| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| senjōmon 線条文 | Lit. "line pattern." A design pattern found on a slanting strut *shirin 支輪,… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| Senju Kannon 千手観音 | Sk: Sahasrabhuja-arya-avalokitesvara. Thousand-armed Kannon or *Kannon 観音 with… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| senkoku 線刻 | Also senbori 線彫, *sujibori 筋彫. Line engraving. A method of carving in which recessed lines create a… | Art History, Sculpture | |
| senmen byōbu 扇面屏風 | Screens decorated with fan paintings. There are two basic types of senmen byōbu: fan painting taken from used or… |
Art History, Painting | |
| senmenga 扇面画 | Also ōgi-e 扇絵. Paintings or calligraphy on paper fans. In Japan, two basic types of fans have been used since the… |
Art History, Painting | |
| senpūyō 旋風葉 | ✓ | A flutter book. A variation of an accordion book *orihon 折本 in which a single… |
Art History, Painting |
| senryokugan 閃緑岩 | Lit. "glittering green stone." A type of stone similar to granite but containing black granules. Often containing small… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| Sensu Kassan 船子・夾山 | Ch: Chuanzi Jiashan. A painting subject of the meeting between the Chinese ＣChan 禅 (Jp: Zen) priests Chuanzi (Jp: … |
Art History, Painting | |
| sensui 泉水 | Lit. "spring water." Originally the term referred to spring water running through a garden. In Kyoto, a number of… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| sentaibutsu 千体仏 | Lit. "thousand Buddhas." Sometimes abbreviated to senbutsu 千仏. A large number of Buddhist images, usually the same… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| senzasai 遷座祭 | A festival held for a building that is to be dismantled and rebuilt, or undergo major repairs. Before construction begins,… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| seppō Amida 説法阿弥陀 | Lit. "the Buddha *Amida 阿弥陀 preaching a sermon seppō… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| seppō-in 説法印 | Lit. "the exposition of the Dharma mudra." A mudra or hand gesture *in 印… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| seri 迫 | Also called seridashi 迫出, seriage 迫上. Lit. "trap" or "trap door." A platform on which actors or some types… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Seshin monge 施身聞偈 | Ch: Shisheng wenji. Also shashin monge 捨身聞偈 (Ch: Sheshen wenji). Lit. "giving up the body to hear… |
Art History, Painting | |
| sessen 石川 | Lit. "stone river." A bugaku 舞楽 mask *bugakumen 舞楽面… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| sessha 摂社 | ✓ | A Shinto shrine, second in rank and size to the main shrine honsha 本社, but having a status higher than the *… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| sesshika 折枝花 | Ch: zhezhihua. Lit. "cut-branch flowers." A type of highly idealized Chinese flower painting that focuses on a… |
Art History, Painting | |
| setchūyō 折衷様 | Also setchū kenchiku 折衷建築. Architecture that became strongly influenced in the 14th-15th century by two new… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| setoyaki 瀬戸焼 | Seto 瀬戸 ware. Pottery made in Seto city and nearby areas of modern Aichi Prefecture. The Seto area was the center of pottery… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| setsugekka 雪月花 | Painting subjects of winter snow, the autumn moon, and spring cherry blossoms, often presented in a triptych format. The… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Setsumon teishi 説門弟資 | Fundamental Advice for Students, a late Muromachi period treatise on painting technique attributed to the painter… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| setsurobyō 折蘆描 | Ch: zhelumiao. Lit. "bent-reed drawing." An ink-painting technique that employs brush strokes with pronounced… |
Art History, Painting | |
| setsuwaga 説話画 | The painting of any kind of narrative story such as popular folk tales, war stories, novels, diaries, etc. The term has come… |
Art History, Painting | |
| sewari 背割 | ✓ | A method of preventing cracks in the heartwood *shinzai 心材 or jushin 樹心, of a… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| shachi 車知 | ✓ | An abbreviation of shachisen 車知栓. A draw pin, key or cotter made of hard wood, usually zelkova or oak. The pin is… |
Architecture, Joints |
| shachi 鯱 | ✓ | Also shachihoko 鯱, 鯱鉾. Lit. "killer whale." Fish-shaped ornaments at both ends of a roof-ridge. Thought to be… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| shai 写意 | A representation or drawing created from the imagination or from the feeling or spirit of the object rather than from its… |
Art History, Painting | |
| shaji engi-e 社寺縁起絵 | Often abbreviated to engi-e 縁起絵. Paintings of the origins and history of a temple or shrine, usually amplified with… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Shaka hassō 釈迦八相 | Lit. "eight phases (or aspects) of Shakamuni *Shaka 釈迦." Also referred to as… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Shaka sanzon 釈迦三尊 | Lit. "Shaka triad." A group of 3 Buddhist images composed of *Shaka … |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Shaka 釈迦 | 1 Abbreviation of Shakamuni 釈迦牟尼 or Shakamon 釈迦文 (Sk: Sakyamuni), meaning sage of the Sakyas. The name by… |
Art History, Iconography, Sculpture | |
