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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
igayaki 伊賀焼

Iga 伊賀 ware. A stoneware ceramic made in Iga (now Maruhashira 丸柱 village), Mie Prefecture and in a few nearby villages. The…

Art History, Crafts
imariyaki 伊万里焼 ✓

Imari ware. A general term for porcelain from the Arita 有田 region of Saga Prefecture, but not including the Kakiemon 柿右衛門…

Art History, Crafts
inrō 印籠

Lit. seal caddy. A tiered rectangular or circular container used originally for seals but later for medicines and other…

Art History, Crafts
iro-e 色絵

Lit. colored picture.

1 A metalwork term for the soldering of thin sheets of gold, silver, or other…

Art History, Crafts
irogami 色紙

1 Paper dyed various colors using one of several techniques: sen'izome 繊維染 (raw fibers dyed before…

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