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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
gasshōhire 合掌鰭

Also oigata 笈形, *taiheibire 大瓶鰭. Lit. principal-rafter fins. A…

Architecture, Decorations
gegyo 懸魚 ✓

Also gegyo 掛魚 (Ch: guayu); formerly also pronounced kengyo. Gable pendant, lit. hanging fish.…

Architecture, Decorations
geshō 牙象

1 Also gejō. A type of molding *kurigata 繰形. The…

Architecture, Decorations
giboshi kōran 擬宝珠高欄

A railing *kōran 高欄, with newel posts, oyabashira 親柱, topped with an…

Architecture, Decorations
giboshi 擬宝珠 ✓

Also pronounced gibōshi, giboju, gibōshu, goboshu. A decoration in the shape of the…

Architecture, General Terms, Decorations
goyō 五葉

Lit. five leaves. A decorative pattern carved into the shape of five petals, and used on a gable pendant *…

Architecture, Decorations
gyakuren 逆蓮 ✓

Also sakabasu 逆蓮, kaikaren 開花蓮, *yuiwata 結綿. A shape that…

Architecture, Decorations
nagakikkō 長亀甲

An elongated hexagon or a decorative pattern consisting of a series of elongated hexagon shapes.

Architecture, Decorations
nagimayu 薙眉

Also called naginata mayu 薙刀眉 or 長刀眉. A type of carved molding *kurigata…

Architecture, Decorations
namakogata 海鼠形

A decorative shape said to resemble a sea slug, namako 海鼠. The shape is often used for the material handles of…

Architecture, Decorations
nekoashi 猫足

Lit. "cat's leg." A type of short, curved leg found on low desks or tables. The base of the leg curls inward. Variations are…

Architecture, Decorations
nemaki-kanamono 根巻金物 ✓

A gold-plated metal decoration *kazarikanagu 飾金具 carved with…

Architecture, Decorations
nigirihasu 握蓮

Also *kayōzuka 荷葉束 and rengezuka 蓮華束. Decorative carved…

Architecture, Decorations
nindō 忍冬

1 Also pronounced suikazura. Honeysuckle.
2 Abbreviation of *…

Architecture, Decorations
ninojikuzushi 二の字崩 ✓

A type of decorative pattern used for muntins on transoms *ranma 欄間. The design…

Architecture, Decorations
nurigamachi 塗框

Also pronounced nurikamachi. The lacquered rails or finishing strips used for the framework of sliding screens *…

Architecture, Decorations

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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