| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| itachigai 板違 | ✓ | Wooden panels with the grain set in alternating directions in a coffered ceiling *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| itadatami 板畳 | 1 The boards covered by tightly woven straw mats *tatami 畳,… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| itadoko 板床 | ✓ | An alcove with a wooden floor instead of a *tatami 畳 mat. There… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| itago 板子 | An Edo period term for wooden planks with a rectangular cross-section, between 5 cm and 30 cm thick. These planks were cut… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| itajiki 板敷 | A common type of wooden board flooring commonly used before thick straw matting *tatami… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| itakarado 板唐戸 | ✓ | Also read itagarado; also called itatobira 板扉. A 6th-7th century door made of a single, thick wooden plank… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| itakōhai 板光背 | Lit. board nimbus. A halo *kōhai 光背 on a Buddhist statue, carved… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| itame 板目 | ✓ | 1 A board cut in such a way that the grain lines are not parallel but instead are rather pointed or having irregular wavy… | Architecture, General Terms |
| itaniwa 板庭 | 1 A low timber platform constructed within the earth-floored area *doma… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| itanoki 板軒 | ✓ | Thick boards used to cover exposed base rafters visible under eaves. Examples: Eihōji Kannondō 永保寺観音堂 (1315), Gifu… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| itaokoshi 板起し | Also hegesoko 扮げ底, heragaeshi 箆返. The method of removing a ceramic tea caddy *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| itaosae 板押 | Also read itaoshi. Battens used to prevent boards from moving. They are long, thin strips of wood set vertically… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| itchakushuhan 一ちゃく手半 | Lit. one and a half *chakushu ちゃく手. Approximately 36.3 cm. A… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| itchō 一丁 | Lit. one chō 丁. One folded page of a printed book during the Edo period. Because only one side of a sheet was… |
Art History, Painting | |
| itchū 一鋳 | Lit. single casting. A term used in metal casting when the entire form of a statue was cast at once, and not in separate… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| itojaku 糸尺 | Lit. string plus shaku. A measurement that equals 30.3 cm or about one foot. It is the term used to measure the… |
Architecture, Measurement | |
| itomarugawara 糸丸瓦 | The smallest semi-circular tile, with a diameter of 7.5 cm. An eave end tile of this size decorated with a comma pattern is… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| itomasa 糸柾 | A shortened form of itomasame 糸柾目. Straight, narrow grained wood. Two examples are Japanese arborvitae, nezuko… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| itomen 糸面 | A very narrow, chamfer about 3 mm wide, made by planing the corners of posts. The term has been used from the 17th century… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| itsutesaki 五手先 | A rare five-stepped bracket complex found at a temple on Sado 佐渡 Island, Niigata Prefecture. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ittō senrai 一刀三礼 | Also ichiji sanrai 一字三礼, ittō sanpai 一刀三拝. Lit. to worship three times with every stroke. A practice… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ittōbori 一刀彫 | Also known as nara ningyō 奈良人形 or narabori 奈良彫. Small wooden sculptures made using a simple, rough-… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| iwa-enogu 岩絵具 | Also iwamono 岩物. A paint *enogu 絵具 made from pulverized… |
Art History, Painting | |
| iwa-gunjō 岩群青 | Abbreviated to *gunjō 群青. A dark blue pigment *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| iwa-rokushō 岩緑青 | A green pigment *ganryō 顔料 made of malachite. Often abbreviated to *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| iwayadō 岩屋堂 | A temple hall built into a natural grotto, or a grotto cut from rock high up on the face of a cliff or steep slope. One… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| iwaza 岩座 | A base for Buddhist images *daiza 台座, made of rock. It is also referred to as… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| izō 倚像 | Also called iza 倚坐, suisokuza 垂足坐, and chōjiza 丁字坐. An image that is seated on a stool or… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Izumo no Okuni 出雲の阿国 | Purported founder of the *kabuki 歌舞伎 theatre and subject of 17th… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Izusan Gongen 伊豆山権現 | Also called Hashiriyu Gongen 走湯権現. A deity associated with a hot spring which wells up on Izusan 伊豆山, a hill of 166… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Izutsu 井筒 | Also Tsutsu izutsu 筒井筒. Lit. a well curb. A painting subject associated with Episode 24 of Ise monogatari… |
Art History, Painting |
Displaying 601 - 631 of 631