| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| gegyo 懸魚 | ✓ | Also gegyo 掛魚 (Ch: guayu); formerly also pronounced kengyo. Gable pendant, lit. hanging fish.… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| gejin 外陣 | 1 In shrine architecture, the main hall *honden 本殿 is divided… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gejōseki 下乗席 | Lit. dismounting stone. A type of keystone *yakui-shi 役石, stepped on when… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gekan 下間 | Lit. lower space. It is a room adjoining the main rooms of the priests' quarters in a Zen temple. It is located near the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| geki 戟 | Also hoko 鉾. A weapon, found as an attribute of fearsome Buddhist figures such as *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Gekkamon 月華門 | 1 A gate in the corridor connecting the two halls Kyōshoden 校書殿 and Anpukuden 安福殿 in the Imperial Palace at… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| Gekkōden 月光殿 | A guest hall at Gokokuji 護国寺 in Tokyo. It is a large single storied structure of 7 x 6 bays, and has a hip-and gable roof *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| Gen Shiryō 厳子陵 | Ch: Yan Ziling. A scholar-recluse of the later Han period, who was a childhood friend of Emperor Guangwu (Jp: Kōbu 光武, AD 4-… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Genji-e 源氏絵 | Pictorial representations whose subject matter comes from Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of Genji). Either a… |
Art History, Painting | |
| genjibei 源氏塀 | ✓ | Genji 源氏 fence is a board fence with posts set at intervals and a base runner set between the foundation stones of the posts… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| genjikō-no-zu 源氏香の図 | Also kō-no-zu 香の図. A geometrical design pattern originally symbolizing combinations of incense fragrances. The… |
Art History, Painting | |
| genjō mosha 現状模写 | Also called hakuraku utsushi 剥落写し. Lit. a copy of the exfoliated state of a painting. An exact copy of the present-… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Genjō 玄奘 | Ch: Xuanzhuang/Xuanzang (600/2-664). A Chinese monk of the Tang Dynasty and the founder of the Hossō sect (see *… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Genjōraku 還城楽 | Return to the castle dance, Alternative names: Genkyōraku 環京楽 (Return to Capital Dance), Genjōraku 還成楽 (Return of One of… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| genkaibashi 厳海橋 | Lit. Genkai bridge. A type of bridge used to span deep garden streams or ravines. It is constructed with a triangular timber… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| genkan chūmon 玄関中門 | A structure with a gable roof *kirizuma-zukuri 切妻造, projecting from the… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| genkan 玄関 | 1 The entrance gallery or porch used in the guest hall *kyakuden… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gennō 玄能 | A type of hammer with an iron head and an oak handle. The gennō is used to strike a chisel or plane, or to… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| genpitsu 減筆 | Ch: jianbi. Often genpitsubyō 減筆描. Also ryakuhitsu 略筆. Lit. abbreviated brush drawing. An… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Genroku bunka 元禄文化 | Lit. Genroku culture. The middle Edo period *Edo jidai 江戸時代 chūki 中期… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| Gensō 玄宗 | Also known as Minghuang (Jp: Meikō 明皇). Ch: Xuanzong (685-762). The sixth emperor of the Tang dynasty, well-known for his… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gensōdoko 原叟床 | A style of alcove *tokonoma 床の間, attributed to Kakukasai Sōsa 覚々斎宗左… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| gentanryū teien 玄丹流庭園 | Lit. Gentan lineage garden. A style of late Edo period garden in the Izumo 出雲 district, Shimane Prefecture, associated with… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| Genzu mandara 現図曼荼羅 | Genzu mandala. A version of the *Taizōkai mandara 胎蔵界曼荼羅 that is… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| geshō 牙象 | 1 Also gejō. A type of molding *kurigata 繰形. The… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| geya kōzō 下屋構造 | A structural system characterized by the creation of a peripheral zone *geya 下屋… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| geya 下屋 | Lit. lower house. Also pronounced shitaya or shimoya. Also written 下家. Also referred to as *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| geya-zukuri 下屋造 | A form of construction characterized by the use of a strut *tsuka 束 standing… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| geyabari 下屋梁 | A beam that spans the peripheral structural zone *geya 下屋, created by extending… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| geyabashira 下屋柱 | The posts along the outside of the peripheral zone *geya 下屋 created by extending… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| geyageta 下屋桁 | Also called hon'yageta 本屋桁. The eaves plate or purlin supported by the *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| gezadoko-no-seki 下座床の席 | A tearoom with a decorative alcove *tokonoma 床の間 placed behind the host's mat… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| gezadoko 下座床 | Lit. lower seat alcove. An alcove *tokonoma 床の間, positioned behind the host's… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| giboshi kōran 擬宝珠高欄 | A railing *kōran 高欄, with newel posts, oyabashira 親柱, topped with an… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| giboshi 擬宝珠 | ✓ | Also pronounced gibōshi, giboju, gibōshu, goboshu. A decoration in the shape of the… |
