| 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 |
| taiheibire 大瓶鰭 | Also oigata 笈形, *gasshōhire 合掌鰭. A pair of decorative sculpted… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| taka-no-hashi 鷹の嘴 | Lit. "hawk's beak." A decorative, curved pattern often found on moldings. The pattern has pointed tips like a bird's beak.… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| take-no-fushi ranma 竹の節欄間 | ✓ | Also take-no-fushi 竹の節. Lit. "bamboo joint transom." A type of transom shaped like a balustrade which became… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| taru-no-kuchi 樽の口 | 1 An abbreviation of taru-no-kuchi kanamono 樽の口金物. Part of the metal cover *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| tarukisaki kanamono 垂木先金物 | A decorative metal fitting *kazari kanagu 飾金具 fixed to the end of a… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| tasuki 襷 | ✓ | 1 Two interact lines, strings or rails diagonally forming a pattern of diamond shapes. Sometimes another… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| tasukigōshi 襷格子 | Also *hishigōshi 菱格子. A type of lattice *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| tatebishi 竪菱 | Also written 立菱. A longitudinal diamond pattern which consists a series of repeated upright diamond shapes. See … |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| tengai 天蓋 | 1 Also sangai 傘蓋, hōgai 宝蓋, kagai 華蓋, kengai 懸蓋. Sk: chatra… |
Architecture, Decorations, Art History, Sculpture | |
| tonbo kanagu 蜻蛉金具 | Lit. "dragonfly metal fitting." A type of decorative metal fitting *kazari kanagu… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| toshoku 塗色 | ✓ | The colors of paint found on Japanese style *wayō 和様 temples.… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| tsukemen kurigata 付け面繰形 | Lit. "attached surface molding." An incised or molded decoration *kurigata 繰形… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| tsuki-no-ji kuzushi 月の字崩 | A geometrical pattern based on the character 月, tsuki (moon), and found on transoms *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| tsukuridashi kurigata 作り出し繰形 | An incised or molded decoration *kurigata 繰形 applied to an… |
Architecture, Decorations |
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