| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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| horadoko 洞床 | Lit. cave alcove. A cave-like entrance to a tea ceremony room, partially enclosed by a side wall. The side wall is called *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| horageta 洞桁 | Also horaketa. The first two of a series of purlins that support hidden rafters *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| horaguchi 洞口 | Also horakuchi. An opening on the side wall of an alcove *tokonoma… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| hōrai enzanseki 蓬莱遠山石 | Lit. Penglai distant mountain stone. A technique in which the stone representing Mt. Penglai *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hōrai gantō 蓬莱岩島 | Lit. Penglai rock island. The technique of representing Mt. Penglai *Hōraisan… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hōrai teien 蓬莱庭園 | Lit. Penglai garden. A general term for a garden focused thematically on Mt. Penglai *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hōrai yōshiki 蓬莱様式 | Lit. Penglai style. A type of garden in which there presentation of Mt. Penglai *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hōraibune 蓬莱舟 | ✓ | Also called a boat stone funa-ishi 舟石 or treasure-boat stone takarabune-ishi 宝舟石. Lit. Penglai boat. A… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| Hōraisan 蓬莱山 | 1 Lit. Mt. Penglai. Ch: Penglaishan. The most famous of the three Elysian mountain-isles believed to lie… |
Architecture, Art History, Painting | |
| hōraiseki 蓬莱石 | Lit. Penglai stone. A garden stone representing Mt. Penglai *Hōraisan 蓬莱山,… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| hori 堀 | ✓ | A moat that completely or partially surrounds a castle, palace, or mansion. Moats are primarily for protection but may… |
Architecture, Castles |
| Horikawa youchi 堀川夜討 | Lit. night attack on the Horikawa Palace. A pictorial subject depicting one of the many events in the life of tragic hero… |
Art History, Painting | |
| horikiri 堀切 | A dry moat *karabori 空堀, dug to separate and hinder passage between two peaks… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| horimono 彫物 | 1 The skills, process, and work of carving in wood, bamboo, stone, metal, or other materials. It also… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| horinuri 彫塗 | A method of color application in *yamato-e やまと絵, whereby the… |
Art History, Painting | |
| horiuchimichi 堀内道 | A pathway that runs along the bottom of a dry moat *karabori 空堀. Dry moats… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| horō 歩廊 | A style of passageway or corridor on the outside of a temple, shrine, palace, or mansion. The passageway often connects two… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Hōrōkaku manadara 宝楼閣曼荼羅 | A specific type of mandala *besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅, based on the Daihō… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| hōryō 法量 | Measurements of a Buddhist statue and attachments. They include:
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Art History, Sculpture | |
| hōshagata kōhai 放射形光背 | Also sujikō 筋光, nukigokō 貫後光, and kasagokō 傘御光. A radial nimbus. A type of the… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| hoshi mandara 星曼荼羅 |
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Art History, Iconography | |
| hōsho 奉書 | An abbreviation of hōshogami 奉書紙, hōsho paper. A type of *washi… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hōsō-e 疱瘡絵 | Also *aka-e 赤絵. A woodblock print colored only with shades of red. The color was… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hosoban 細判 | Lit. narrow format. A size of *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 print. The term hosoban is… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hosodono 細殿 | Lit. long narrow hall.
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Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| hōsōge 宝相華 | 1 Also read hossōge, an abbreviation of hōsōgemon 宝相華文. Lit. precious flower. Hōsōge… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles, Art History, Painting | |
| hōsōge karakusa 宝相華唐草 | 1 Abbreviation of hōsōge karakusamon 宝相華唐草文. A type of Chinese arabesque design *… |
Architecture, Decorations, Roofing Tiles | |
| Hosokawa Sansai Chasho 細川三斎茶書 | A book of explanations and regulations of tea ceremony in one volume, believed to be the teaching of Ichio Iori 一尾伊織 (1602-… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| hosokuzai 補足材 | The new timber used to repair or restore a traditional wooden building. Sometimes an entire rotted member is replaced, and… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hosonoko 細鋸 | Also known as osaehikinoko 押挽鋸. A thin bladed crosscut saw used to make a plane (see *… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| hossai 髪際 | Also hassai 髪際. Lit. Hairline. The point where the hair meets the forehead on a sculpted figure. The hairline is… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Hossō rokuso 法相六祖 | Lit. Six Patriarchs of the Hossō sect. In Japan: Shin'ei 神叡 (d. 737), Genbō 玄昉 (d. 746), Zenshu 善珠 (723-97), Gyōga 行賀(729-… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| hossu 払子 | Also 白払. A kind of brush, used to drive away insects during meditation. The hossu originated in ancient India, and… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Hotaru 蛍 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "Fireflies" Hotaru, Chapter 25 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of… |