Architecture, General Terms, Decorations |
| giga 戯画 | Humorous or satiric paintings, or sketches or drawings done in fun. Typically, giga have human and animal figures… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gigaku 伎楽 | Also kuregaku 呉楽. Now-lost ancient masked theatrical performances given at temples from the 7th to 9th century.… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| gigakumen 伎楽面 | Masks worn for performances of *gigaku 伎楽, now-lost temple processions and… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Gigeiten 技芸天 | Goddess of the Arts. A minor Buddhist deity revered in Japan as patroness of the arts. According to the Gigei tennyo… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| giki 儀軌 | Sk: kalpa. Regulations prescribing Esoteric Buddhist mikkyō 密教 ceremonies, incantations and services, and the… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| ginbutsu 銀仏 | Silver Buddha. Bronze was the most frequent metal used in the production of Buddhist statues. Where silver was used instead… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ginkakujigata chōzubachi 銀閣寺形手水鉢 | ✓ | Lit. Ginkakuji type. One kind of water basin *chōzubachi 手水鉢, based on the… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| Gion matsuri 祇園祭 | An annual festival at Yasaka Jinja 八坂神社 and surrounding area of Kyoto, and a popular subject of Japanese genre painting *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gion-zukuri 祇園造 | Also called *yasaka-zukuri 八坂造. The style of the main shrine building *… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| gishi 祇支 | Also sōgishi 僧祇支 (Sk: Sankaksika). A robe worn by Buddhist priests under the *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Gishūmon 宜秋門 | ✓ | Also called Kugyōmon 公卿門 or Karagomon 唐御門. A 4-legged gate *… |
Architecture, Gates |
| gō-ita 格板 | Also called *ura-ita 裏板. The panel used to fill the space made by the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gobō 御坊 | 1 Also *betsuin 別院. A branch temple. |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gobōzumi 牛蒡積 | Burdock masonry. A construction technique used to lay the stones in a dry stone wall *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| gobu shinkan 五部心観 | A collection of iconographical line drawings *hakubyō 白描 in handscroll form… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| gōbuchi 格縁 | The wooden ribs or coffers laid in a criss-cross pattern to form a coffered ceiling *gō… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gobutsudō 五仏堂 | An Esoteric Buddhist hall dedicated to the central Buddha of the Shingon 真言 sect, *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gochi hōkan 五智宝冠 | Also gobutsukan 五仏冠, gobutsu hōkan 五仏宝冠, gochi nyoraikan 五智如来冠, gohō tenkan 五宝天冠. A… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| gochi nyorai 五智如来 | Lit. Five Wisdom *nyorai 如来 (Sk: Tathagatas); this refers to the Five Buddhas… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| gochidō 五智堂 | Also called shinmendō 真面堂. A very small open building 1 x 1 bay (2.49 m) with a large central pillar to which are… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| Godai Myōō 五大明王 | Also sometimes called godaison 五大尊. Lit. five great *myōō 明王. Myōō… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| godaidō 五大堂 | ✓ | A hall dedicated to the five guardian kings, also called the five renowned deities *Godai… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| godairiki bosatsu 五大力菩薩 | Lit. five great bodhisattvas of strength. Also godairikiku 五大力吼 (five roars of great strength) or godairikison… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| gofun chirashi 胡粉散らし | The technique of scattering drops of shell white *gofun 胡粉 onto a finished… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gofun 胡粉 | 1 A white pigment *ganryō 顔料, used in Japan from the Muromachi… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gofunzuri 胡粉摺 | The white pigment used for the white face powder of figures in a woodblock print *ukiyo-… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gogyōseki 五行石 | Lit. five elements of stones. A name for the five types of functional and decorative stones *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gogyōsetsu 五行説 | Lit. theory of five elements. A basic principle of Chinese geomancy and cosmology adapted in Japanese garden design. The… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gohyaku rakan 五百羅漢 | Ch: wubai luohan. Five hundred arhats *rakan 羅漢, a Buddhist art subject… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Gojo 呉女 | Maid of (the country of) Wu 呉. The only female mask in the *gigaku 伎楽 repertory… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| gojū-no-tō 五重塔 | ✓ | A five-storied pagoda usually 3 x 3 bays square with the central bays used as entrances. The corner bays most often contain… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| gokakumasu 五角桝 | ✓ | Lit. a five cornered measuring box. A method used to determine the proportions of a bracket arm *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| gōkan 合巻 | Lit. combining volumes. Long, complicated revenge stories which required two, three, or up to ten booklets, that were sewn… |
