| 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. |
Art History, Sculpture |
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