| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| chōnabari 釿梁 | ✓ | Transverse roof beams that span the distance from the center posts of a vernacular house with a thatched roof to the *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| chōnaguri 釿栗 | Cutting decorative patterns with an adze *chōna 釿 on chestnut wood … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| chōnahajime 釿始 | Also written 釿初, 手斧初. Also called kozukuri hajime 木造り始め or onohajime 斧始め. A carpenter's ceremony performed… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| chōnamekezuri 釿目削 | ✓ | Also called chōnahatsuri 釿斫. A decorative pattern carved into the visible surface of a timber using an adze *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| chōren 頂蓮 | Also kairen 開蓮. A lotus flower found on the head of a *Fudō Myōō … |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chōsenshiki yamajiro 朝鮮式山城 | Lit. Korean type mountain castle. A general term for castle structures in Japan that resemble those in ancient Korea.… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| choshi 楮紙 | Also read kōzogami and kajigami 梶紙. Formerly called kokushi 穀紙 during the Heian period. Paper… |
Art History, Painting | |
| 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 | |
| chōshizenshugi 超自然主義 | Lit. hyper-naturalism. The idea of basing a garden, or a single element in it, on nature, but exaggerating the natural… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| Chotō 猪頭 | Ch: Zhutou. A painting subject depicting the Northern Song dynasty eccentric priest Zhimeng (J: Shimō 志蒙). He was known… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chōyō・taigetsu 朝陽・対月 | ✓ | Ch: chaoyang duiyue. A Zen painting subject depicting a priest sewing in the morning sun (Jp: chōyō … |
Art History, Painting |
| chōzu-ishi 手水石 | Lit. hand-washing stone. One of the seven trump stones *nanatsu-ishi 七つ石… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chōzubachi 手水鉢 | Lit. hand water bowl. A water basin used to rinse the hands or as a decorative element in gardens. Usually made of stone,… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| chōzuya 手水舎 | Also written 手水屋. Also called suibansha 水盤舎 or temizuya 手水舎. Shrine or temple building for cleaning hands… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| chūban 中判 | Lit. medium-size format. A size of *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 print. The term chūban… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chūberi 中縁 | A part of the mounting of a hanging scroll *kakemono 掛物. The chūberi… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chūbō 中房 | The central, circular part of a round, eave-end, pendant tile *gatō 瓦当… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| chūdai 中台 | The middle base of a lantern *tōrō 灯籠 upon which rests the flame holder and… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| chūdan 中段 | Middle area. In upper class residences especially from the Momoyama period and through the Edo period, seating was… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| chūden 中殿 | The space *ai-no-ma 相の間 between the sanctuary *… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| chūdō 中堂 | Lit. central hall. A hall situated between two Buddhist halls or a hall with corridors attached on either side. The most… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| chūhon 中本 | Lit. a middle-size book. A woodblock printed book, popular during the Edo period, which is one-half the size of a … |
Art History, Painting | |
| chūjin 中陣 | A term used in shrine architecture: a middle area between the *honden 本殿, *… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| chūjō 中将 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 supposedly intended to represent the 9th-century poet and… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chūkin 鋳金 | Metal casting. A technique used in metalwork to produce vessels or sculptures by melting down metal and pouring it into a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chūkondō 中金堂 | Lit. middle golden hall. An image hall *kondō 金堂 located at the center of… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| chūmon 中門 | 1 Middle gate. The second or inner gate on the north-south axis of a temple compound in the ancient period… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| chūmon-zukuri 中門造り | A type of vernacular house *minka 民家, characterized by one or more wings or… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| chūmonrō 中門廊 | 1 A Heian-period corridor intersected by gates. In the most elaborate Heian-period shinden style… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| chūnikai 中二階 | ✓ | A term for a loft or attic occupying the roof space of a vernacular house *minka… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| chūsei kenchiku 中世建築 | Lit. medieval architecture. Temple and shrine buildings erected during the Kamakura, Nanbokuchō, and Muromachi periods when… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| chūshikō ganna 中仕工鉋 | A smoothing plane, used to further smooth the surface of timber after the general roughing plane *… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| 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 | |