| shakadō 釈迦堂 | ✓ | A hall in which a statue of the historical Buddha *Shaka 釈迦, born in either the mid-6th or mid-… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| shake 社家 | Also shashike 社司家 or shakeshū 社家衆. |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| shakei 莎髻 | Also shake. A style of topknot *hōkei 宝髻 in the shape of… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| shakemachi 社家町 | A township composed of *shake 社家, families who held posts (usually hereditary) as… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| shakkei 借景 | Lit. "borrowed scenery." The method of incorporating a distant vista into the composition of a garden. A river, the ocean,… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| Shakkyō 石橋 | Ch: Shiqiao. Lit. "stone bridge." A bridge on Mt. Tiantai 天台山 (Jp: Tendai) in eastern Zhejiang 浙江 Province, China. Mt.… |
Art History, Painting | |
| shakudō 赤銅 | Lit. "gold bronze." Ornamental metal fittings *kazari kanagu … |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| shakujō 錫杖 | Also ushōjō 有声杖, chijō 智杖, and tokujō 徳杖. Sk: khakkhara. A pilgrim's staff or sistrum.… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| shakujōbori 錫杖彫 | ✓ | Also shakujōbori 釈杖彫, yuengata 油煙形. A type of decorative carving *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| shakukanamono 杓金物 | ✓ | Dipper-shaped metal fixtures used to cover the extended cylindrical ends at the top and bottom of timber doors. After… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| shakumi 曲見 | Oblique glance. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a middle-aged… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| shakuru 決る | To notch, gouge out or scoop a section of a structural element. The term is used especially for grooves or channels into… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| shakushi hozo 杓子ほぞ | ✓ | Lit. "dipper or ladle tenon." A flat tenon *hozo ほぞ that is attached to the end… |
Architecture, Joints |
| shakutani-ishi 笏谷石 | Volcanic tuff, or small volcanic detritus. Named for a valley, Shakutani 笏谷, in Fukui Prefecture, where it is found. It is… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| shakutate 杓立 | Also hishakutate 柄杓立. A ladle stand or holder for the ladle or dipper, and charcoal tongs. Shakutate is… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| shakuzue 尺杖 | A rod-like, rectangular piece of wood made of Japanese cedar sugi 杉, or Japanese cypress hinoki 桧, 1.8 to… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| shamusho 社務所 | A group of administrative and sometimes commercial buildings at a Shinto shrine. In ancient times, each shrine was… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| sharebon 洒落本 | Also konnyakubon 蒟蒻本 or kohon 小本 (typically made of folded half-sized *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| shari 舎利 | Also sari, busshari 仏舎利. Sk: sarira, dhatu 駄都. The bones of the Buddha. After the death of Buddha… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| shari yōki 舎利容器 | Reliquary. A container for the bones of the Buddha *shari 舎利 placed in a stupa or pagoda. In… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| shariden 舎利殿 | ✓ | A square reliquary hall, used to enshrine the relics of Buddha, called *shari 舎利… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| sharitō 舎利塔 | A stupa-shaped container for relics *shari 舎利 that may itself be set within a small shrine … |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| shaseiga 写生画 | Realistic sketches of nature made for study purposes, often in small handscroll format and later mounted in an album. The… |
Art History, Painting | |
| shi-in 私印 | A seal used for private as opposed to official matters. The use of shi-in became popular in China after the Tang… |
Art History, Painting | |
| shi-in 子院 | A subsidiary temple belonging to the main temple and serving as the founder's mausoleum. This arrangement is most frequently… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| shi 枝 | Also written 支. An ancient unit used to count long, slender objects. Remaining from this ancient system is the expression *… |
Architecture, Measurement | |
| shia 四阿 | 1 Also known as goseden 五脊殿. A pyramidal *hōgyō-zukuri… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| shiage ganna 仕上鉋 | A special finishing plane. A plane used in the final stage of smoothing wood after the surface has been flattened with the… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| shiage 仕上 | The texture or color of the finish applied to the surface of any visible structural member in the interior of a building.… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| shiai 四愛 | Ch: siai. Lit. "the four favorites." A painting subject of four beloved flowers and the four Chinese literati who… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Shiba Kō 司馬光 | Ch: Sima Guang (1019-86); also called Sima Wenguan (Jp: Shiba Onkō 司馬温光), and used the name Junshi (Jp: Kunjitsu 君実). A… |
Art History, Painting | |
| shibadoi 芝土居 | A grass-covered earthen embankment *doi 土居. The embankment is shaped like a… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| shibagaki 柴垣 | ✓ | Also read shibakaki. A very old type of brushwood fencing, originally called fushigaki 布斯垣. Many… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| shibai banzuke 芝居番付 | Lit. "ranking lists of plays." A generic term for a *kabuki 歌舞伎 playbill. A… |
Art History, Painting | |