Art History, Painting |
| Hotei 布袋 | ✓ | Ch: Budai. A semi-legendary, itinerant 10th-century Buddhist monk who became a popular subject in Chinese and Japanese ink… |
Art History, Iconography |
| hōtō 宝塔 | 1 Lit. treasure pagoda. A generic name for a pagoda (Sk: stupa) of a type associated with the Buddhist… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| hōto 方斗 | Also read hōdo. The bearing block placed in the center of criss-cross bracket arms *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hōto 奉渡 | The act of passing a Buddhist statue from the hands of the artist to the temple that commissioned the piece. Because the… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| hōtōgata tōrō 宝塔形灯籠 | An unusual type of pagoda-shaped lantern found in a graveyard at Tsubakidera 椿寺 near Kitano Tenmangū 北野天満宮 in Kyoto.… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| hottaizō 法体像 | Also hōfukuzō 法服像. Lit. portrait in religious (i.e. Buddhist) appearance. A portrait of a person who has taken… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| hottate-bashira 掘立柱 | Also written 掘立て柱, 掘建て柱. Earth fast posts. Posts *hashira 柱 whose feet, … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hottate goya 掘立小屋 | Also written 掘立て小屋, 掘建て小屋.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| hottate 掘立 | Also written 掘立て, 掘建て. A construction technique whereby the feet of posts, hashira-no-nemoto 柱の根元, are embedded… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| hozo ほぞ | ✓ | Old pronunciation was hoso. A tenon. Protuberances of differing shape and size made on the end of wood, stone, or… |
Architecture, Joints |
| hozoana ほぞ穴 | A mortise. A cavity hewn from a timber or stone member or cut in metal to receivea tenon *… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| hōzuka 方束 | The square struts used to support the ends of veranda boards. Circular posts are thought to have been used earlier than… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Hyaku monogatari 百物語 | Lit. A hundred tales. Traditional and contemporary ghost stories as told, written, and illustrated in the Edo period. Early… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hyakumantō 百万塔 | Lit. one million pagodas. Wooden, miniature, three-storied, circular, memorial pagodas wrought on a lathe for Empress Kōken… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| Hyakunin isshu 百人一首 | Lit. Single poems by 100 poets. A collection of waka 和歌 compiled by Fujiwara no Teika 藤原定家 (also known as Sadaie,… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hyōgu 表具 | Mounting. Also termed *hyōsō 表装. Hyōgu refers to the mounting of a… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hyōshi 表紙 | The covers of a bound book *sasshibon 冊子本, or an accordion book *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| hyōsō 表装 | To mount a work of art in a hanging scroll *kakemono 掛物, handscroll *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| jabara ita 蛇腹板 | ✓ | Lit. snake belly board. The boards lined up under the thick eave ends nokizuke 軒付 of a cypress bark *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| jabara 蛇腹 | Lit. snake's belly. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| jabara shirin 蛇腹支輪 | ✓ | Also called honshirin 本支輪 (main shirin). A short, curved, non-supporting transitional member that connects… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| jabara tenjō 蛇腹天井 | ✓ | Lit. snake belly ceiling. An open or exposed ceiling composed of curved, parallel rafters, thought to resemble a snake's… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| jabaragawa 蛇腹皮 | Lit. snake skin. The boards lined up under the thick eave ends nokizuke 軒付 of a cypress bark *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| jaki 邪鬼 | Sk: yaksa. Evil spirits believed to harm human beings and hinder Buddhist teaching. Usually appear in sculptures as small… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| jari 砂利 | Gravel, small stones, or pebbles. A corrupted form of sazare 細 meaning tiny stones. Jari have been given… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| jibori 字彫 | Also hikkōbori 筆耕彫. The engravers or block-carvers of written text woodblocks for printed books. From… |
Art History, Painting | |
| jibuki 地葺 | The traditional method of laying or setting tiles on the sheathing *noji 野地 of… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| jibukuro 地袋 | ✓ | A small cabinet with sliding doors at the bottom of open, often split-level shelves *… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings |
