| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| kaisho 会所 | 1 A meeting place. Originally specified as a place in a shinden style mansion *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| kaitomoshi 掻灯 | Also *tsuridōrō 釣灯籠. Lanterns, usually made of metal, hung in the… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| kaitsukuri 貝つくり | Lit. shell technique. The method of pruning a tree so that it resembles the conical shape of a seashell. The lower part of… | Art History, Painting | |
| kaiyūshiki teien 回遊式庭園 | Lit. stroll style garden. A type of garden designed to be entered and enjoyed on foot. Most gardens can be divided either… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| kajū 荷重 | Also ni 荷. Lit. load. The downward pressure exerted by the roof structure, purlins, transverse beams, etc. on the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kake domoegawara 掛巴瓦 | Often abbreviated kake domoe 掛巴. The semi-cylindrical eave-end cover tiles, noki kakedomoe marugawara… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| kake karakusagawara 掛唐草瓦 | A common term for the broad, concave eave-end pendant tiles that are placed along the gable overhang *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| kakeawase 懸合せ | Lit. overprinting. Superimposing two different colors to achieve a third on a woodblock print *… | Art History, Painting | |
| kakebana 懸鼻 | ✓ | Also read kakehana, and written 掛鼻. A decorative nosing *kibana 木鼻… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kakebotoke 懸仏 | A round metal or wooden plate with a separately made or repousse (hammered from the rear) image of a Shinto deity *… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| kakedo 掛戸 | Lit. hanging door. A door hung on the outside of a window to prevent the penetration of rain and wind. It is really a… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| kakegane 掛金 | ✓ | A ring or eyelet device used as a simple method of securing a hinged door *hirakido… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| kakegawara 掛瓦 | A general term for tiles used to cover the bargeboard *hafu 破風 on a gable roof *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| kakego zukuri 掛子造 | ✓ | A method of measurement used to determine the size of a small, 1-bay wide shrine building *… |
Architecture, Measurement |
| kakehashi 掛橋 | Also written 架橋 and 懸橋. A wooden bridge that spans a water-filled moat. Supported by posts, the bridge can be removed when a… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| kakekomi tenjō 掛込天井 | Also written 駆込天井, also called *keshō yaneura no kakekomi tenjō… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| kakemo 懸裳 | Lit. hanging skirt. The hem of a garment which hangs down over the front of a pedestal. Usually it refers to sculpted… | Art History, Sculpture | |
| kakemono-e 掛物絵 | A print mounted on a hanging scroll. A format used for *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 prints.… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kakemono 掛物 | Also called by names such as kakejiku 掛軸, kakefuku 掛幅, jikumono 軸物, *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kakeshōji 掛障子 | ✓ | A hanging translucent screen *shōji 障子 that is constructed with a light wooden… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| kaki iro 柿色 | Lit. persimmon color. An orange color, said to resemble the persimmon fruit, or a reddish-brown like the color of persimmon… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kaki 垣 | Also read en; also called kakine 垣根. A generic term for a fence, garden precinct wall, or partition. Some… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| kakiga 花卉画 | Ch: huahui hua. Paintings of flowers and various types of grass. This term is usually applied to Chinese painting,… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kakikomi 欠込 | ✓ | Also pronounced kakikomu; watarikakitsugi 渡欠継. Also written kakikomu 缺込む in old sources. One of… |
Architecture, Joints |
| kakikubi 欠首 | A neck-like part under a bulbous-topped post *giboshi 擬宝珠. It resembles the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kakimayu 欠眉 | Also written 缺眉 or 欠き眉. A type of carved molding *kurigata 繰形, widely used in… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kakiokoshi 描起し | The re-drawing of lines in ink or color for figures or detailed areas such as garments after the color has been applied. Today… | Art History, Painting | |
| kakitome no ki 垣留の木 | Lit. fence-stopping tree. The technique of painting a tree at the end of a fence. The tree should be in harmony with the… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| kakitsugi 欠継 | A scarf joint used to join two timber members together to form one continuous piece. |
Architecture, Joints | |
| kakitsuke 掻きつけ | Also written 垣つけ. A method of fence construction where vertical members *tateko… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| kakiuchi 欠打 | ✓ | A nailed right angled joint made on two crossed structural members by cutting a notch into one timber equal to the width of… |
Architecture, Joints |
| kakiwari 書割 | The moveable paintings used as backdrops for a *kabuki 歌舞伎 play. A piece of… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kakiyū 柿釉 | A variation of *tenmokuyū 天目釉. A red-brown glaze which is often used on straight… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| kakoi 囲 | Lit. enclosure. An old name for a tea ceremony room *chashitsu 茶室.… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| kaku 閣 | ✓ | 1 A tower or a palace. For example, tenshukaku 天守閣 is the keep or dungeon of a castle. See *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kaku 角 | Also seikakuzai 正角材. A term used for any square building material. For example post is called kakubashira 角柱. | Architecture, General Terms | |
| Kaku Shigi 郭子儀 | Ch: Guo Ziyi (697-781). A Tang dynasty general, known for his military conquests and progeny. A native of Huazhou 華州 in… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kaku-umadashi 角馬出 | A type of defensive gateway barrier *umadashi 馬出, consisting of an earthen… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| kaku zukuri 角造 | 1 A generic term for structural members that are square in cross section. Examples are found on the steps… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kakugōshi tamagaki 角格子玉垣 | Also called kakutamagaki 角玉垣 or *tatehigo tamagaki 竪籤玉垣. A… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kakurenji 角連子 | Lit. square lattice. Lattice that is square in cross section. A single section of lattice is called renjiko 連子子.… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kakushiaridome 隠蟻留 | ✓ | Lit. a hidden mitered dovetail joint, or blind mitered dovetail joint. Also called kakushiarigata kumitsugi 隠蟻形組接… |
Architecture, Joints |
| kakushiguchi 陰口 | Also written 隠口. A hidden castle entrance.
