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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
fūsuryō 副寺寮

Also called fūsu 副寺. An administrative office often found in part of a Zen temple kitchen, *…

Architecture, Buildings, Structures
futaebei 二重塀

Also called taikobei 太鼓塀 or drum wall. A double castle wall that consisted of two separate walls between which…

Architecture, Castles
fūtai 風帯

A term used for one of the parts of the mounting of a hanging scroll, *kakemono…

Art History, Painting
futakoshi yane 二腰屋根

A roof that has two different inclines between the ridge and eave ends. It changes its direction of flow without any…

Architecture, General Terms
futamune-zukuri 二棟造り

Alternatively known as futatsuie 二つ家. A style of vernacular house, *minka…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
futamunerō 二棟廊

A long, wide, double-bay corridor with an open ceiling, *keshō yaneura…

Architecture, Buildings
futanoki 二軒 ✓

A double row of rafters, called base rafters and flying rafters, that appears beneath the eaves of a roof. The base rafters…

Architecture, General Terms
futaoki 蓋置 ✓

A stand, made of ceramic, bamboo, or metal, on which the lid of a tea ceremony kettle is placed. When the cover is placed on…

Architecture, Tea Houses
futate hijiki 二手肘木 A bracket arm that forms the second outward step of a two-stepped bracket complex. Architecture, General Terms
futatesakigumi 二手先組 ✓

Also called futatesaki tokyō 二手先斗きょう or futatesaki kumimono 二手先組物. A bracket complex composed of two steps…

Architecture, General Terms
futatsudo tokyō 二(双)斗斗(きょう)

Also written 双斗斗きょう and pronounced the same way, or these characters can be read narabido tokyō or sōdo tokyō…

Architecture, General Terms
fūtō-e 封筒絵

Also shokanbukuro-e 書簡袋絵. The woodblock-printed pictures on folded paper covers which functioned as envelopes, …

Art History, Painting
fuza 趺坐

Abbreviation of either the *kekka fuza 結跏趺坐 (full-lotus posture) or the *…

Art History, Sculpture
fūzokuga 風俗画

Paintings with the daily activities and special pleasures of contemporary life as their subject matter. Equivalent to the…

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