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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
daibatsu 題跋

1 A general term that refers to the title or preface, dai 題 or daiji 題辞, and the…

Art History, Painting
Daijō-e byōbu 大嘗会屏風

Also called Yukisuki-no-byōbu 悠紀主基屏風. Folding screens *byōbu 屏風 used…

Art History, Painting
daisen 題簽

Also written 題箋. Also called *harigedai 貼外題 and gedaigami 外題紙. A…

Art History, Painting
dami-e 濃絵

1 The traditional term for kinpeki nōsaiga 金碧濃彩画, a painting which has strong colors, particularly…

Art History, Painting
danshi 檀紙

Japanese paper *washi 和紙 originally made from mayumi 檀 fibers (the…

Art History, Painting
date だて

Also written 伊達. Originally derogatory, the term implies a man arrogant and full of his own prowess; it later came to…

Art History, Painting
dattanjin shuryō-zu 韃靼人狩猟図

Lit. pictures of Tartars hunting. A popular screen painting theme in the late 16th and early 17th century. The pictures…

Art History, Painting
dei 泥

Also kindei 金泥 and gindei 銀泥.

1 Gold or silver foil ground to a fine powder to…

Art History, Painting
detchōsō 粘葉装

Lit. pasted paper leaf book. Also called *kochōsō 胡蝶装, as it is called in…

Art History, Painting
dōbori 胴彫

Lit. body carving. The carver of woodblocks for *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 prints who was…

Art History, Painting
dōbōshū 同朋衆

A title of artistic or cultural advisors in the Ashikaga 足利 shogunate, established about the time of Yosimitsu 義満 (1358-1408…

Art History, Painting
Dōjōji 道成寺

A temple of the Tendai 天台 sect in Hidaka 日高, Wakayama Prefecture. The setting of a dramatic old Japanese tale first recorded…

Art History, Painting
doro-e 泥絵

Any painting produced with a type of thick, opaque paint made from inexpensive pigment and the white pigment, *…

Art History, Painting
dōsa 礬水

Also 礬沙, 陶砂. Sizing. Dōsa is made by dissolving animal glue, *nikawa 膠…

Art History, Painting
dōshakuga 道釈画

Lit. Daoist Buddhist paintings. A genre of painting on Daoist (Taoist; Jp: Dōkyō 道教) and Buddhist (shaku 釈 from *…

Art History, Painting
zakkeshitsu-in 雑華室印

A collector's seal, kanzō-in 鑑蔵印, which was impressed on Song and Yuan dynasties paintings *…

Art History, Painting
Zashiki hakkei 座敷八景

Lit. "Eight parlor views"; a parody of eight views *hakkei 八景, in which…

Art History, Painting
zen'a-in 善阿印

Gourd-shaped shumon 朱文 style seal introduced into Japan from China during the Song and Yuan dynasties. Today there…

Art History, Painting
Zen'e zu 禅会図

Lit. "paintings of Zen 禅 meetings." Paintings that depict a philosophical dialogue between a Zen priest and a layman,…

Art History, Painting
Zenga 禅画

Lit. "Zen 禅 (Ch: Chan) painting." A modern and somewhat ambiguous term often used to indicate painting and calligraphy that…

Art History, Painting
zenigata byōbu 銭形屏風

An early type of folding screen *byōbu 屏風, in which panels are individually made…

Art History, Painting
zenki-zu 禅機図

Lit. "paintings of Zen 禅 (Ch: Chan) occasions." Illustrations of acts (including dialogues) which led to enlightenment. The…

Art History, Painting
zenshi 全紙

Lit. "full-size paper." Paper having the same size as that produced in the factory. The size varied according to each period…

Art History, Painting
Zenshū soshizō 禅宗祖師像

Lit. "images of patriarchs of Zen 禅 sects." Paintings of Zen patriarchs. Although all schools of Buddhism create images of…

Art History, Painting
zumi 棠梨

A yellow pigment *ganryō 顔料, made from the bark of the deciduous…

Art History, Painting
zuzō 図像

Iconographic sketches of Buddhist images done in simple ink drawing (see *hakubyō…

Art History, Painting
zuzōshō 図像抄

Selected Iconography, a late Heian compendium on Buddhist iconography. Also called Jikkanshō 十巻抄 (…

Art History, Painting

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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