| Chūshingura 忠臣蔵 | A pictorial subject matter taken from The Treasury of Loyal Retainers Chūshingura, an epic and well-loved story of… |
Art History, Painting | |
| chūshinseki 中心石 | Lit. center stone(s). A single stone or stone arrangement *ishigumi 石組,… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| chūson 中尊 | Also chūdai-no-son 中台の尊. The principal statue in a group of Buddhist statues. The central image in a triad or group… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chūtō 柱頭 | A synonym for the large bearing block *daito 大斗 placed on the tops of pillars… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| chūzō 鋳造 | Also imono 鋳物. Casting. A technique used to make cast sculptural forms. The base material was heated… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| sabi さび | Also written 寂. |
Art History, Architecture, General Terms | |
| sabi-urushi 錆漆 | Also sabi 錆. A paste made by mixing powdered burnt clay *tonoko 砥の粉… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| sabibori サビ彫 | When woodblocks are being carved to reproduce pages of handwritten characters, sometimes the point of a small knife will be… |
Art History, Painting | |
| sabikabe 錆壁 | The finishing coat on a wall that consists of iron rust mixed with clay or plaster. Originally, old nails were boiled, and… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| sadōguchi 茶道口 | ✓ | Also written 茶堂口, 茶頭口; also chatateguchi 茶立口, or *katteguchi 勝手口.… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| sagabon 嵯峨本 | Also called kōetsubon 光悦本 or suminokurabon 角倉本, although some scholars consider each of these names to… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Sagano 嵯峨野 | A pictorial subject of an area in the western part of Kyoto city, famous for autumn grasses and singing insects. Besides… |
Art History, Painting | |
| sagefuri 下振 | Also called shōjiki 正直. A plumb line with a plumb bob, furiko 振子, at the lower end. The plumb bob is a… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| sagekiri 下げ切 | A little used placement of the firebox *ro 炉, in a tea ceremony room *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| 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 | |
| sahari 響銅 | Also written 佐波理. An alloy of copper containing less than ten percent tin, lead and zinc and of a pale yellowish color. It… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| saiben rengemon 細弁蓮華文 | Lit. "narrow petal lotus motif." A motif with as many as twelve or sixteen narrow petals found on some circular pendant… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| Saiendō 西円堂 | ✓ | An octagonal hall at Hōryūji 法隆寺, Nara, which was destroyed by a typhoon in 1050. The structure was rebuilt in 1250. It is… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| Saigyō monogatari-e 西行物語絵 | Paintings based on Saigyō monogatari 西行物語 (The Tale of Saigyō), a fictionalization of the poet-priest… |
Art History, Painting | |
| saijō 斎場 | 1 An area temporarily purified to erect temporary buildings and facilities for performing the *… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| saikakubon 西鶴本 | The name for a group of *ukiyo zōshi 浮世草子 (books of the floating world;… |
Art History, Painting | |
| saikan sanyū 歳寒三友 | Ch: suihan sanyou. Lit. "three friends of wintery seasons." A painting theme featuring pine matsu 松, plum… |
Art History, Painting | |
| saikan 斎館 | Also *kandachi 神館, shinkan 神館. |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| saiken 細見 | Also Yoshiwara saiken 吉原細見. Annually published guide to the new *Yoshiwara… |
Art History, Painting | |
| saikondō 西金堂 | An image hall *kondō 金堂 situated to the west of a pagoda in temple grounds.… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| saimitsuga 細密画 | Miniature paintings in a detailed style best suited for fans or albums. Two other terms, mitsuga 密画 and saiga… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Saimon 西門 | An eight-legged *hakkyakumon 八脚門, 3-bay wide, 1-entrance gate with a gable… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| Saimyōji shiorido 西明寺枝折戸 | Lit. "Saimyōji 西明寺-style latticed bamboo door." One type of raised lattice door *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| sairei zu 祭礼図 | Lit. "festival pictures." Paintings that originated in folk beliefs and Shinto rituals shinji 神事, mostly related to… |
Art History, Painting | |
| saishiki busshi 彩色仏師 | Lit. "Buddhist colorist." An artist who applies colored pigment to the nimbus or pedestal of a Buddhist statue. A … |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| saishiki 彩色 | The application of color to various architectural elements. In the case of paintings, this normally involves the use of… |
Art History, Painting | |
| saishikizō 彩色像 | A painted statue, usually a Buddhist image. Saishikizō are colored over the entire surface of the figure;… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Saisōrō 採桑老 | A *bugaku 舞楽 dance and mask *bugakumen… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| saitan surimono 歳旦摺物 | Also simply saitan 歳旦. A woodblock print commissioned by a poet, or a man of versatile tastes, to give to his… |
Art History, Painting | |
