| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gigeiten 技芸天 | Goddess of the Arts. A minor Buddhist deity revered in Japan as patroness of the arts. According to the Gigei tennyo… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| giki 儀軌 | Sk: kalpa. Regulations prescribing Esoteric Buddhist mikkyō 密教 ceremonies, incantations and services, and the… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| ginbutsu 銀仏 | Silver Buddha. Bronze was the most frequent metal used in the production of Buddhist statues. Where silver was used instead… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ginkakujigata chōzubachi 銀閣寺形手水鉢 | ✓ | Lit. Ginkakuji type. One kind of water basin *chōzubachi 手水鉢, based on the… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| Gion matsuri 祇園祭 | An annual festival at Yasaka Jinja 八坂神社 and surrounding area of Kyoto, and a popular subject of Japanese genre painting *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gion-zukuri 祇園造 | Also called *yasaka-zukuri 八坂造. The style of the main shrine building *… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| gishi 祇支 | Also sōgishi 僧祇支 (Sk: Sankaksika). A robe worn by Buddhist priests under the *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Gishūmon 宜秋門 | ✓ | Also called Kugyōmon 公卿門 or Karagomon 唐御門. A 4-legged gate *… |
Architecture, Gates |
| gō-ita 格板 | Also called *ura-ita 裏板. The panel used to fill the space made by the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gobō 御坊 | 1 Also *betsuin 別院. A branch temple. |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gobōzumi 牛蒡積 | Burdock masonry. A construction technique used to lay the stones in a dry stone wall *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| gobu shinkan 五部心観 | A collection of iconographical line drawings *hakubyō 白描 in handscroll form… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| gōbuchi 格縁 | The wooden ribs or coffers laid in a criss-cross pattern to form a coffered ceiling *gō… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gobutsudō 五仏堂 | An Esoteric Buddhist hall dedicated to the central Buddha of the Shingon 真言 sect, *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gochi hōkan 五智宝冠 | Also gobutsukan 五仏冠, gobutsu hōkan 五仏宝冠, gochi nyoraikan 五智如来冠, gohō tenkan 五宝天冠. A… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| gochi nyorai 五智如来 | Lit. Five Wisdom *nyorai 如来 (Sk: Tathagatas); this refers to the Five Buddhas… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| gochidō 五智堂 | Also called shinmendō 真面堂. A very small open building 1 x 1 bay (2.49 m) with a large central pillar to which are… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| Godai Myōō 五大明王 | Also sometimes called godaison 五大尊. Lit. five great *myōō 明王. Myōō… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| godaidō 五大堂 | ✓ | A hall dedicated to the five guardian kings, also called the five renowned deities *Godai… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| godairiki bosatsu 五大力菩薩 | Lit. five great bodhisattvas of strength. Also godairikiku 五大力吼 (five roars of great strength) or godairikison… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| gofun chirashi 胡粉散らし | The technique of scattering drops of shell white *gofun 胡粉 onto a finished… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gofun 胡粉 | 1 A white pigment *ganryō 顔料, used in Japan from the Muromachi… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gofunzuri 胡粉摺 | The white pigment used for the white face powder of figures in a woodblock print *ukiyo-… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gogyōseki 五行石 | Lit. five elements of stones. A name for the five types of functional and decorative stones *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gogyōsetsu 五行説 | Lit. theory of five elements. A basic principle of Chinese geomancy and cosmology adapted in Japanese garden design. The… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gohyaku rakan 五百羅漢 | Ch: wubai luohan. Five hundred arhats *rakan 羅漢, a Buddhist art subject… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Gojo 呉女 | Maid of (the country of) Wu 呉. The only female mask in the *gigaku 伎楽 repertory… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| gojū-no-tō 五重塔 | ✓ | A five-storied pagoda usually 3 x 3 bays square with the central bays used as entrances. The corner bays most often contain… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| gokakumasu 五角桝 | ✓ | Lit. a five cornered measuring box. A method used to determine the proportions of a bracket arm *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| gōkan 合巻 | Lit. combining volumes. Long, complicated revenge stories which required two, three, or up to ten booklets, that were sewn… |
Art History, Painting | |
| goken-sanko 五間三戸 | Any gate five bays wide of which the three center ones are usually entrances. Often, there is only one opening for passage… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gokenmon 五間門 | ✓ | A five-bay gate. A five-bay, three-opening gate is called *goken-sanko 五間三戸… |
Architecture, Gates |