| jibutsudō 持仏堂 | Also called *butsuma 仏間. |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| jichinsai 地鎮祭 | Also called chinjisai 鎮地祭; jisai 地祭, jiiwai 地祝, tsuchimatsuri 土祭 or tokoshizume no… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| jidaruki 地垂木 | Also called omodaruki 母垂木. A base rafter that extends outward from the roof framework, generally the eave purlin *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| jidō 慈童 | A noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a sprite who possesses the elixir of long life… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Jie 慈恵 | Commonly known as Jie Daishi 慈恵大師 or Great Master Jie. The posthumous name of Ryōgen 良源 (912-85), abbot at… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| jien hikaku 地円飛角 | ✓ | Also read chien hikaku. Double eaves *futanoki 二軒, composed of base… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| jifuku 地覆 | 1 A sleeper. The lowermost horizontal beam that spans the width of a bay *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| jifuku-ishi 地覆石 | Also written 地幅石. A long horizontal base stone, sometimes called a sleeper, or a continuous plinth course. It is placed at… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| jifuku nageshi 地覆長押 | Also jinageshi 地長押. A non-penetrating tie beam that is shaped to fit snugly around the base of a pillar. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| jiga jisan 自画自賛 | The practice of adding a poetic inscription to one's own painting. The poetic inscription is typically related to the… | Art History, Painting | |
| Jigoku dayū 地獄太夫 | A famous courtesan of Sakai 堺 known for her relationship with the Daitokuji 大徳寺 priest *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| jigokuhozo 地獄ほぞ | ✓ | Lit. hell tenon. So named because once it is inserted, it is impossible to withdraw. A blind tenon joint with wedges *… |
Architecture, Joints |
| jiguchi-e 地口絵 | A picture based on a word pun, popular around the mid-18th century. Most were drawn by town painters *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| jigyō 地業 | Also 地形 chikei. The preliminary foundation work on a building. Materials for this include: rubble *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| jihatsu 地髪 | Hair on the head of a Buddha *nyorai 如来 statue, not including the *… | Art History, Sculpture | |
| jihiro 地火炉 | Also read jikaro. |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| jihisō 慈悲相 | Also bosatsusō 菩薩相. The expression of compassion found on Buddhist images. The opposite is *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jikidō 食堂 | Also called saidō 斎堂. A refectory. An independent building on temple grounds where priests and monks had their… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| jikirō 食籠 | A lidded food container, usually layered and lacquered with decorations of sunken gold *… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| jikkai zu 十界図 | Lit. Picture of the ten realms. In Buddhism the ten realms jikkai 十界 refer to the ten realms of being, which are… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| jikkan jūnishi 十干十二支 | Also kanshi 干支 and eto えと. Ch: shigan shierzhi. Lit. ten stems and twelve branches. Referred to… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Jikokuten 持国天 | Sk: Dhrtarastra. A guardian deity with fierce expression *funnusō 忿怒相,… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| jiku 軸 | 1 A roller used for a hanging scroll *kakemono 掛物 or hand… |
Art History, Painting, Tea Houses, Architecture | |
| jikuana 軸穴 | Also 軸孔; jikuzuriana 軸吊穴; jiku uke 軸受; tobira jikuana 扉軸穴. The socket into which the pivot hinge… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| jikubu 軸部 | The framework or body of a building between the foundation and the roof structure. In traditional architecture it includes… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| jikukakekugi 軸掛釘 | Also jikukugi 軸釘, kakemonokugi 掛物釘. A hook for hanging scrolls, *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| jikuzuri 軸吊 | ✓ | Also written 軸釣, 軸摺. Pivot hinge. A metal covered wooden-core pivot inserted into a socket *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| jimotsu 持物 | Also read jibutsu. Sk: lakasana. The hand-held attributes of a Buddhist image. Along with the mudra *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jimune 地棟 | A base ridge. |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| jinaimachi 寺内町 | Also jinaichō. A type of religious township that developed in the Sengoku period in connection mainly with temples… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| jinbaori 陣羽織 | Campaign jacket. A short garment worn over armor. Based on European prototypes introduced by the Portuguese at the end of… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| jinbutsu jūhachibyō 人物十八描 | Ch: renwu shibamiao. Lit. eighteen types of figural portrayal. A group of brush styles traditionally employed in painting to… |
Art History, Painting | |
| jinchū 人中 | Also ninchū. A vertical groove between the nose and upper lip of Buddhist images. The jinchū differed… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jingūji 神宮寺 | Also called jingoji 神護寺, jingū'in 神宮院, jinganji 神願寺, miyadera 宮寺, or bettōji… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| jinja kenchiku 神社建築 | Lit. shrine architecture. The architecture associated with Shinto shrines, including all the shrine buildings, shaden… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| jinja 神社 | ✓ | A generic name for a Shinto shrine. Before World War Two shrines were classified into five categorize: first rank, … |
Architecture, Shrines |
| Jinja Taishō 深沙大将 | Also read Jinja Daishō. Lit. General Deep-Sand. A divinity said to have appeared in a dream to the renowned Chinese… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| jinjiro 陣城 | Lit. camp fortress. A temporary fortification constructed on a battlefield or stopping-place by armies on the march, used… |
Architecture, Castles |
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