| shibaonkōgata chōzubachi 司馬温公形手水鉢 | Lit. "Sima Yungong type." One style of natural stone water basin *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| shibaraku 暫 | A pictorial subject taken from the *kabuki 歌舞伎 play by the same… |
Art History, Painting | |
| shibarinuki 縛貫 | ✓ | Also mizunuki 水貫. The penetrating beams that join and secure the floor studs *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| shibayama chōzubachi 芝山手水鉢 | Lit. "brushwood mountain." A type of rustic water basin *chōzubachi… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| Shibaza 芝座 | One of the three painting studios or guilds za 座 of the *nanto-… |
Art History, Painting | |
| shibi 鴟尾 | ✓ | Also written 鵄尾, 蚩尾, 鮪; also called tobi-no-o 鴟の尾, kutsugata 沓形 (shoes tile) because it is thought to… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| shibori-zome 絞染 | Tie dye. A name for a resist-dyeing technique and the fabric made by it. Shibori 絞 designates a huge variety of… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| shibuichi 四分一 | 1 One fourth of a log or piece of lumber, or a 1/4 scale reduction of a structural element. For example,… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| shibutsu 四仏 | Lit. "the Four Buddhas." |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Shichibutsu Yakushi 七仏薬師 | Lit. "Seven Buddhas of Healing." Seven manifestations of *Yakushi 薬師 or the… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| shichidō garan 七堂伽藍 | The seven principal buildings considered necessary for a Buddhist temple from the 7-12th century. They include: the main… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| shichifukujin 七福神 | ✓ | Lit. "the seven gods of good fortune." The group comprises *Ebisu 恵比須, *… |
Art History, Iconography |
| shichigosanshiki teien 七五三式庭園 | Also called shichigosan ishigumi 七五三石組 Lit. "seven-five-three-style garden." The arrangement of 15 stones or pruned… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| Shichijō bussho 七条仏所 | A Buddhist sculpture workshop *bussho 仏所 located in Kyoto's… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Shichijō ōmiya bussho 七条大宮仏所 | A Buddhist sculpture workshop *bussho 仏所 located in Kyoto's… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| shichimen-zukuri 七面造 | A style of Shinto shrine architecture originating in the Edo period, similar to the sengen style *… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| shichiyō 七葉 | Lit. "seven leaves." A decoration in the shape of seven petals, used on a gable pendant *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| shichō-zu 鷲鳥図 | Ch: jiuniaotu. Lit. "pictures of eagles and hawks." A painting subject that features eagles and hawks but may… |
Art History, Painting | |
| shichū 支柱 | ✓ | Also read sasaebashira. A generic term for stress bearing timbers that strengthen and secure the frame of a… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| shide 四出 | A decorative motif that is characterized by a central flower pattern surrounded by either a flower or leaf pattern that is… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| shiden-zukuri teien 寝殿造庭園 | Lit. "shinden-style garden." The quintessential Heian period garden that was built in the central courtyard of… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| shidō 祠堂 | A mortuary hall. One example is the rear part of the *Kaisandō 開山堂 at Eihōji… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| shido 紫土 | An old name for purple pigments *ganryō 顔料 and dyes senryō… |
Art History, Painting | |
| shigai daruki 枝外垂木 | ✓ | Also called ottate daruki 追立垂木, munashita ogamidaruki 棟下拝垂木, shigaya daruki 枝茅垂木, and shinkai… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| shigajiku 詩画軸 | A hanging scroll with a literary inscription written above an ink painting. This format is a visual extension of the ancient… |
Art History, Painting | |
| shigami 顰 | 1 Also shigami 獅噛 (biting lion), or hagami 歯噛 (biting teeth). A Noh mask *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| shigarakiyaki 信楽焼 | ✓ | Shigaraki 信楽 ware. Sueki 須恵器 ware was made in this clay-rich area from early times, but a distinctive ware fired in… |
Art History, Crafts |
| shigedaruki 繁垂木 | ✓ | Closely spaced, parallel rafters. If the underside of a rafter and the space between it and the next rafter are equal, thus… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| shigotomura 仕事斑 | An unintentional unevenness or irregularity in workmanship. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| shiguchi 仕口 | An angled joint. There are two general types of shiguchi. |
Architecture, Joints | |
| shiguregaki 時雨垣 | Lit. "drizzle fence." A type of fence in which bunches of bamboo and bush clover are secured by the top bar of a fence so as… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| shihan 四半 | 1 A square paving stone, panel or other structural element. When square paving stones or tiles are laid… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| shihanjiki 四半敷 | ✓ | A pattern of square paving stones, tiles, or marquetry etc. Each piece is laid on the diagonal, so that all the meeting… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| shihō ari 四方蟻 | ✓ | A dovetail splicing joint *aritsugi 蟻継, made in such way that the dovetails… |
Architecture, Joints |
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