| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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| hira kudarimune 平降棟 | Also called hira kudari 平降 or *kudarimune 降棟. Descending ridges at… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hira 平 | The sides of a building which are parallel to the ridge. Usually the long sides of a building at a right angle to the gable… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirabashi 平橋 | A flat bridge made of wood, wood and sods, or stone. |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hirabuchi tenjō 平縁天井 | A simple ceiling made of boards and battens. The battens are thin and rectangular in section and are placed at right angles… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hiradana 平棚 | A plain, flat shelf board used in an alcove *tokonoma 床の間 or as a desk; one type is… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| hiraganna 平鉋 | ✓ | A smoothing plane. The hiraganna is used for smoothly planing the surface of a board or pillar. Of the many types… |
Architecture, Tools |
| hiragawara 平瓦 | ✓ | Also called *megawara 女瓦 (female tile). One of the basic… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| hirageta 平桁 | A light, horizontal, rectangular member that is inserted into the corner post between the top and bottom rails of a… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirahashi 平橋 | Lit. flat bridge. A simple kind of garden bridge made with flat wooden boards. In its simplest form, a hirahashi may… | Architecture, Gardens | |
| hirahijiki 平肘木 | A bracket arm placed parallel to or at right angles to the direction of a roof ridge *… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirahozo 平ほぞ | ✓ | A true, square or rectangular tenon cut from a single block of wood. The top of the uncut part of the block forms the square… |
Architecture, Joints |
| hirairi 平入 | ✓ | The entrance to a building constructed parallel to the ridge *mune 棟 of the roof… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hirairi-zukuri 平入造 | Also called *hirairi 平入. A style of building that has the main… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirajiro 平城 | Lit. flatland castle. A castle built on a plain with the main defensive elements being rivers, swamps, and man-made moats.… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| hirakaramon 平唐門 | ✓ | Also *karamon 唐門. A gate characterized by undulating bargeboards *… |
Architecture, Gates |
| hiraki 開 | Also called funbari 踏張.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirakido 開戸 | ✓ | Also shortened to *hiraki 開. A generic term for doors *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hirakimado 開窓 | A translucent paper-covered casement window that opens by means of hinges like a hinged door. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirakishōji 開障子 | A translucent paper-covered frame attached to a door jam by a socket hinge hijitsubo 肘壷 or chōtsugai 蝶番,… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| hirakōbai 平勾配 | The pitch of a roof on the sides parallel to the ridge. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hiramitsudo 平三斗 | ✓ | Also called *mitsudo tokyō 三斗斗きょう. A 3-on-1, non-projecting bracket… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hiramon 平門 | Also read hirakado. A simple gate set between two posts. The gate may have a very low pitched roof covered either with… | Architecture, Gates | |
| hiranuri 平塗 | A technique used to apply color evenly over an underpainting, without regard for lines. If the overcoat is opaque the under… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hirasanjō 平三畳 | ✓ | Also hirasanjō-no-seki 平三畳席. A three-mat tea ceremony room *chashitsu… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| hirashoiin 平書院 | One type of window used in a shoin style room *shoin-zukuri 書院造.… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| hirasode kakugawara 平袖角瓦 | ✓ | Also sekigai sodekakugawara 積蓋袖角瓦. Lit. stacked, broad-sleeved angular cover tiles. The broad, concave pendant… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| hirasodegawara 平袖瓦 | ✓ | Also sekigai sodegawara 積蓋袖瓦. A broad, rectangular type of concave roof tile *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| hiratōba 平塔婆 | A small, flat, wooden grave tablet placed so that it leans against a grave stone. It may have the name of the deceased… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| hiratokyō 平斗きょう | Also called *hirazonae 平備. A bracket complex *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirawari 平割 | ✓ | Logs sawn or ripped into rectangular lengths along the grain. |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hiraya 平家 | A house with only one story. |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| hirayamajiro 平山城 | Also read hirasanjiro. Lit. flatland mountain castle. A castle built on a low mountain, defined as 20 to 100 m high… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| hirazonae 平備 | Also written 平具, and read hirasonae; also called *hiratokyō … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirazuka 平束 | A short strut, post, or prop which has the same width from bottom to top. