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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
gunba-zu 群馬図

Lit. pictures of herds of horses. One of several horse themes popular in 16th- and 17th-century screen painting. Unlike…

Art History, Painting
Gundari Myōō 軍荼利明王

Also Kanro Gundari 甘露軍荼利 (Sk: Amrtakundalin); also known as Kirikiri Myōō 吉里吉里明王. One of the five great myōō *…

Art History, Iconography
gunji 軍持

Also written 君持 or 軍遅. Sanskrit kundika. A vase with two spouts, found as an attribute *…

Art History, Sculpture
gunjō 群青

Also *iwa-gunjō 岩群青. A blue pigment made from pulverized azurite, randōkō…

Art History, Painting
guri 屈輪 ✓

Also written 呉利, and pronounced gori or gurin. A design of stylized bracken-leaf shapes forming repeated…

Art History, Painting
gusokudana 具足棚

Lit. Shelves to display armor. They are placed next to an alcove *tokonoma…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings
Gutei isshi 倶胝一指

Ch: Judiyizhi. A 9th-century Chinese Zen monk famous for his one-finger isshi Zen. According to the Wumenguan…

Art History, Painting
Guze Kannon 救世観音

A name often used for *Shōkannon 聖観音, it refers to the simple (non-esoteric) form of…

Art History, Iconography
guzumi 具墨

An opaque, dark grey pigment *ganryō 顔料 made by mixing black carbon ink *…

Art History, Painting
gyaku enkinhō 逆遠近法 ✓

Lit. inverted perspective. A visual technique sometimes employed in Chinese and Japanese painting. While the Western…

Art History, Painting
gyakugatte 逆勝手

The reverse arrangement of the fire-box or hearth in a tea ceremony room, or when the guest's mat *…

Architecture, Tea Houses
gyakuren 逆蓮 ✓

Also sakabasu 逆蓮, kaikaren 開花蓮, *yuiwata 結綿. A shape that…

Architecture, Decorations
gyobutsu 御物

Also read gomotsu. The emperor's property. The Imperial Collection of art objects, books, etc., which are either of…

Art History, General Terms
gyobutsudana 御物棚

A set of double cabinets with four sliding door panels attached to the ceiling next to the decorative alcove *…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings
gyōfuku renge 仰伏蓮華

Also written 仰覆蓮華. A type of lotus flower design pattern *rengemon 蓮華文. The…

Art History, Painting
gyōgetsukei 仰月形

A smile found on Buddhist images, where both ends of the mouth curve upward into the shape of a crescent moon. This smile is…

Art History, Sculpture
gyōgibuki gawara 行基葺瓦 ✓

A type of smooth, lipless, semi-cylindrical cover tile that tapers from its broader front end to a narrower back end.…

Architecture, Roofing Tiles
gyōkaigan 凝灰岩

Tuff or tufa. Popularly called shōkōseki 松香石. A porous stone composed of volcanic ash or from the material loosened…

Architecture, General Terms
gyokugan 玉眼

Lit. crystal eyes. Eyes made of crystal which were inserted into the head of a wooden buddhist statue in order to produce a…

Art History, Sculpture
gyorinbuki 魚鱗葺

An arrangement of sculpted lotus petals *renben 蓮弁 on a lotus pedestal *…

Art History, Sculpture
gyoshō mondō 魚樵問答

Ch: yuqiao wenda. A pictorial theme of a philosophical dialogue between a fisherman and a woodcutter. The origin of…

Art History, Painting
gyōsō 形相 All of the visible attributes of a Buddhist figure. These include the countenance, posture, hand positions, and any… Art History, Sculpture
gyōya 行屋

1 Small buildings or huts where village representatives used to stay en route to or upon return from a…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
gyōzō 行像

Lit. traveling image. 

1 Buddhist images shown in the position of walking, often used in…

Art History, Sculpture

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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