| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| hachiyō 八葉 | Lit. eight leaves. Also hachiyō kanagu 八葉金具. A metal decoration carved into the shape of eight petals with a central… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hafu kazari kanagu 破風飾金具 | Also hafu kanagu 破風金具. Decorative metal fittings, *kazari kanagu… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hakokanagu 箱金具 | Also hakokanamono 箱金物, *makikanagu 巻金具, makikanamono 巻金物. U-strap, strap, stirrup.… | Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanaguri 鼻繰 | A generic name for moldings *kurigata 繰形, used on the edge of bracket arms *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanaikada 花筏 | Lit. flower raft. A decorative, floral pattern popular in the Momoyama period. The design is said to be derived from a… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanakumiko 花組子 | Also hanako 花子. Decorative petal-shaped muntins found on doors *shōji… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanaranma 花欄間 | Also called hanasama ranma 花狭間欄間 or *hanazama 花狭間. A… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanazama 花狭間 | ✓ | Also hanasama.
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Architecture, Decorations |
| hassō kanagu 八双金具 | ✓ | Also called hassō kanamono 八双金物; sakawa kanagu 逆輪金具 or saba-no-o 鯖の尾. Lit. twin… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| hi-no-de dana 日出棚 | A type of decorative closet against a wall, with two small doored compartments resting on the floor and a round window… | Architecture, Decorations | |
| hire 鰭 | ✓ | Lit. fins. A decorative sculpted form found, for example, on the left and right of a gable pendant *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| horimono 彫物 | 1 The skills, process, and work of carving in wood, bamboo, stone, metal, or other materials. It also… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| 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 | |
| taiheibire 大瓶鰭 | Also oigata 笈形, *gasshōhire 合掌鰭. A pair of decorative sculpted… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| taka-no-hashi 鷹の嘴 | Lit. "hawk's beak." A decorative, curved pattern often found on moldings. The pattern has pointed tips like a bird's beak.… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| take-no-fushi ranma 竹の節欄間 | ✓ | Also take-no-fushi 竹の節. Lit. "bamboo joint transom." A type of transom shaped like a balustrade which became… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| taru-no-kuchi 樽の口 | 1 An abbreviation of taru-no-kuchi kanamono 樽の口金物. Part of the metal cover *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| tarukisaki kanamono 垂木先金物 | A decorative metal fitting *kazari kanagu 飾金具 fixed to the end of a… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| tasuki 襷 | ✓ | 1 Two interact lines, strings or rails diagonally forming a pattern of diamond shapes. Sometimes another… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| tasukigōshi 襷格子 | Also *hishigōshi 菱格子. A type of lattice *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| tatebishi 竪菱 | Also written 立菱. A longitudinal diamond pattern which consists a series of repeated upright diamond shapes. See … |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| tengai 天蓋 | 1 Also sangai 傘蓋, hōgai 宝蓋, kagai 華蓋, kengai 懸蓋. Sk: chatra… |
Architecture, Decorations, Art History, Sculpture | |
| tonbo kanagu 蜻蛉金具 | Lit. "dragonfly metal fitting." A type of decorative metal fitting *kazari kanagu… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| toshoku 塗色 | ✓ | The colors of paint found on Japanese style *wayō 和様 temples.… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| tsukemen kurigata 付け面繰形 | Lit. "attached surface molding." An incised or molded decoration *kurigata 繰形… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| tsuki-no-ji kuzushi 月の字崩 | A geometrical pattern based on the character 月, tsuki (moon), and found on transoms *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| tsukuridashi kurigata 作り出し繰形 | An incised or molded decoration *kurigata 繰形 applied to an… |
Architecture, Decorations |
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