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hire 鰭 | ✓ | Lit. fins. A decorative sculpted form found, for example, on the left and right of a gable pendant *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| hiregawara 鰭瓦 | Lit. fish tile. The lower parts of ogre tiles *onigawara 鬼瓦 which extend… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hirejō tenne 鰭状天衣 | Also hiregata tenne 鰭形天衣. Lit. fin-shaped heavenly scarf. A long, ornamental scarf (see *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| hiro-en 広縁 | A generic term for a deep veranda.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirobisashi 広廂 | Also written 広庇, 弘廂. Sometimes called *hiro-en 広縁. An extended… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirokomai 広小舞 | ✓ | A long, wide, wedge-shaped, horizontal timber placed over the ends of rafters to prevent their deflection and to add support… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hiroma 広間 | 1 The generic term used for a large room occupying the full cross section of a building in Edo period… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings | |
| hiromagata 広間型 | The name given to a room plan common in vernacular houses *minka … |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| hironomi 広鑿 | Lit. wide chisel. A type of striking chisel *tatakinomi 叩鑿, with a blade-… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| hiroshiki 広敷 | 1 Part of the kitchen and private residential zone of an Edo period daimyō 大名 residence. … |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| hirukan 蛭環 | ✓ | Also hirukagi 蛭鈎 or hirukugi 蛭釘. Lit. leech hook. A pothook attached to the ceiling of the tea ceremony… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| hisakugata 柄杓形 | Lit. ladle shape. Also read hishakugata or hisagogata 瓢形 (gourd pattern). The shape of the precious jewel… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hisashi 廂 | Also written 庇. The area surrounding the *moya 母屋 or core of a… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hisashibashira 廂柱 | Also written 庇柱.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| hisen 臂釧 | A type of decorative band *kansen 鐶釧, found on the upper arms of bodhisattva *… | Art History, Sculpture | |
| hishaku 柄杓 | 1 A utensil with a long handle and dipper used to ladle hot water from the kettle, or cold water from the… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| hishaku kanamono 柄杓金物 | A metal fitting that allows a door to swing open in two directions. The fitting is shaped like a dipper, whereby the "… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| hishi 菱 | 1 Also hishigata 菱形. A diamond or lozenge shape. A term used to describe diamond-shaped cross… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hishi-no-mon 菱の門 | Lit. diamond-shaped gate. Also called ōteguchi 大手口 (large front entrance). A two-storied turret gate *… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| hishi shirin 菱支輪 | ✓ | A short, curved, non-supporting series of strut-like members used on the under side of eaves to form a transition between… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hishigaki 菱垣 | Lit. lozenge fence. A type of open fence made with bamboo or other types of wood braided into lozenge shapes. A good example… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hishigōshi 菱格子 | ✓ | 1 Diamond- or lozenge-shaped lattice or muntins used on doors, transoms, and fences *… |
Art History, Architecture, General Terms, Painting |
| hishiko 菱子 | 1 Muntins, diamond shaped in cross section, used in place of vertical bars in some window openings. … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hishimon 菱文 | ✓ | A diamond or lozenge-shaped motif that is a type of traditional design motif *… |
Art History, Painting |
| hiten 飛天 | Flying apsaras. Heavenly beings invisible to the human eye, believed to fly with superhuman power and speed. Found in Middle… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| hiten kōhai 飛天光背 | Also hitenkō 飛天光. Lit. flying apsaras nimbus. A halo *kōhai 光背,… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Hitomaro-zō 人麿像 | ✓ | Also Hitomaru-zō 人丸像. An imaginary portrait of the Nara period poet Kakinomotono Hitomaro 柿本人麿, who is… |
Art History, Painting |
| hitonoki 一軒 | The single eaves formed by a single row of base rafters found most often on domestic architecture. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hitosuji 一筋 | A door head or sill with a single groove to accommodate a sliding door. For instance; hitosuji gamoi 一筋鴨居 (a single… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hitotesaki 一手先 | Also called hitotegumi 一手組, hitotesakigumi 一手先組, or *degumi… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hiuchibari 火打梁 | ✓ | A diagonal brace placed across a corner at about a 45-degree angle to the purlins. Sometimes called an angle tie, angle,… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| Hiunkaku 飛雲閣 | Lit. a flying cloud tower. Unique, three-storied timber building, rōkaku 楼閣, built in asymmetrical design and… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| hiunmon 飛雲文 | ✓ | Also *unmon 雲文, ryūunmon 流雲文. The flowing cloud motif on… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| hiwa-iro 鶸色 | Lit. greenfinch color. A light olive color, produced by adding a small amount of indigo *ai… | Art History, Painting | |
| hiwada-iro 桧皮色 | Also written 檜皮色.
