaji 下地, sometimes called … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fukiyose 吹寄 | 1 The arrangement of muntins, lattice (*fukiyose gōshi… |
Art History, General Terms, Sculpture, Architecture | |
| fukiyose daruki 吹寄垂木 | ✓ | The grouping of two or three parallel rafters placed closely together with a wide space between each group. The spaces… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| fukiyose gōshi 吹寄格子 | ✓ | Lit. grouped or varying numbered lattice. Lattice or small beams arranged to form patterns in transoms, *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| fukiyosebashira 吹寄柱 | Evenly spaced pillars or posts that are arranged so that two or more are in line. The amount of the space between the… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| fukiyoseshiki 吹寄式 | Also fukiyosebuki 吹寄葺, fukiyose renben 吹寄蓮弁, or *fukiyose… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Fukko yamato-e-ha 復古大和絵派 | A later-era appellation given to a group of artists from the late Edo period who consciously attempted revive the past *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fuku-no-kami 福の神 | The god of happiness, represented in kyōgen 狂言 plays by a masked figure, *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| fukubachi 伏鉢 | Also written 覆鉢; also called fukuhatsu ふくはつ. The small inverted bowl-like fixture placed on the box-like cover, *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| fukuben 複弁 | A motif which consists of a double-stylized lotus petal with a leaf seedling in each petal. Found on the pendant, *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| fukuben rengemon 複弁蓮華文 | ✓ | Also written 複弁蓮花文. A double-lotus-petal motif applied to the pendant tiles, *gatō… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| fukugen mosha 復元模写 | A restoration copy. A painting that is copied with the intent of restoring it to near its original state. This means… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Fukugi 伏羲 | Ch: Fuxi. A legendary Chinese sage and ruler who was the founder of Chinese civilization and first sovereign of the Five… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fukugō tenshu 複合天守 | ✓ | Also fukugōshiki tenshu 複合式天守. A large tower, *daitenshu 大天守, with… |
Architecture, Castles |
| Fukūkenjaku Kannon 不空羂索観音 | Also known as Fukūkensaku Kannon. His name, "non-empty noose," is pronounced differently in Shingon 真言 (Fukaukenjaku) and… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| fukumi 含 | ✓ | A channel. The part of a bearing block, *masu 斗, that is cut out either as a one-… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| fukurin 覆輪 | 1 Parallel lines used to mark outlines in a painting or sculpture. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| fukuro-e 袋絵 | The woodblock-printed paper that formed the outer covers for prints and woodblock books. In the 1770s-80s it became popular… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fukurō 複廊 | ✓ | A double corridor that was two bays, *ken 間, wide. Window frames with vertical… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| fukuro hyōgu 袋表具 | A type of mounting for hanging scrolls, *kakemono 掛物. The *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fukurodana 袋棚 | Also fukurotodana 袋戸棚 or tenbukuro 天袋. Lit. enclosed shelf. |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings | |
| fukurodoko 袋床 | Lit. pouch or pocket alcove. An alcove, *tokonoma 床の間, characterized by a… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fukurokakekugi 袋掛釘 | Lit. bag-hanging nail. A bamboo or iron nail inserted into the middle post, *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| Fukurokuju 福禄寿 | ✓ | Ch: Fu Lu Shou. A popular deity of wealth (fuku 福), happiness (roku 禄), and longevity( ju 寿),… |
Art History, Iconography |
| fukurotoji 袋綴 | ✓ | Also read fukurotsuzuri. Also called karatoji 唐綴 and fukurozōshi 袋草子. Lit. pouch-binding. The… |
Art History, Painting |
| fukusa 袱紗 | Also chabukusa 茶袱紗. A thick silk cloth used by the host at a tea ceremony to wipe tea bowls, *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fukyoku 布局 | Also fuchoku 布置. Composition in Chinese painting. Included in the fifth canon, "Plan and Design, Place and Position… |
Art History, Painting | |
| fumi-ishi 踏石 | ✓ | Lit. stepping stone. The stone placed directly under the crawl door entrance, *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| fumichidana 文道棚 | A very simple type of shelving with sliding doors at floor level. Typically, the shelving is part of the many different… |
Architecture, Accessories | |
| fumigaeshi 踏返 | Replica casting. A technique used in metal casting, where a simple, flat metal object was covered with clay to make a mold.… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| fumikomi-datami 踏込畳 | A straw mat, *tatami 畳, which is placed adjacent to the door from which the… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| fumikomidoko 踏込床 | ✓ | Also fungomidoko ふんごみ床. An alcove, *tokonoma 床の間, with a board floor… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| fuminugiishi 踏脱石 | Lit. one of the trump stones, *yaku-ishi 役石, at the guest's entrance to the… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
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