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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
fukikaeshi 吹返

1 Also written 葺返. A board which projects diagonally out from the top of a statue canopy, *…

Architecture, Accessories, Sculpture, Art History
fumichidana 文道棚

A very simple type of shelving with sliding doors at floor level. Typically, the shelving is part of the many different…

Architecture, Accessories
fusa 総

Also written 房.

1 A tassel, tuft, fringe, cluster, or bunch.

2 Silk is for the elite and rough fabric for…

Architecture, Accessories
fusahikite 総引手

Tassels attached to the pull, *hikite 引手, of an opaque sliding screen, *…

Architecture, Accessories
sanmen zushi 三面厨子

A miniature shrine characterized by three doors, one placed at the front and one on each side of the structure. It contains…

Architecture, Accessories
shumidan 須弥壇 ✓

An altar made of fine timber, generally with panelling, hame 羽目, and rich moldings at its top and bottom.…

Architecture, Accessories

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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