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Architecture, Castles | |
| kakuzai 角材 | Any cut timber that is square in cross section. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Kakuzenshō 覚禅鈔 | Compilation of Kakuzen. An early Kamakura-period compilation of traditional Buddhist iconography. Also called Hyakkanshō… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| kama 釜 | A cauldron, iron pot, or kettle. See *chanoyugama 茶湯釜. |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
kama 鎌 |
A gooseneck tenon. A tenon cut with a long neck (thought to resemble the neck and elongated head of a goose), blunted on the… | Architecture, Joints | |
| kama no kami 釜の神 | A general term for the tutelary deity or deities, kami 神, of the cooking range *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| kamachi 框 | 1 The frame, rail or stile of a door, window or sliding screen *shōji… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kamachiza 框座 | Lit. frame base. The pieces of wood used around a window used to denote the lowest horizontal section of the dais for a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| kamado 竈 | Lit. place for the cauldron. Also called kudo くど, fudo ふど, hettsui へっつい, kama かま. … |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| kamadodono 竈殿 | Sometimes also kamamiya 釜宮. Also read hettsuidono. A building with a hearth or cooking stove. Often a stove may be placed… | Architecture, Shrines | |
| kamadogami 竈神 | Also kamagami 釜神. The tutelary deity of the hearth or cooking range *kamado… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| kamadono 釜殿 | Also pronounced kanaedono, kamaden. A synonym for *kamaya 釜屋… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| kamae 構 | Kamae is an earthen embankment constructed so that it cannot be invaded by an enemy. It has the same meaning as *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| kamakebiki 鎌毛引 | A double-line marking gauge with an iron handle bent into an L-shape where the marking blade is attached. The iron handle is… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| Kamakura jidai 鎌倉時代 | The Kamakura period (1185-1332) is named for the city in modern Kanagawa Prefecture where Minamoto no Yoritomo 源頼朝 (1147-99… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| kamaotoko 釜男 | Also sometimes written 竃男. Lit. cauldron male. An alternative term for *kamadogami… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| Kamatari 鎌足 | The subject of a number of paintings in the possession of Danzan Jinja 談山神社 on Tōnomine 多武峯 in Nara. Kamatari is a deity… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| kamatsugi 鎌継 | ✓ | A gooseneck tenon and mortise joint. The mortise is cut into one section, and the tenon, with head and neck a single member… |
Architecture, Joints |
| kamaya 釜屋 | ✓ | Also written 竈屋. Lit. cooking room. Either refers to a freestanding structure used for cooking, or a part of a vernacular… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| kamayadate 釜屋建て | A particular type of divided roof style *buntōgata 分棟型, where the raised… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| kame no o 亀の尾 | ✓ | Lit. tortoise tail. Short, diagonally set ribs with thin wooden strips called jaboko 蛇骨子 or koebi 小海老,… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kamebara 亀腹 | Also called *manjūgata 饅頭形. Lit. tortoise belly. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kamejima 亀島 | Lit. tortoise island. A small island made with several stones that express the head, feet, and tail of a tortoise. Found in… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| kami-e 紙絵 | A pre-13th century term for small paintings executed on paper in the *yamato-e… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kami no jū 上の重 | Lit. upper floor. Refers to the second story of a two-storied structure. *Jū 重… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Kami-no-midō 上御堂 | Lit. Upper honorable hall. A Buddhist image hall at Hōryūji 法隆寺 (1318) in Nara, rebuilt long after the original hall, built… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| kami 神 | A Shinto deity. Although the word deity may imply a singular definite presence, kami have no fixed number, form or… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| kamidaidokoro 上台所 | Lit. upper kitchen.
