| 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 | |
| sagiashi 鷺足 | Also sagi-no-ashi. Lit. "heron's leg." A type of long, curved leg found on a Chinese style desk, tōzukue… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| sakakibashira 逆木柱 | ✓ | Also sakabashira 逆柱 or sakasabashira 逆さ柱. Lit. "upside down pillar." |
Architecture, Decorations |
| samidare 五月雨 | Lit. "fifth month rain." A geometric pattern used for fretwork muntins. The design is inspired by early summer rain, … |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| san'yō 三葉 | Lit. "three leaves." A decorative pattern carved into the shape of three leaves; used particularly for metal fittings found… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| sannojikuzushi 三の字崩 | ✓ | A type of decorative pattern used for muntins on transoms *ranma 欄間. The design… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| sasaguri 笹繰 | Concave curves carved out of the upper surface of the bracket arms *hijiki… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| sasakanamono 笹金物 | ✓ | Lit. "bamboo-grass metal fitting." A long, narrow, metal fitting *kanagu 金具,… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| sayagata 紗綾形 | ✓ | A design pattern of interlocking swastikas, manji 万字 (卍). Most sources agree that the term (a contraction of sa… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| seifun 正吻 | ✓ | Also shifun 蚩吻. A decoration in the shape of a fictional animal found at each end of a main roof-ridge *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| seigaiha 青海波 | ✓ | 1 Also pronounced seikaiha. A wave design made of the arches of concentric circles superimposed… |
Art History, Painting, Decorations, Architecture |
| senjōmon 線条文 | Lit. "line pattern." A design pattern found on a slanting strut *shirin 支輪,… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| shakudō 赤銅 | Lit. "gold bronze." Ornamental metal fittings *kazari kanagu … |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| shakujōbori 錫杖彫 | ✓ | Also shakujōbori 釈杖彫, yuengata 油煙形. A type of decorative carving *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| shibi 鴟尾 | ✓ | Also written 鵄尾, 蚩尾, 鮪; also called tobi-no-o 鴟の尾, kutsugata 沓形 (shoes tile) because it is thought to… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| shichiyō 七葉 | Lit. "seven leaves." A decoration in the shape of seven petals, used on a gable pendant *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| shide 四出 | A decorative motif that is characterized by a central flower pattern surrounded by either a flower or leaf pattern that is… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| shikami 顰 | ✓ | An abbreviation for *shikamibori 顰彫. Formerly also written shikami 獅噛. The… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| shikamibori 顰彫 | Often abbreviated as *shikami 顰. The gouged-out or indented part of a moulding *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| shiken ikka 四間一花 | Also ikka shiken 一花四間. A type of decorative flower pattern painted on coffered ceilings. Coffers *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| shiracha-iro 白茶色 | Lit. "white-brown color." Also shiracha 白茶. A light brown color. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| shiratsuchi-nuri 白土塗 | To paint a surface with plaster *shikkui 漆喰, or a plastered surface. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| shishibana 獅子鼻 | ✓ | A style of nosing *kibana 木鼻 carved to resemble the head and… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| shiyō 四葉 | ✓ | Lit. "four leaves." Abbreviation of *shiyōza 四葉座. A decorative pattern carved… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| shiyōza 四葉座 | ✓ | Also read yotsubaza. A metal nailhead cover *kugikakushi 釘隠 with… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| shōgon 荘厳 | The ornamentation of a Buddhist hall. A Buddhist statue made in a dignified and beautiful style by adding features such as a… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| sudarezama 簾狭間 | Also sudaresama. A transom *ranma 欄間, with openwork… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| sukashi kaerumata 透蟇股 | ✓ | Also called *kurinuki kaerumata 刳抜蟇股. A frog-leg strut that is… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| sutemayu 捨眉 | A type of molding *kurigata 繰形 incised on the lower edge of a… |
Architecture, Decorations |
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