| gokō 後光 | Also written 御光. Aureole. The light emitted from the Buddha. Often expressed as a halo *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Gokō 呉公 | Lit. Man of (the country of) Wu 呉, a gigaku mask *gigakumen 伎楽面,… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| gokōshii Amida 五劫思惟阿弥陀 | Also read gokōshiyui Amida. Lit. *Amida 阿弥陀 Meditating for Five Kalpas, a kalpa… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| gokosho 五鈷杵 | A short club with five prongs at each end, usually made of gilt bronze. The central grip is encircled by demons' eyes … |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| gokusaishiki 極彩色 | Bright, strong color applied in layers to a painting, Buddhist image or architectural structure. The technique involves… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gōma 格間 | The space created by the coffers or ribs *gōbuchi 格縁 of a coffered or latticed… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gomadō 護摩堂 | Small buildings at Buddhist temples of Shingon 真言 and Tendai 天台 sects, used especially for Esoteric Buddhism mikkyō… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gomazuri ごま摺 | Also gomazuki ごまずき. A woodblock print *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 technique whereby a… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gonden 権殿 | Also *kariden 仮殿, karidono; utsushidono 移殿. A temporary… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| gongen-zukuri 権現造 | Also called ishinoma-zukuri 石の間造, *yatsumune-zukuri 八棟造, and… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| goren'uchi 五連打 | Lit. row of five stones. One arrangement of stepping stones *tobi-ishi 飛石. It… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gorinmen 五厘面 | Type of a chamfers cut on a square timber or square post with a ratio of 1/20 is called gorinmen along each corner… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gorintō 五輪塔 | ✓ | Lit. five-ring pagoda. Also gorin 五輪, gorin sekitō 五輪石塔, hōkaitō 法界塔, gorin tōba 五輪塔婆,… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| gorota-ishi 呉呂太石 | Lit. rolling stones. Small round stones about 10 cm in diameter used for the drainage areas around the stooping basin *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| gosekku 五節句 | Lit. five seasonal festivals. A popular pictorial theme in Edo period art. The five Chinese-inspired festivals are: … |
Art History, Painting | |
| gosho-e 御所絵 | An *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 subject depicting ladies and noblemen in formal attire, which… |
Art History, Painting | |
| goshoguruma 御所車 | ✓ | Imperial carts. Ox carriages used by the emperor and empress, or aristocrats. Gosho 御所, meaning the Imperial Palace… |
Art History, Painting |
| goshomune 御所棟 | Also called gosho oni-ita 御所鬼板 or goshomune oni-ita 御所棟鬼板. Lit. the ridge of an imperial palace. The main… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Goso 五祖 | Ch: Wuzu. The Chinese priest Kōnin 弘忍 (Ch: Hongren, 601-75). The fifth patriarch of the Zen (Ch: Chan) sect. Representations… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| gōtenjō 格天井 | A coffered ceiling. A ceiling with ribs framing recessed panels. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| goyō-eshi 御用絵師 | Painters who were given a salary in the service of the shogunate or daimyō 大名. Although the Imperial Court and… |
Art History, Painting | |
| goyō 五葉 | Lit. five leaves. A decorative pattern carved into the shape of five petals, and used on a gable pendant *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| gōzanze-in 降三世印 | Lit. mudra of the Vanquisher of the Three Worlds (SK: trailokyavijaya mudra). A mudra or hand gesture *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Gōzanze Myōō 降三世明王 | Also Shōzanze Myōō 勝三世明王. Lit. *myōō 明王 who subjugates the three worlds… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| gozō roppu 五臓六腑 | The internal organs of the body as defined in Chinese medicine kanpō 漢方. A model of the internal organs, made of… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Gozu Tennō 牛頭天王 | Also called Butō 武塔, Gion Tenjin 祇園天神, or simply Tennō 天王. The deity of Yasaka Jinja 八坂神社 in Gion 祇園, Kyoto, also called… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| gu 具 | Art History, Painting | ||
| gubiki 具引き | Applying an undercoat to paper to be used for painting. The undercoat consists of a thin solution of animal glue *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| guhari-no-Amida 紅玻璃阿弥陀 | Lit. *Amida 阿弥陀 with Red Skin. An image of Amida depicted in red, or less commonly… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| guiri 具入り | A light-colored, opaque pigment *ganryō 顔料 made by mixing white pigment such as… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gunba-zu 群馬図 | Lit. pictures of herds of horses. One of several horse themes popular in 16th- and 17th-century screen painting. Unlike… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Gundari Myōō 軍荼利明王 | Also Kanro Gundari 甘露軍荼利 (Sk: Amrtakundalin); also known as Kirikiri Myōō 吉里吉里明王. One of the five great myōō *… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| gunji 軍持 | Also written 君持 or 軍遅. Sanskrit kundika. A vase with two spouts, found as an attribute *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| gunjō 群青 | Also *iwa-gunjō 岩群青. A blue pigment made from pulverized azurite, randōkō… |
Art History, Painting | |
| guri 屈輪 | ✓ | Also written 呉利, and pronounced gori or gurin. A design of stylized bracken-leaf shapes forming repeated… |
Art History, Painting |