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Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| kamidana 神棚 | ✓ | An interior shelf *tana 棚, where paper talismans, kamifuda 神札, or… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| kamigamachi 上框 | The top rail or the uppermost horizontal door stile. Also kamizan 上桟. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kamigata-e 上方絵 | *Ukiyo-e 浮世絵 prints from the Osaka-Kyoto area (kamigata 上方 denotes… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kamigata 紙形 | Lit. paper figure. The preliminary underdrawing *shita-e 下絵 for a Kamakura and… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kamihari tenjō 紙貼天井 | A ceiling on which layered paper has been pasted. The bottom, middle, and top layers of paper cover the area between the… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| kaminashijō 髪無尉 | Hairless old man. Also written 上無尉. Alternate name, inarijō 稲荷尉. A nō mask *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| kamite 上手 | Lit. upper hand. Upper end or high end. The position or seat of higher rank, or the superior position in a hierarchy. In… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Kamo no keiba 賀茂競馬 | A painting subject of horse racing at Kamigamo Jinja 上賀茂神社 in Kyoto. The event was a popular custom held on May 5th (today… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kamogawa-ishi 賀茂川石 | Lit. Kamogawa stone. A type of stone taken from the bed of the upper Kamo River in Kyoto. It was much in demand as garden… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| kamoi 鴨居 | ✓ | A generic term for a head jamb. Unlike the lintel *magusa まぐさ, kamoi… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kamon 渦文 | Also sentenmon 旋転文. A spiral pattern used in drapery folds on Buddhist statues. Ridges, representing creases in the… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Kan Butei 漢武帝 | Ch: Han Wudi (159-87 BC). Lit. Emperor Wu of Han. The seventh emperor of the Former Han (Jp: Zenkan 前漢), who ruled from 141-… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Kan'ei bunka 寛永文化 | Kan'ei culture. The culture of the Kan'ei era (1624-44) and by extension that of the whole early Edo period *… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| kan in 款印 | A signature *rakkan 落款 or a seal *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Kan U 関羽 | Ch: Guan Yu (d. 219 CE). A Chinese general. A painting theme and the subject and title of a *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kan'unjoku 寒雲卓 | ✓ | A type of pitcher shelf *mizusashidana 水指棚. A version of… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| kana zōshi 仮名草子 | Lit. book in kana script. A popular literarily form produced between 1600-82, principally in the Kyoto area. These… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kanabakari-zu 矩計図 | Sectional details. Also kanabakari 矩計. A detailed drawing of the specific parts of a structure in a scale larger… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kanagu 金具 | Also kanamono 金物 (metal thing). Metal fittings that are not only functional but often decorative. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kaname 要 | A term used for the imaginary center point from which fan rafters *ōgidaruki… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kanawa tsugi 金輪継 | ✓ | An oblique, housed (dadoed), rabbeted, T-shaped, half-blind, tenoned scarf joint. Because both the tenon and mortise are… |
Architecture, Joints |
| Kanazawa hakkei 金沢八景 | Lit. Eight views of Kanazawa. Eight scenic spots around Kanazawa, the southern part of Kuraki 久良岐 in Sagami 相模 Province (… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kanazuchi 金槌 | A carpenter's hammer with an iron head. It differs from the steel double faced hammer *… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| kanbaku zu 観瀑図 | Ch: guanputu. A pictorial theme that features a scholar gazing at a waterfall. The theme probably relates to the poem Ballad… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kanban 看板 | ✓ | A signboard placed outside or affixed to the front of a commercial premises displaying the name of the shop yagō… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| Kanbun bijin 寛文美人 | Lit. beauties of the Kanbun 寛文 era (1661-73). A generic and recently coined term for paintings of beautiful women and men,… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kanbutsu-e 潅仏会 | A ceremony held every year to commemorate Buddha's *Shaka 釈迦 birthday, April 8th… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| kandachi 神館 | A place for Shinto purification rites, as well as a place for priests to go into seclusion for a set amount of time. |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| kane-no-te 矩の手 | An architecutural element which incorporates a right angle. For example, a corridor with a right angle bend is referred to… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| kaneguchi no nuki 鐘口貫 | A penetrating beam *nuki 貫 that is inserted into the structure of a belfry *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
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