| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| dōbari 胴張 | ✓ | Entasis. The bulge in the center of a circular pillar to make it appear straight. In Japan, circular pillars called *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| dobashi 土橋 | 1 Lit. earthen bridge. An earthen bridge, which is made by leaving an unexcavated section of moat in front… |
Architecture, Castles, Gardens | |
| dobei 土塀 | Also read tsuchibei. Also called *tsuiji 築地. An earthen wall or… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| dōbō 動貌 | The movable face plate. The most elaborate gimmick used on the bugaku mask, *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| 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 | |
| dōbuchi 胴縁 | 1a.) Furring strips made of thin wood or bamboo that are nailed horizontally to posts to form the base for… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| dodai 土台 | A sill, ground sill, or footplate. Generally the heavy timber members laid horizontally at the base of a wooden building… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| dodomezan 土留桟 | Also called tsuchidomesan. Narrow timber strips nailed horizontally to roof sheathing, *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| dōfuku 胴服 | A man's hip-length jacket, generally worn over other clothing or armor by high-ranking samurai 侍 from the late… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| dōgan 動眼 | Rotating eyes, a gimmick used for many bugaku masks, *bugakumen 舞楽面… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| dōgu-datami 道具畳 | Lit. implement mat. The straw mat, *tatami 畳, on which the host sits when he… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| doi 土居 | Also dorui 土塁. An earthen embankment, earthwork, or rampart. A defensive embankment surrounding a castle or a… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| doibuki 土居葺 | 1 Generally a base for tile roofing, *kawarabuki 瓦葺. A… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| doijiki 土居敷 | The foundation bed, shiki 敷, of an earthen embankment, *doi 土居. It has… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| doinuri 土居塗 | The process of spreading clay on the prepared surface of a roof in order to lay roof tiles, *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| dōji 童子 | Lit. child, young boy. |
Art History, Iconography, Sculpture | |
| Dōjikyō Mandara 童子経曼荼羅 | A variety of *besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅 (a form of mandara centered… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| dōjime 胴締 | The decorated 'belts' around the upper, middle, and lower circumference of the stem, sao 竿, of a lantern. |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| dōjiseki 童子石 | Lit. guardian boy's stones. Two symbolic garden stones (see *yakuishi 役石）… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| 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 | |
| dokkohozo 独鈷ほぞ | Also called hikidokko 引独鈷; hikidokko ari 引独鈷蟻. One type of *… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| dōko 洞庫 | Also written 洞戸, 道幸, 道古, 堂庫、or 道籠. A storage space for utensils used for the tea ceremony. The earliest type was probably a… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| dokuritsu tenshu 独立天守 | ✓ | Lit. independent donjon or keep. Also called dokuritsushiki tenshu 独立式天守, dokuritsu tenshukaku 独立天守閣. A… |
Architecture, Castles |
| dokuritsubashira 独立柱 | Independent post. An internal freestanding post, *hashira 柱, not attached to… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| dōkyōshiki teien 道教式庭園 | Lit. Daoist-style gardens. A general term designating gardens which incorporated Chinese Daoist ideas or motifs. The Daoist… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| doma 土間 | 1 Alternatively called *niwa 庭 or dōji どうじ. An area… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| domon 土文 | Decorative drapery used on statues in the Kamakura region from the late Kamakura period. The drapery was made in clay relief… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| donsu 緞子 | Also written 純子. Patterned damask weave. A thick and glossy silk variety of shusu 繻子 (satin), with the design made… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| 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 | |
| doroji 泥地 | A technique where a mixture of animal glue, *nikawa 膠, and powdered burnt clay… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| dōsa 礬水 | Also 礬沙, 陶砂. Sizing. Dōsa is made by dissolving animal glue, *nikawa 膠… |
Art History, Painting | |
| dōsan 胴桟 | Also written dōzuri 胴摺. The widest horizontal stile in the door of *heijūmon… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| 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 | |
