| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| chichi-no-ma 乳の間 | ✓ | Also called chi-no-ma 乳の間. A horizontal band of small round projections found around the upper part of a temple… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| chichikanamono 乳金物 | ✓ | Also manjū kanamono 饅頭金物 (see *manjūgata 饅頭形), hoshu 鋪首,… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| chirashihassō 散八双 | A generic name for the decorative metal fittings *kazarikanagu 飾金具,… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chirashikanagu 散金具 | A metal fitting *kanagu 金具 attached to the corners of a door and… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chirashimanji 散万字 | A pattern which consists of swastika manji 卍 motifs inside a square grid. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chirashiōgi 散扇 | Also chiriōgi. A decorative, geometric pattern that resembles closed fan shapes on a square grid. It is found on… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chōchinbishi 提灯菱 | Lit. Lantern diamond. A type of diamond pattern *hishi 菱 used on mullions *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chōjikuzushi 丁字崩 | A decorative, geometric pattern based on the character 丁 chō that is found on transoms *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chōkoku ranma 彫刻欄間 | ✓ | Lit. carved transom. A decorative frieze consisting of carved panels fixed above the head of a door. Transom designs include… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| 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 | |
| hachiyō 八葉 | Lit. eight leaves. Also hachiyō kanagu 八葉金具. A metal decoration carved into the shape of eight petals with a central… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hafu kazari kanagu 破風飾金具 | Also hafu kanagu 破風金具. Decorative metal fittings, *kazari kanagu… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hakokanagu 箱金具 | Also hakokanamono 箱金物, *makikanagu 巻金具, makikanamono 巻金物. U-strap, strap, stirrup.… | Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanaguri 鼻繰 | A generic name for moldings *kurigata 繰形, used on the edge of bracket arms *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanaikada 花筏 | Lit. flower raft. A decorative, floral pattern popular in the Momoyama period. The design is said to be derived from a… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanakumiko 花組子 | Also hanako 花子. Decorative petal-shaped muntins found on doors *shōji… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanaranma 花欄間 | Also called hanasama ranma 花狭間欄間 or *hanazama 花狭間. A… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanazama 花狭間 | ✓ | Also hanasama.
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Architecture, Decorations |
| hassō kanagu 八双金具 | ✓ | Also called hassō kanamono 八双金物; sakawa kanagu 逆輪金具 or saba-no-o 鯖の尾. Lit. twin… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| hi-no-de dana 日出棚 | A type of decorative closet against a wall, with two small doored compartments resting on the floor and a round window… | Architecture, Decorations | |
| hire 鰭 | ✓ | Lit. fins. A decorative sculpted form found, for example, on the left and right of a gable pendant *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| hon'yamato 本大和 | An abbreviation of hon'yamatokaki 本大和掻. Also pronounced hon'yamatogaki. A type of decoration used on teahouses with an… | Architecture, Decorations | |
| hōō 鳳凰 | 1 A phoenix. A mythical Chinese bird, thought to have been introduced to Japan in the Asuka period. The… |
Architecture, Painting, Decorations, Art History | |
| horimono 彫物 | 1 The skills, process, and work of carving in wood, bamboo, stone, metal, or other materials. It also… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hōsōge karakusa 宝相華唐草 | 1 Abbreviation of hōsōge karakusamon 宝相華唐草文. A type of Chinese arabesque design *… |
Architecture, Decorations, Roofing Tiles |
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