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hagiyaki 萩焼 ✓

Hagi ware. A general name for pottery made in the Matsumoto, 松本, area of western Hagi City, and in Nagato Fukawa, 長門深川, in…

Art History, Crafts
hanpi 半臂

Lit. half arm. A sleeveless short undergarment for aristocratic men. From the Nara through the early Heian periods, …

Art History, Crafts
heidatsu 平脱

Ch. Pingtuo. A technique in which thin sheets of metal are cut into decorative shapes and set in a lacquer base;…

Art History, Crafts
heishi 瓶子 Also heiji. A type of wine vessel with a long slim neck with narrow mouth and round bottom, or narrow mouth, round waist… Art History, Crafts
hidasukimon 火襷文 ✓

Fire-cord design. A decoration used on ceramics. While appearing accidental, this is a method created by the special…

Art History, Crafts
nanako 魚々子 ✓

Also written 魚子, 斜子. Lit. "fish-roe."
1 A pattern of small dots thought to resemble fish-roe, and…

Art History, Architecture, Gardens, Crafts
netsuke 根付

A miniature sculpture that is ties to a portable tiered container *inrō 印籠 worn…

Art History, Crafts
nishiki 錦

Brocade. A general term for a variety of flat multicolored, woven-pattern fabrics. Recently it suggests silk woven with an…

Art History, Crafts
noborigama 登窯

Bank or climbing kiln. Built on a slope, this efficient type of kiln originated in China and was introduced to Japan from…

Art History, Crafts
nōshōzoku 能装束

*Noh 能 costumes. Also called nō-ishō 能衣装. Cloth articles worn in Noh…

Art History, Crafts

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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