| Dōsojin 道祖神 | Also Sae-no-kami 塞の神 (also read Sai-no-kami), Dōrokujin 道陸神, and other less common names. A folk deity associated with roads… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| dote 土手 | 1 The flat top of an embankment, *doi 土居, also called *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| dotō 土塔 | Also called tsuchi-no-tō 土の塔 or dantō 段塔. Lit. earthen pagoda. Dantō means stepped pagoda. A… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| dotome-ita 土留板 | Also read dodome-ita, and called *seki-ita 堰板. The sheathing boards… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| dōtsukinoko 胴付鋸 | ✓ | Lit. saw with attached spine. A tenon or back saw. A saw designed especially to cut the shoulder of a tenon. The blade is… |
Architecture, Tools |
| doza 土座 | 1 A type of floor found in vernacular houses, *minka 民家, used… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| dōzashi 胴差 | A large, heavy horizontal timber attached to the tops of posts, *hashira 柱,… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| dōzō 銅造 | Bronze work. Bronze casting has been very important in Japan since ancient times, and was used for Yayoi period dōtaku… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| dozō 土蔵 | A form of storehouse which provided a fireproof place to keep valuables which were otherwise always at risk in highly… |
Architecture, Storehouses | |
| dozō-zukuri 土蔵造 | Also referred to as *kura-zukuri 蔵造. A fireproof building construction… |
Architecture, Storehouses | |
| zahō 坐法 | Also referred to as zasei 坐勢 (Sk: asana). A seated position for a Buddhist image. Ancient Indian ascetics used… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zaimoku 材木 | Timber prepared for construction. | Architecture, General Terms | |
| zakanshiki teien 座観式庭園 | Lit. "seated appreciation style garden." A modern term designating gardens meant to be seen or "appreciated" from a fixed… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| 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 | |
| Zaō Gongen 蔵王権現 | Also Kongō Zaō Bosatsu 金剛蔵王菩薩. The deity of Kinpusen 金峰山 in Nara, one of the most important deities of the Japanese… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Zashiki hakkei 座敷八景 | Lit. "Eight parlor views"; a parody of eight views *hakkei 八景, in which… |
Art History, Painting | |
| zashiki kazari 座敷飾 | The *zashiki 座敷 is a guest room; its name deriving from that of the mat… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| zashiki 座敷 | ✓ | A generic term for a room covered with straw mats *tatami 畳. In the Heian… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings |
| zashikigura 座敷蔵 | A two-story fireproof structure of the storehouse type *dozō 土蔵 that… |
Architecture, Storehouses | |
| zazen-ishi 座禅石 | Lit. "stone for seated meditation." A large, flat-topped stone which is used for, or thought to be appropriate for… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| zazō 坐像 | A Buddhist image which is seated, as opposed to standing *ryūzō 立像. The… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| 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 | |
| Zen'inshiki no niwa 禅院式の庭 | Lit. "Zen 禅 temple style gardens." A modern term designating the various types of gardens associated with Zen sect temples… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| Zen-pa 善派 | A school of Buddhist sculptors *bussho 仏所, who often used the character 'Zen' 善… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Zendō 禅堂 | ✓ | Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| Zendō 善導 | Commonly known as Zendō Daishi 善導大師 (Ch: Shandao Dashi, 613-81) or Great Master Zendō . The third patriarch of Pure… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Zendōjigata tōrō 善導寺形灯籠 | Type of lantern found in the garden of Zendōji 善導寺, Kyoto. Six semi-spherical swellings surround the base and have been… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| 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 | |
| Zengetsuyō rakan 禅月様羅漢 | Ch: Chanyueyang Luohan. A type of ink painting of arhats or *rakan 羅漢… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| zengo hagi-awase 前後矧合 | Also abbreviated to zengohagi 前後矧. A method of making a wooden statue where the statue is carved in two separate… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zenigata byōbu 銭形屏風 | An early type of folding screen *byōbu 屏風, in which panels are individually made… |
Art History, Painting | |
| zenigata mizubachi 銭形水鉢 | Lit. "coin shape water basin." A type of round water basins *chōzubachi 手水鉢… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| zenjō-in 禅定印 | Lit. "meditation mudra." A mudra or hand gesture *in 印, formed by placing the palms… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| 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 | |
