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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
ōtobide 大飛出

Also tobide 飛出. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing the God of…

Art History, Sculpture
otogi zōshi 御伽草子

Popular stories which flourished from the late Kamakura to the early Edo period. The name derives from an early 18th-century…

Art History, Painting
otoko masugami 男十寸髪

Also masugami otoko 十寸髪男. Noh masks *nōmen 能面 of male…

Art History, Sculpture
otokomen 男面

Noh masks *nōmen 能面 representing men. These realistic portrayals…

Art History, Sculpture
Otome 乙女 ✓

A pictorial subject taken from "Otome" ("The Maiden"), Chapter 21 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of Genji…

Art History, Painting, Document
ōtori-zukuri 大鳥造

A simple style of main shrine building *honden 本殿, with gable roof *…

Architecture, Shrines
otoshigake 落掛 The lintel of the alcove *tokonoma 床の間, in a tea room or a window in a shoin style *… Architecture, Tea Houses
otoshikama 落鎌 ✓

Also called sagekama 下鎌. A commonly used half-blind, gooseneck tenon *kama…

Architecture, Joints
Ōtsu-e 大津絵

Also known as oiwake-e 追分絵, derived from place names on the outskirts of Ōtsu. Small paintings produced for…

Art History, Painting
ōtsugaki 大津垣

Also called yarai 矢来, yaraigaki 矢来垣, chōsengaki 朝鮮垣, and chōsen yarai 朝鮮矢来…

Architecture, Gardens
ōtsushibari 大津縛

An abbreviation of ki-ōtsushibari 黄大津縛. A yellow clay applied about 4-5 cm thick in order to hide and protect the…

Architecture, Storehouses
ottori 追取

The handle of a tea scoop *chashaku 茶杓, used to prepare powdered green…

Architecture, Tea Houses
oue 御上

1 The wife of a member of the upper classes and her living chambers. The term, used in the Muromachi period…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings
ōya-ishi 大谷石

Neocene quartz. A type of soft volcanic tuff that is rough, porous and easily worked. It is a light, bluish greenish brown…

Architecture, General Terms
oyama-e おやま絵

Also *yūjo-e 遊女絵. The term used in Osaka for pictures of…

Art History, Painting
ōyoroi 大鎧

Lit. "big armor." The most formal type of armor for high-ranking samurai 侍, it was loose-fitting defensive…

Art History, Crafts
oyudono-ue 御湯殿上

A room connected to the *oyudono 御湯殿 where utensils for the emperor's meals were kept.…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings
oyudono 御湯殿

1 A north room in the western pent-roof structure *hisashi 廂…

Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings
ōyuka 大床

1 The board-floor veranda at the top of the steps of a shrine building. The veranda at the bottom of the…

Architecture, General Terms
ōyuya 大湯屋 ✓

Also called yuya 湯屋, yokushitsu 浴室, onshitsu 温室. A bathhouse. Traditionally, a separate…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures

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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