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Art History, Painting | |
| hiwadabuki 桧皮葺 | ✓ | A roof covered with layers of Japanese cypress hinoki 桧 (檜) bark shingles. The shingles are usually 45-60 cm in… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hiyoku irimoya-zukuri 比翼入母屋造 | ✓ | A style of hip-and-gable roof exemplified by the one on the *honden 本殿 at… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| hiyu setsuwa-zu 比喩説話図 | A narrative painting or a relief of a story, called Avadana in Sanskrit which relates stories of Buddha's disciples and… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hizakui 膝喰 | A decoration in the shape of a lion's head *shigami 獅噛, found on… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Hizakurige 膝栗毛 | Lit. Shank's Mare. A ribald classic by Jippensha Ikku 十返舎一九 (1765-1831) tracing the adventures of the two bumpkins Yajirobē… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hizuka 樋束 | A type of strut found in *shinmei-zukuri 神明造. Several… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hizumiguruwa 邪郭 | Also written 斜郭. A diagonal section of wall forming part of a gateway barrier *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| Hō Koji 龐居士 | Ch: Pang Jushi. Lit. The Layman Pang. Regarded as an incarnation of Vimalakirti (Jp: *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hōbyō 宝瓶 | Also suibyō 瓶. A flower vase, found as an attribute *jimotsu 持物… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| hōdate 方立 | Also written 傍立; also called hōdatebashira 方立柱; formerly *hashirayose… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hōdateguchi 方立口 | ✓ | Also hōtateguchi. An entrance to a tea ceremony room *chashitsu… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| hōgyō yane 宝形屋根 | ✓ | Lit. roof segments flowing down on four sides, also called shichū yane 四注屋根 shihōnagare 四方流. A hipped or… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hōgyō-zukuri 宝形造 | ✓ | Also written 方形造; sometimes called the four-part style shichū-zukuri 四注造, or the square style hōkei-zukuri… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hohitsu 補筆 | Repainting or supplementary brushwork. To add to, attempt to finish, or correct a painting or calligraphy by adding brush… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hōjō 方丈 | ✓ | The name given to the type of residence that had evolved by the end of the 14th century for the abbot, i.e., the head priest… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| hōjō jitate 法帖仕立 | An accordion style book-binding *orihon 折本. So called because it is used for… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hōju 宝珠 | ✓ | 1 Also pronounced hōshu. A sacred gem. Usually a ball or tear-drop shape object that is sacred to… |
Architecture, General Terms, Art History, Sculpture |
| hōjugata kōhai 宝珠形光背 | A type of nimbus *zukō 頭光, or halo, found on a Buddhist image in the shape… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| hōjumon 宝珠文 | Also hōshumon. A design of spherical jewels with slightly pointed tops, frequently with flames rising from the… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hōkan Amida 宝冠阿弥陀 | Lit. *Amida 阿弥陀 with a Jeweled Crown. A typical representation of Buddha *… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| hōkan 宝冠 | Also tenkan 天冠. A crown on a Buddhist sculpture. Usually made in wood or bronze openwork *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| hōkanbutsu 宝冠仏 | A statue of Buddha wearing a crown ornamented with precious stones. This tradition originated in India, first with crowned… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| hōkei 宝髻 | Also hōkei 寶髻. The hair of a sculpted figure tied up on top of the head in a topknot. Found on bodhisattva *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| hōkeiyakata 方形館 | Lit. Square-shape mansion. A medieval fortified military-class mansion that is surrounded by a square-shaped, or more… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| Hokekyō hensō 法華経変相 | Drawings or paintings, zu 図 depicting the doctrine and stories of the Lotus Sutra Hokekyō 法華経,… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| hokkai jōin 法界定印 | Lit. Dharma-realm meditation mudra. Hokkai 法界 is the Dharma-realm, (Sk: dharmadhatu), and jōin is an… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Hokke mandara 法華曼荼羅 | Lit. Lotus Mandala. Also Hokekyō mandara 法華経曼荼羅 (mandala depiction of the Lotus Sutra), Hokekyō hōtō mandara… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| hokkedō 法華堂 | ✓ | Also called hokke sanmaidō 法華三昧堂.
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Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| hōko 宝庫 | Also hōzō 宝蔵, shinko 神庫, itakura 板倉, banzō 板蔵, sazō 叉蔵. A storehouse for… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| hokogi 架木 | The topmost member of a three-railed balustrade *kōran 高欄, usually round or… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Hōkokusai 豊国祭 | Lit. Hōkoku festival. The special celebration on the seventh anniversary of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 豊臣秀吉 (1536-98) death, held… |
Art History, Painting |
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