| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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| hirobisashi 広廂 | Also written 広庇, 弘廂. Sometimes called *hiro-en 広縁. An extended… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hirokomai 広小舞 | ✓ | A long, wide, wedge-shaped, horizontal timber placed over the ends of rafters to prevent their deflection and to add support… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hiroma 広間 | 1 The generic term used for a large room occupying the full cross section of a building in Edo period… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Tea Houses, Folk Dwellings | |
| hiromagata 広間型 | The name given to a room plan common in vernacular houses *minka … |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| hironomi 広鑿 | Lit. wide chisel. A type of striking chisel *tatakinomi 叩鑿, with a blade-… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| hiroshiki 広敷 | 1 Part of the kitchen and private residential zone of an Edo period daimyō 大名 residence. … |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| hirukan 蛭環 | ✓ | Also hirukagi 蛭鈎 or hirukugi 蛭釘. Lit. leech hook. A pothook attached to the ceiling of the tea ceremony… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| hisakugata 柄杓形 | Lit. ladle shape. Also read hishakugata or hisagogata 瓢形 (gourd pattern). The shape of the precious jewel… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hisashi 廂 | Also written 庇. The area surrounding the *moya 母屋 or core of a… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hisashibashira 廂柱 | Also written 庇柱.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| hisen 臂釧 | A type of decorative band *kansen 鐶釧, found on the upper arms of bodhisattva *… | Art History, Sculpture | |
| hishaku 柄杓 | 1 A utensil with a long handle and dipper used to ladle hot water from the kettle, or cold water from the… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| hishaku kanamono 柄杓金物 | A metal fitting that allows a door to swing open in two directions. The fitting is shaped like a dipper, whereby the "… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| hishi 菱 | 1 Also hishigata 菱形. A diamond or lozenge shape. A term used to describe diamond-shaped cross… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hishi-no-mon 菱の門 | Lit. diamond-shaped gate. Also called ōteguchi 大手口 (large front entrance). A two-storied turret gate *… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| hishi shirin 菱支輪 | ✓ | A short, curved, non-supporting series of strut-like members used on the under side of eaves to form a transition between… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hishigaki 菱垣 | Lit. lozenge fence. A type of open fence made with bamboo or other types of wood braided into lozenge shapes. A good example… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hishigōshi 菱格子 | ✓ | 1 Diamond- or lozenge-shaped lattice or muntins used on doors, transoms, and fences *… |
Art History, Architecture, General Terms, Painting |
| hishiko 菱子 | 1 Muntins, diamond shaped in cross section, used in place of vertical bars in some window openings. … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hishimon 菱文 | ✓ | A diamond or lozenge-shaped motif that is a type of traditional design motif *… |
Art History, Painting |
| hiten 飛天 | Flying apsaras. Heavenly beings invisible to the human eye, believed to fly with superhuman power and speed. Found in Middle… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| hiten kōhai 飛天光背 | Also hitenkō 飛天光. Lit. flying apsaras nimbus. A halo *kōhai 光背,… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Hitomaro-zō 人麿像 | ✓ | Also Hitomaru-zō 人丸像. An imaginary portrait of the Nara period poet Kakinomotono Hitomaro 柿本人麿, who is… |
Art History, Painting |
| hitonoki 一軒 | The single eaves formed by a single row of base rafters found most often on domestic architecture. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hitosuji 一筋 | A door head or sill with a single groove to accommodate a sliding door. For instance; hitosuji gamoi 一筋鴨居 (a single… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hitotesaki 一手先 | Also called hitotegumi 一手組, hitotesakigumi 一手先組, or *degumi… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hiuchibari 火打梁 | ✓ | A diagonal brace placed across a corner at about a 45-degree angle to the purlins. Sometimes called an angle tie, angle,… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| Hiunkaku 飛雲閣 | Lit. a flying cloud tower. Unique, three-storied timber building, rōkaku 楼閣, built in asymmetrical design and… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| hiunmon 飛雲文 | ✓ | Also *unmon 雲文, ryūunmon 流雲文. The flowing cloud motif on… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| hiwa-iro 鶸色 | Lit. greenfinch color. A light olive color, produced by adding a small amount of indigo *ai… | Art History, Painting | |
| hiwada-iro 桧皮色 | Also written 檜皮色.
