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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
daibutsuyō kibana 大仏様木鼻

Also daibutsuyōkei kibana 大仏様系木鼻. Lit. nosings in the daibutsu style. Incised nosings found on bracket…

Architecture, Decorations
daibutsuyō kurigata 大仏様繰形 ✓

Typical daibutsu style *daibutsuyō 大仏様, decorative carvings *…

Architecture, Decorations
dehana 出鼻

Also debana. A projecting part. An example is the coping that extend past the pillars on either side of a Shinto…

Architecture, Decorations
deirimayu 出入眉

Also called kujirimayu 抉眉, or shakurimayu 決眉. A type of carved molding, *…

Architecture, Decorations
raimon 雷文

Lit. "lightning pattern." Also read ikazuchimon いかずち文. A pattern of thick and thin zig-zag lines. A variation of *…

Architecture, Decorations
rokuyō 六葉 ✓

Lit. "six leaves." A decoration pattern carved into the shape of six petals, and used on a gable pendant *…

Architecture, Decorations

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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