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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
chinkin 沈金

Also called chinkinbori 沈金彫. A technique developed in aizunuri 会津塗 that involves cutting a design into a…

Art History, Crafts
chōkin 彫金

Chasing. Carving patterns or letters with a chisel on metal work. A common technique is nanako-uchi 魚々子打 (fish-roe…

Art History, Crafts
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
hagiyaki 萩焼 ✓

Hagi ware. A general name for pottery made in the Matsumoto, 松本, area of western Hagi City, and in Nagato Fukawa, 長門深川, in…

Art History, Crafts
hanpi 半臂

Lit. half arm. A sleeveless short undergarment for aristocratic men. From the Nara through the early Heian periods, …

Art History, Crafts
heidatsu 平脱

Ch. Pingtuo. A technique in which thin sheets of metal are cut into decorative shapes and set in a lacquer base;…

Art History, Crafts
heishi 瓶子 Also heiji. A type of wine vessel with a long slim neck with narrow mouth and round bottom, or narrow mouth, round waist… Art History, Crafts
hidasukimon 火襷文 ✓

Fire-cord design. A decoration used on ceramics. While appearing accidental, this is a method created by the special…

Art History, Crafts

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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