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Art History, Painting | |
| hiwadabuki 桧皮葺 | ✓ | A roof covered with layers of Japanese cypress hinoki 桧 (檜) bark shingles. The shingles are usually 45-60 cm in… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hiyoku irimoya-zukuri 比翼入母屋造 | ✓ | A style of hip-and-gable roof exemplified by the one on the *honden 本殿 at… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| hiyu setsuwa-zu 比喩説話図 | A narrative painting or a relief of a story, called Avadana in Sanskrit which relates stories of Buddha's disciples and… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hizakui 膝喰 | A decoration in the shape of a lion's head *shigami 獅噛, found on… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Hizakurige 膝栗毛 | Lit. Shank's Mare. A ribald classic by Jippensha Ikku 十返舎一九 (1765-1831) tracing the adventures of the two bumpkins Yajirobē… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hizuka 樋束 | A type of strut found in *shinmei-zukuri 神明造. Several… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hizumiguruwa 邪郭 | Also written 斜郭. A diagonal section of wall forming part of a gateway barrier *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| Hō Koji 龐居士 | Ch: Pang Jushi. Lit. The Layman Pang. Regarded as an incarnation of Vimalakirti (Jp: *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hōbyō 宝瓶 | Also suibyō 瓶. A flower vase, found as an attribute *jimotsu 持物… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| hōdate 方立 | Also written 傍立; also called hōdatebashira 方立柱; formerly *hashirayose… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hōdateguchi 方立口 | ✓ | Also hōtateguchi. An entrance to a tea ceremony room *chashitsu… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| hōgyō yane 宝形屋根 | ✓ | Lit. roof segments flowing down on four sides, also called shichū yane 四注屋根 shihōnagare 四方流. A hipped or… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hōgyō-zukuri 宝形造 | ✓ | Also written 方形造; sometimes called the four-part style shichū-zukuri 四注造, or the square style hōkei-zukuri… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| hohitsu 補筆 | Repainting or supplementary brushwork. To add to, attempt to finish, or correct a painting or calligraphy by adding brush… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hōjō 方丈 | ✓ | The name given to the type of residence that had evolved by the end of the 14th century for the abbot, i.e., the head priest… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| hōjō jitate 法帖仕立 | An accordion style book-binding *orihon 折本. So called because it is used for… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hōju 宝珠 | ✓ | 1 Also pronounced hōshu. A sacred gem. Usually a ball or tear-drop shape object that is sacred to… |
Architecture, General Terms, Art History, Sculpture |
| hōjugata kōhai 宝珠形光背 | A type of nimbus *zukō 頭光, or halo, found on a Buddhist image in the shape… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| hōjumon 宝珠文 | Also hōshumon. A design of spherical jewels with slightly pointed tops, frequently with flames rising from the… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hōkan Amida 宝冠阿弥陀 | Lit. *Amida 阿弥陀 with a Jeweled Crown. A typical representation of Buddha *… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| hōkan 宝冠 | Also tenkan 天冠. A crown on a Buddhist sculpture. Usually made in wood or bronze openwork *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| hōkanbutsu 宝冠仏 | A statue of Buddha wearing a crown ornamented with precious stones. This tradition originated in India, first with crowned… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| hōkei 宝髻 | Also hōkei 寶髻. The hair of a sculpted figure tied up on top of the head in a topknot. Found on bodhisattva *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| hōkeiyakata 方形館 | Lit. Square-shape mansion. A medieval fortified military-class mansion that is surrounded by a square-shaped, or more… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| Hokekyō hensō 法華経変相 | Drawings or paintings, zu 図 depicting the doctrine and stories of the Lotus Sutra Hokekyō 法華経,… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| hokkai jōin 法界定印 | Lit. Dharma-realm meditation mudra. Hokkai 法界 is the Dharma-realm, (Sk: dharmadhatu), and jōin is an… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Hokke mandara 法華曼荼羅 | Lit. Lotus Mandala. Also Hokekyō mandara 法華経曼荼羅 (mandala depiction of the Lotus Sutra), Hokekyō hōtō mandara… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| hokkedō 法華堂 | ✓ | Also called hokke sanmaidō 法華三昧堂.
