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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
yatsushi torikabuto 省鳥兜

A type of decorated beam *kibana 木鼻 which is a simplified version of Japanese…

Architecture, Decorations
yōraku 瓔珞

1 A string of beads or lacework used to decorate Buddhist statues and objects. Often found on Bodhisattva…

Art History, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorations
yu-engata 油煙形 ✓

Also kōmorigata 蝙蝠形. A decorative pattern similar to the shapes found on a foliate-panel, shape *…

Architecture, Decorations
yuiwata gegyo 結綿懸魚 ✓

A type of gable pendant *gegyo 懸魚, decorated with a sculpture resembling a floss…

Architecture, Decorations
yuiwata 結綿 ✓

1 Also *watabana 綿花, *…

Architecture, Decorations
yuiwatagashira 結綿頭

Also gyakurengashira 逆蓮頭. A type of carved decoration found on the tops of newel posts *…

Architecture, Decorations
yumimayu 弓眉 ✓

A type of carved molding found on the lower edges of rainbow beams *kōryō …

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