| sakadono 酒殿 | ✓ | Also misakedono 御酒殿; the prefix mi 御 is an honorific. |
Architecture, Shrines |
| Sakaki 賢木 | ✓ | A pictorial subject based on "Sakaki" ("The Sacred Tree"), Chapter 10 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| sakakibashira 逆木柱 | ✓ | Also sakabashira 逆柱 or sakasabashira 逆さ柱. Lit. "upside down pillar." |
Architecture, Decorations |
| sakazukimendo 杯面戸 | ✓ | Also written 盃面戸. Sometimes called goki 呉器 or gokibame 呉器羽目. The space created between small bearing… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| saku-itabei 柵板塀 | A fence supported by posts along its rear side, usually with more than four posts per one bay. The facing boards are placed… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| saku 柵 | 1 Fence. Read ki (also written 城) in the ancient period. A palisade of stakes aligned at regular… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| Sakuheimon 朔平門 | ✓ | The Sakuheimon is the center gate on the north side of Kyoto Gosho 京都御所, during the end of the Heian period. It can be seen… |
Architecture, Gates |
| Sakuteiki 作庭記 | Lit. "Treatise on Garden Making." The oldest and most revered Japanese text on garden design, it was probably… |
Architecture, Gardens, Document | |
| sama 狭間 | ✓ | Also read hasama. A loophole or porthole made in the wall of the keep, tower, or parapet to allow a castle to… |
Architecture, Castles |
| samakubari 狭間配 | Lit. "loophole distribution." The number of loopholes per two meter (one ken 間) interval in a castle. Also refers… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| 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 | |
| samisentsugi 三味線継 | ✓ | A wooden splicing joint used for a beam. The length of the joint is 3x the height of the beam and the tenon *… | Architecture, Joints |
| samon 砂紋 | Also read shamon. Lit. "sand crest." The technique of making a pattern or design in sand or gravel. The creation of… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| san-en 三遠 | The three types of distances desired for mountains in Chinese ink painting as defined by the famous Academy landscapist of… |
Art History, Painting | |
| san-no-tsuji 桟の辻 | The junction points on a door or window frame where the top rail *kamigamachi… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| 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 | |
| sanageyō 猿投窯 | Sanage 猿投 kilns. A group of old kilns in an area stretching from the western area of modern Nagoya 名古屋 city to the northern… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| sanbari 桟梁 | ✓ | The transverse beams placed in a row at right angle to the large header beams *kabuki… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| Sanbasō 三番叟 | 1 A pictorial subject taken from the auspicious *kabuki 歌舞伎… |
Art History, Painting, Sculpture | |
| Sanchūjin jōzetsu 山中人饒舌 | Lit. "Chatter of a Mountain Dweller." A two-volume treatise on painting theory by the late Edo artist and Confucian… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| sandaibutsu 三大仏 | ✓ | Lit. "three great Buddhas." The three largest images in the history of Buddhist statuary in Japan. Originally the … |
Art History, Sculpture |
| sandandaki 三段滝 | Lit. "three-stage waterfall." One common type of garden waterfall. Through the arrangement of earth and rocks, the waterfall… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| sandō 三道 | Three horizontal grooves in the neck of a Buddha *nyorai 如来 or bodhisattva *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| sando 桟戸 | ✓ | A simple door made of vertical planks with horizontal cross members that are about as wide as the vertical ties placed… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| sane 実 | 1 A structural element or tenon that projects out from the end of a board, post, or beam. Such projecting… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| sanehijiki 実肘木 | ✓ | A purlin-bearing bracket arm; one that is inserted into the small bearing blocks *makito… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| sangaibishi 三蓋菱 | ✓ | Also written 三階菱. A design motif created from three piled-up diamond shapes. | Art History, Painting |
| sangarado 桟唐戸 | ✓ | Also read sankarado. Paneled entrance doors introduced from China in the 13th to 14th century. They are associated… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| sangawara 桟瓦 | ✓ | A pantile that combines a broad concave tile *hiragawara 平瓦 and a semi-cylindrical… | Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| sangawarabuki 桟瓦葺 | ✓ | Also called jigawara 地瓦 because it is a base tile; and kanryakugawara 簡略瓦 because it combines a broad… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| sangedatsumon 三解脱門 | Also *sanmon 三門. The most famous example is the very large 21.05 m x 9.72 m gate at Zōjōji 増上寺… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| sangen-ikko 三間一戸 | ✓ | A 3 x 2 bay gate, often 8-legged style *hakkyakumon 八脚門, with entrance… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| sangendō 三間堂 | ✓ | A building with 3 bays on all four sides, commonly written 3 × 3 bays. The result is usually a square building. However,… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
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