| zenkishiki karesansui 前期式枯山水 | Lit. "early style dry landscape." The Heian period arrangement of stones in areas with neither a pond nor stream. The 11th-… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| Zenkōji shiki Amida sanzon 善光寺式阿弥陀三尊 | Images of the *Amida 阿弥陀 trinity made in the style of the Amida trinity at Zenkōji 善光寺 in… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zenmon 前門 | An especially impressive front gate or entry. Examples are *hirakaramon… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| Zenmyōshin 善妙神 | Also known as Zenmyō nyoshin 善妙女神. A deity that protects the Kegon 華厳 sect of Buddhism. According to the legend, a… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Zennyo Ryūō 善女竜王 | Lit. "Dragon King Zennyo." The subject of a painting by one of the disciples of *Kūkai 空海… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| zenpai 前拝 | Old name kizahashi 階 means steps (see *hashi 階). The front steps… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| 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 | |
| Zenshitsu 禅室 | Sometimes an alternative *Zendō 禅堂. |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| Zenshū bijutsu 禅宗美術 | The general term used for any art related to the practice of Zen 禅 Buddhism in Japan. Zen flourished in Japan in the… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| 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 | |
| zenshūyō 禅宗様 | A style of architecture imported from China during the Song dynasty. It includes the architectural elements that came with… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Zenshūyō kōran 禅宗様高欄 | ✓ | Also called Karayō kōran 唐様高欄. A railing or balustrade *kōran 高欄 with… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| Zenshūyō tokyō 禅宗様斗きょう | ✓ | Also called Karayō tokyō 唐様斗きょう. A Zen style bracket complex. The bracket arms *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| zentei 前庭 | Lit. "front garden." A general term referring to the garden in front of a building. In contrast to the main garden which is… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| zetsu 舌 | ✓ | Lit. "tongue." A thin ornamental molding *kurigata 繰形, carved on the bottom… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| zō-onna 増女 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面, representing a young angel, goddess or enlightened woman.… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Zō Tōdaiji Zōbussho 造東大寺造仏所 | Also Tōdaiji Zōbussho 東大寺造仏所. A workshop which made statues for Tōdaiji 東大寺 in Nara. In 748, the government set up a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zōbana 象鼻 | ✓ | Also read zōhana. A beam projection or nosing *kibana 木鼻, molded or… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| zōbussho 造仏所 | Government-run workshops making Buddhist statues during the Nara period. Post-9th-century independent and temple-run… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Zōchōten 増長天 | Sk: Virudhaka. A fierce-looking guardian deity *funnusō 忿怒相, believed to… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| zōgan 象嵌 | Inlay. It is also written 象眼 (elephant eye). A decoration technique in which the surface of such materials as metal, pottery… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| zōkinzuri 雑巾摺 | ✓ | Also called hōkizuri 掃摺 or zōkindome 雑巾留. A long thin finishing board, similar to a base board, that is… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| zokutaizō 俗体像 | A portrait of a lay person in formal secular dress. This contrasts with the more numerous portraits of Buddhist priests… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zōmen 蔵面 | Offertory mask. Cloth or paper masks used in *bugaku 舞楽 in the pieces *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zōnai nōnyūhin 像内納入品 | Also nōnyūhin 納入品, tainai nōnyūhin 胎内納入品, tainai nōnyūbutsu 胎内納入物. Objects found in the… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zōsaku 雑作 | Also witten 造作. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| zōshu 像主 | A patron. A person who requests the building of a Buddhist temple or work of art. |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zōzōki 造像記 | Also zōzōki daiki 造像題記, zōzōmei 造象銘. A record that keeps track of the completion and repair dates of a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zuan 図案 | A rough sketch of a building plan including, floor plans, elevations, the placement of doors and windows, etc. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| zuijinmon 随神門 | Middle gates *chūmon 中門 with statues of Zuijin 随神, shrine guards… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| zuizō 瑞像 | A name given to a sandalwood statue of Shaka Nyorai 釈迦如来 (in the same style as the figure in Seiryōji 清涼寺, Kyoto). See *… |
Art History, Sculpture |
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