| 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 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 | |
| hottatebashira 掘立柱 | Also written 掘立て柱, 掘建て柱. Earth fast posts. Posts *hashira 柱 whose feet, … |
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 | |
| sabi さび | Also written 寂. |
Art History, Architecture, General Terms | |
| sabi-urushi 錆漆 | Also sabi 錆. A paste made by mixing powdered burnt clay *tonoko 砥の粉… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| sabibori サビ彫 | When woodblocks are being carved to reproduce pages of handwritten characters, sometimes the point of a small knife will be… |
Art History, Painting | |
| sabikabe 錆壁 | The finishing coat on a wall that consists of iron rust mixed with clay or plaster. Originally, old nails were boiled, and… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| sadōguchi 茶道口 | ✓ | Also written 茶堂口, 茶頭口; also chatateguchi 茶立口, or *katteguchi 勝手口.… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| sagabon 嵯峨本 | Also called kōetsubon 光悦本 or suminokurabon 角倉本, although some scholars consider each of these names to… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Sagano 嵯峨野 | A pictorial subject of an area in the western part of Kyoto city, famous for autumn grasses and singing insects. Besides… |
Art History, Painting | |
| sagefuri 下振 | Also called shōjiki 正直. A plumb line with a plumb bob, furiko 振子, at the lower end. The plumb bob is a… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| sagekiri 下げ切 | A little used placement of the firebox *ro 炉, in a tea ceremony room *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| sagiashi 鷺足 | Also sagi-no-ashi. Lit. "heron's leg." A type of long, curved leg found on a Chinese style desk, tōzukue… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| sahari 響銅 | Also written 佐波理. An alloy of copper containing less than ten percent tin, lead and zinc and of a pale yellowish color. It… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| saiben rengemon 細弁蓮華文 | Lit. "narrow petal lotus motif." A motif with as many as twelve or sixteen narrow petals found on some circular pendant… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| Saiendō 西円堂 | ✓ | An octagonal hall at Hōryūji 法隆寺, Nara, which was destroyed by a typhoon in 1050. The structure was rebuilt in 1250. It is… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| Saigyō monogatari-e 西行物語絵 | Paintings based on Saigyō monogatari 西行物語 (The Tale of Saigyō), a fictionalization of the poet-priest… |
Art History, Painting | |
| saijō 斎場 | 1 An area temporarily purified to erect temporary buildings and facilities for performing the *… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| saikakubon 西鶴本 | The name for a group of *ukiyo zōshi 浮世草子 (books of the floating world;… |
Art History, Painting | |
| saikan sanyū 歳寒三友 | Ch: suihan sanyou. Lit. "three friends of wintery seasons." A painting theme featuring pine matsu 松, plum… |
Art History, Painting | |
| saikan 斎館 | Also *kandachi 神館, shinkan 神館. |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| saiken 細見 | Also Yoshiwara saiken 吉原細見. Annually published guide to the new *Yoshiwara… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| saikondō 西金堂 | An image hall *kondō 金堂 situated to the west of a pagoda in temple grounds.… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| saimitsuga 細密画 | Miniature paintings in a detailed style best suited for fans or albums. Two other terms, mitsuga 密画 and saiga… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Saimon 西門 | An eight-legged *hakkyakumon 八脚門, 3-bay wide, 1-entrance gate with a gable… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| Saimyōji shiorido 西明寺枝折戸 | Lit. "Saimyōji 西明寺-style latticed bamboo door." One type of raised lattice door *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| sairei zu 祭礼図 | Lit. "festival pictures." Paintings that originated in folk beliefs and Shinto rituals shinji 神事, mostly related to… |
Art History, Painting | |
| saishiki busshi 彩色仏師 | Lit. "Buddhist colorist." An artist who applies colored pigment to the nimbus or pedestal of a Buddhist statue. A … |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| saishiki 彩色 | The application of color to various architectural elements. In the case of paintings, this normally involves the use of… |
Art History, Painting | |
| saishikizō 彩色像 | A painted statue, usually a Buddhist image. Saishikizō are colored over the entire surface of the figure;… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Saisōrō 採桑老 | A *bugaku 舞楽 dance and mask *bugakumen… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| saitan surimono 歳旦摺物 | Also simply saitan 歳旦. A woodblock print commissioned by a poet, or a man of versatile tastes, to give to his… |
Art History, Painting | |
| sakadono 酒殿 | ✓ | Also misakadono 御酒殿; the prefix mi 御 is an honorific. |
Architecture, Shrines |
| Sakaki 賢木 | ✓ | A pictorial subject based on "Sakaki" ("The Sacred Tree"), Chapter 10 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| sakakibashira 逆木柱 | ✓ | Also sakabashira 逆柱 or sakasabashira 逆さ柱. Lit. "upside down pillar." |
Architecture, Decorations |
| sakazukimendo 杯面戸 | ✓ | Also written 盃面戸. Sometimes called goki 呉器 or gokibame 呉器羽目. The space created between small bearing… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| saku-itabei 柵板塀 | A fence supported by posts along its rear side, usually with more than four posts per one bay. The facing boards are placed… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| saku 柵 | 1 Fence. Read ki (also written 城) in the ancient period. A palisade of stakes aligned at regular… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| Sakuheimon 朔平門 | ✓ | The Sakuheimon is the center gate on the north side of Kyoto Gosho 京都御所, during the end of the Heian period. It can be seen… |
Architecture, Gates |
| Sakuteiki 作庭記 | Lit. "Treatise on Garden Making." The oldest and most revered Japanese text on garden design, it was probably… |
Architecture, Gardens, Document | |
| sama 狭間 | ✓ | Also read hasama. A loophole or porthole made in the wall of the keep, tower, or parapet to allow a castle to… |
Architecture, Castles |
| samakubari 狭間配 | Lit. "loophole distribution." The number of loopholes per two meter (one ken 間) interval in a castle. Also refers… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| samidare 五月雨 | Lit. "fifth month rain." A geometric pattern used for fretwork muntins. The design is inspired by early summer rain, … |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| samisentsugi 三味線継 | ✓ | A wooden splicing joint used for a beam. The length of the joint is 3x the height of the beam, and the tenon *… |
Architecture, Joints |
| samon 砂紋 | Also read shamon. Lit. "sand crest." The technique of making a pattern or design in sand or gravel. The creation of… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| san-en 三遠 | The three types of distances desired for mountains in Chinese ink painting as defined by the famous Academy landscapist of… |
Art History, Painting | |
| san-no-tsuji 桟の辻 | The junction points on a door or window frame where the top rail *kamigamachi… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| san'yō 三葉 | Lit. "three leaves." A decorative pattern carved into the shape of three leaves; used particularly for metal fittings found… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| sanageyō 猿投窯 | Sanage 猿投 kilns. A group of old kilns in an area stretching from the western area of modern Nagoya 名古屋 city to the northern… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| sanbari 桟梁 | ✓ | The transverse beams placed in a row at right angle to the large header beams *kabuki… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| Sanbasō 三番叟 | 1 A pictorial subject taken from the auspicious *kabuki 歌舞伎… |
Art History, Painting, Sculpture |
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