| gusokudana 具足棚 | Lit. Shelves to display armor. They are placed next to an alcove *tokonoma… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| Gutei isshi 倶胝一指 | Ch: Judiyizhi. A 9th-century Chinese Zen monk famous for his one-finger isshi Zen. According to the Wumenguan… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Guze Kannon 救世観音 | A name often used for *Shōkannon 聖観音, it refers to the simple (non-esoteric) form of… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| guzumi 具墨 | An opaque, dark grey pigment *ganryō 顔料 made by mixing black carbon ink *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gyaku enkinhō 逆遠近法 | ✓ | Lit. inverted perspective. A visual technique sometimes employed in Chinese and Japanese painting. While the Western… |
Art History, Painting |
| gyakugatte 逆勝手 | The reverse arrangement of the fire-box or hearth in a tea ceremony room, or when the guest's mat *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| gyakuren 逆蓮 | ✓ | Also sakabasu 逆蓮, kaikaren 開花蓮, *yuiwata 結綿. A shape that… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| gyobutsu 御物 | Also read gomotsu. The emperor's property. The Imperial Collection of art objects, books, etc., which are either of… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| gyobutsudana 御物棚 | A set of double cabinets with four sliding door panels attached to the ceiling next to the decorative alcove *… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| gyōfuku renge 仰伏蓮華 | Also written 仰覆蓮華. A type of lotus flower design pattern *rengemon 蓮華文. The… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gyōgetsukei 仰月形 | A smile found on Buddhist images, where both ends of the mouth curve upward into the shape of a crescent moon. This smile is… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| gyōgibuki gawara 行基葺瓦 | ✓ | A type of smooth, lipless, semi-cylindrical cover tile that tapers from its broader front end to a narrower back end.… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| gyōkaigan 凝灰岩 | Tuff or tufa. Popularly called shōkōseki 松香石. A porous stone composed of volcanic ash or from the material loosened… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| gyokugan 玉眼 | Lit. crystal eyes. Eyes made of crystal which were inserted into the head of a wooden buddhist statue in order to produce a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| gyorinbuki 魚鱗葺 | An arrangement of sculpted lotus petals *renben 蓮弁 on a lotus pedestal *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| gyoshō mondō 魚樵問答 | Ch: yuqiao wenda. A pictorial theme of a philosophical dialogue between a fisherman and a woodcutter. The origin of… |
Art History, Painting | |
| gyōsō 形相 | All of the visible attributes of a Buddhist figure. These include the countenance, posture, hand positions, and any… | Art History, Sculpture | |
| gyōya 行屋 | 1 Small buildings or huts where village representatives used to stay en route to or upon return from a… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| gyōzō 行像 | Lit. traveling image. |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| hachi 鉢 | Also hōbachi 宝鉢 (Sk: patra). A bowl used by Buddhist monks for meals, and as a begging bowl. The hachi is rounded and deep… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| hachibushū 八部衆 | Abbreviation of Tenryū hachibushū 天竜八部衆. Eight classes of Indian deities who were converted by *… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| hachidai dōji 八大童子 | Lit. eight great youths. Eight attendants of either *Monju 文殊 or more commonly *… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| hachijisshu gō 八十種好 | Also read hachijū shukō, hachijū zuigyōgō 八十随形好 hachijū zuigōsō 八十随好相. The 80 auspicious bodily… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| hachimae-no-ishigumi 鉢前の石組 | A washstand placed near a veranda or in the corner of an open veranda, shoin zashiki 書院座敷, or in the chief priest's… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hachimaki 鉢巻 | ✓ | The name for a thickly plastered area projecting from the wall below the eaves of a building. Used on storehouses, *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hachimaki doi 鉢巻土居 | A "headband" earthen embankment. An earthen embankment with a stone wall constructed on the upper portion. Also … |
Architecture, Castles | |
| hachiman torii 八幡鳥居 | ✓ | A pillar of the shinmei type, *shinmei torii 神明鳥居, with no… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| hachiman-zukuri 八幡造 | A style of shrine architecture characterized by a structure which from the side-view gives the impression of two separate… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| hachimonjiyabon 八文字屋本 | Refers to the books of the floating world, *ukiyo zōshi 浮世草子, published by… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hachiro 八炉 | ✓ | The eight basic ways of positioning a hearth, *ro 炉, in a tea ceremony room, *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| hachiyō 八葉 | Lit. eight leaves. Also hachiyō kanagu 八葉金具. A metal decoration carved into the shape of eight petals with a central… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hachiyō fukuben rengemon 八葉複弁蓮華文 | A decorative stylized lotus-flower pattern, *rengemon 蓮華文, found on eaves… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hada noshigawara 肌熨斗瓦 | 1 The second layer of tiles that is curved and set at a same angle to the first layer of tiles, … |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
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