Art History, Painting | |
| goken-sanko 五間三戸 | Any gate five bays wide of which the three center ones are usually entrances. Often, there is only one opening for passage… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gokenmon 五間門 | ✓ | A five-bay gate. A five-bay, three-opening gate is called *goken-sanko 五間三戸… |
Architecture, Gates |
| gokō 後光 | Also written 御光. Aureole. The light emitted from the Buddha. Often expressed as a halo *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Gokō 呉公 | Lit. Man of (the country of) Wu 呉, a gigaku mask *gigakumen 伎楽面,… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| gokōshii Amida 五劫思惟阿弥陀 | Also read gokōshiyui Amida. Lit. *Amida 阿弥陀 Meditating for Five Kalpas, a kalpa… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| gokosho 五鈷杵 | A short club with five prongs at each end, usually made of gilt bronze. The central grip is encircled by demons' eyes … |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| gokusaishiki 極彩色 | Bright, strong color applied in layers to a painting, Buddhist image or architectural structure. The technique involves… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gōma 格間 | The space created by the coffers or ribs *gōbuchi 格縁 of a coffered or latticed… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gomadō 護摩堂 | Small buildings at Buddhist temples of Shingon 真言 and Tendai 天台 sects, used especially for Esoteric Buddhism mikkyō… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gomazuri ごま摺 | Also gomazuki ごまずき. A woodblock print *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 technique whereby a… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gonden 権殿 | Also *kariden 仮殿, karidono; utsushidono 移殿. A temporary… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| gongen-zukuri 権現造 | Also called ishinoma-zukuri 石の間造, *yatsumune-zukuri 八棟造, and… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| goren'uchi 五連打 | Lit. row of five stones. One arrangement of stepping stones *tobi-ishi 飛石. It… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gorinmen 五厘面 | Type of a chamfers cut on a square timber or square post with a ratio of 1/20 is called gorinmen along each corner… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gorintō 五輪塔 | ✓ | Lit. five-ring pagoda. Also gorin 五輪, gorin sekitō 五輪石塔, hōkaitō 法界塔, gorin tōba 五輪塔婆,… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| gorota-ishi 呉呂太石 | Lit. rolling stones. Small round stones about 10 cm in diameter used for the drainage areas around the stooping basin *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gosekku 五節句 | Lit. five seasonal festivals. A popular pictorial theme in Edo period art. The five Chinese-inspired festivals are: … |
Art History, Painting | |
| gosho-e 御所絵 | An *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 subject depicting ladies and noblemen in formal attire, which… |
Art History, Painting | |
| goshoguruma 御所車 | ✓ | Imperial carts. Ox carriages used by the emperor and empress, or aristocrats. Gosho 御所, meaning the Imperial Palace… |
Art History, Painting |
| goshomune 御所棟 | Also called gosho oni-ita 御所鬼板 or goshomune oni-ita 御所棟鬼板. Lit. the ridge of an imperial palace. The main… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Goso 五祖 | Ch: Wuzu. The Chinese priest Kōnin 弘忍 (Ch: Hongren, 601-75). The fifth patriarch of the Zen (Ch: Chan) sect. Representations… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| gōtenjō 格天井 | A coffered ceiling. A ceiling with ribs framing recessed panels. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| goyō-eshi 御用絵師 | Painters who were given a salary in the service of the shogunate or daimyō 大名. Although the Imperial Court and… |
Art History, Painting | |
| goyō 五葉 | Lit. five leaves. A decorative pattern carved into the shape of five petals, and used on a gable pendant *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| gōzanze-in 降三世印 | Lit. mudra of the Vanquisher of the Three Worlds (SK: trailokyavijaya mudra). A mudra or hand gesture *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Gōzanze Myōō 降三世明王 | Also Shōzanze Myōō 勝三世明王. Lit. *myōō 明王 who subjugates the three worlds… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| gozō roppu 五臓六腑 | The internal organs of the body as defined in Chinese medicine kanpō 漢方. A model of the internal organs, made of… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Gozu Tennō 牛頭天王 | Also called Butō 武塔, Gion Tenjin 祇園天神, or simply Tennō 天王. The deity of Yasaka Jinja 八坂神社 in Gion 祇園, Kyoto, also called… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| gu 具 | Art History, Painting | ||
| gubiki 具引き | Applying an undercoat to paper to be used for painting. The undercoat consists of a thin solution of animal glue *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| guhari-no-Amida 紅玻璃阿弥陀 | Lit. *Amida 阿弥陀 with Red Skin. An image of Amida depicted in red, or less commonly… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| guiri 具入り | A light-colored, opaque pigment *ganryō 顔料 made by mixing white pigment such as… |
Art History, Painting |
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