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Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| hōko 宝庫 | Also hōzō 宝蔵, shinko 神庫, itakura 板倉, banzō 板蔵, sazō 叉蔵. A storehouse for… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| hokogi 架木 | The topmost member of a three-railed balustrade *kōran 高欄, usually round or… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Hōkokusai 豊国祭 | Lit. Hōkoku festival. The special celebration on the seventh anniversary of Toyotomi Hideyoshi's 豊臣秀吉 (1536-98) death, held… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Hokuendō 北円堂 | The largest extant octagonal Buddhist temple hall, dated 1210. It is located at Kōfukuji 興福寺 in Nara, and is placed on a… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| hokushūga 北宗画 | Ch: beizonghua. The northern school of Chinese painting as opposed to the Southern school of painting *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hokusō sansuigashiki teien 北宋山水画式庭園 | Lit. gardens in the style of Northern Song landscape painting. A modern term that stresses the compositional similarities… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hokuto mandara 北斗曼荼羅 | A variety of mandala dedicated to specific deities *besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| hōkyō 宝篋 | Sk: ratnapeta. Lit. a box for treasures. The treasures referred to are sutras. As a *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| hōkyōintō 宝筺印塔 | ✓ | Lit. Hōkyōin pagoda. A type of pagoda (Sk: stupa) originally made as a repository for copies of the Hōkyōin… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| hon-irakagawara 本甍瓦 | A general term for three basic tiles: irakadomoe 甍巴, a tile decorated with a comma shaped pattern *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| hon'ya 本屋 | Alsowritten 本家, or read omoya 主屋.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| hon'yamato 本大和 | An abbreviation of hon'yamatokaki 本大和掻. Also pronounced hon'yamatogaki. A type of decoration used on teahouses with an… | Architecture, Decorations | |
| honbashira 本柱 | ✓ | Also read omobashira; in the case of gates it may be called *monbashira… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| honbuki 本葺 | A roof made of wood and cooper sheets to resemble a traditional tiled roof *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Honchō gahō taiden 本朝画法大伝 | Authoritative Summary of the Rules of Japanese Painting by Tosa Mitsuoki 土佐光起 (1617-91). As part of Mitsuoki's attempt to… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Honchō gashi 本朝画史 | History of Painting in Japan, a late 17th century compendium of artists' biographies and the history of painting in Japan.… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| honden 本殿 | The sanctuary of a Shinto shrine, considered the most sacred shrine building because it contains the essence of the deity,… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| hondō 本堂 | ✓ | Lit. main hall. A Buddhist hall housing the principal images most revered by the particular sect of a temple. The use of the… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| hondoko 本床 | ✓ | A formal alcove *tokonoma 床の間 in a large *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| hone 骨 | Lath. The narrow strips of wood, laid vertically and horizontally to form the core of the sliding track for opaque screens… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| honegumi 骨組 | Also called *jikubu 軸部. The skeletal framework of a building. This framework… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Hōnen 法然 | Commonly known as Hōnen Shōnin 法然上人 or St. Hōnen (1133-1212), founder of the Pure Land, Jōdo 浄土 sect in… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| hongatte 本勝手 | Also called migigatte 右勝手. The so-called normal arrangement for most tea ceremony rooms *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| hongawarabuki 本瓦葺 | ✓ | A general term for a tile roof, especially one which is composed of relatively flat, broad, concave tiles *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| honji suijaku 本地垂迹 | Shinto/Buddhist syncretism. In its early phase this is called shinbutsu shūgō 神仏習合. The term honji suijaku… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| honjibutsu 本地仏 | The original Buddhist identity of a Shinto deity *kami 神. Sometime before the… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| honjin 本陣 | ✓ | 1 The camp or field headquarters of a general from the late Heian period to the early Edo period. This… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| honjō 本城 | 1 The main or central fortification withina single castle. It is similar to *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| honjō-zu 本生図 | Lit. Illustrations of original lives. The original lives; honjō 本生 or honshō, or former lives of the… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| honka dōrō 本歌灯籠 | Lanterns, usually found at shrines or temples, with sufficient aesthetic and historical fame to warrant copying by later… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| honkokubon 翻刻本 | Also written 飜刻本. A facsimile or reprint (often in modern typeface) of a manuscript or old book. A reprint of an already… |
Art History, Painting | |
| honmaru 本丸 | Lit. main circle. The principal compound in a castle complex which has more than one compound or ward. It is often, but not… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| honmikage 本御影 | Lit. true mikage 御影. A type of high quality granite, kakōgan 花崗岩 quarried in the Mikage region of the city… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| honmune-zukuri 本棟造 | ✓ | A style of vernacular house *minka 民家, found in Nagano Prefecture… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| honnikai 本二階 | Lit. true second floor. A full-height upper floor, complete with living and reception rooms *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| honpashiki emon 翻波式衣文 | A manner of representing drapery folds in Buddhist sculpture, in which high rounded curves regularly alternate with low… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| honzon 本尊 | The principal image (or group of images) of worship at a Buddhist temple or a single building within the temple complex. The… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| honzon hyōgu 本尊表具 | A type of mounting *hyōsō 表装 for a hanging scroll *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hōō 鳳凰 | 1 A phoenix. A mythical Chinese bird, thought to have been introduced to Japan in the Asuka period. The… |
Architecture, Painting, Decorations, Art History | |
| Hōōdō 鳳凰堂 | ✓ | Lit. Phoenix Hall. The Hōōdō is the central hall *Chūdō 中堂 of… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| hōra 法螺 | Also read hora. Also written 宝螺. Also sometimes called ra 螺. Sk: dharmasankha. A conch shell used as a… |
Art History, Sculpture |
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