| 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 | |
| tabigeta 旅桁 | 1 One of the purlins used in a hidden roof *noyane … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| tachiagari 立上 | A vertical timber that rises from a level or inclined surface. In modular measurement of timber *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| tachichōzubachi 立手水鉢 | ✓ | Lit. "standing water basin." A type of tall basin *chōzubachi 手水鉢 that can… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| tachikibutsu 立木仏 | Lit. "standing tree Buddha." A Buddhist image carved on a living tree or on wood that retains the form of the original tree… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tachisama 立狭間 | A loophole *sama 狭間 cut in a wall about chest high to a standing soldier.… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| tagane 鏨 | Graver. A sharp, pointed steel tool used in metalwork and stone carving. Used for engraving, carving, and chiselling,… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tagasode 誰袖 | Lit. "whose sleeves?" Painting theme depicting beautiful kimono 着物 draped across a wooden rack, ikō … |
Art History, Painting | |
| tahōtō 多宝塔 | ✓ | A 2-storied pagoda that developed from the circular, roofed one called *hōtō 宝塔… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| tai-no-shiro 対の城 | Lit. "confronting castle." Also termed mukaijiro 向城 (facing castle) and *tsukejiro… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| taibō 大房 | Also pronounced daibō. A large room 6.7 m wide and 12.7 m deep, constructed in a style customary from about the mid… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| taiheibire 大瓶鰭 | Also oigata 笈形, *gasshōhire 合掌鰭. A pair of decorative sculpted… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| taiheizuka 大瓶束 | ✓ | Lit. "large bottle strut." A strut that is used mainly in Zen style architecture *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| taiko-otoshi 太鼓落 | ✓ | The trimming or hewing of the opposite sides of a log so that the surfaces become flat and parallel making it easier to join… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| taiko 太孤 | Old Persian man taikofu 太孤父 and young Persian boy taikoji 太孤児, two types of gigaku masks *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| taikobari fusuma 太鼓張襖 | ✓ | Also called taikobari 太鼓張, fukuroshōji 袋障子, bōzufusuma 坊主襖. |
Architecture, General Terms |
| taikobashi 太鼓橋 | ✓ | Also called soribashi 反橋. An arched bridge made of stone or wood. One example is the Yoka Jinja 与賀神社 (1607) in Saga… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| Taikōbō 太公望 | Ch: Taigongwang. A Chinese scholar who was thought to be a paragon of humble virtue and learned accomplishment, and who… |
Art History, Painting | |
| taikodo 太鼓戸 | ✓ | A door frame covered on both sides with boards or panels. The inside of the door, like a drum taiko 太鼓, is empty.… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| Taima mandara 当麻曼荼羅 | Mandala of Taima. The most complete depiction of the *Kangyō hensō… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| tainaibutsu 胎内仏 | A small Buddhist image that is placed inside a larger one as an offering. In most cases, older images were placed inside… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| taisha 代赭 | Red ochre. A red pigment whose main component is ferric oxide (haematite), Fe203. Used in Japanese style painting *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| taisha-zukuri 大社造 | ✓ | Also called ōyashiro-zukuri. The oldest style of shrine architecture. Its small scale is thought to resemble that… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| taishaku 大尺 | Lit. "large shaku 尺." An ancient unit of length. Introduced in the Taihōryō 大宝令 codes of 701, it measured 35.6 cm,… |
Architecture, Measurement | |
| Taishakuten 帝釈天 | A major Hindu god called Indra or Sakra who has two major roles in Buddhist literature, one as king of the gods and lord of… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| taishidō 太子堂 | A hall either dedicated to Shōtoku Taishi 聖徳太子 (ca. 574-622), the second son of Emperor Yōmei 用明 (r. 585-87), or a building… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| taishoku 褪色 | Fading. A lessening of the intensity of a color by exposure to sunlight or air. Chemically unstable dyes or pigments undergo… |
Art History, Painting | |
| taishōtoku 退走禿 | "Running in retreat," a *bugaku 舞楽 dance and mask *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| taisō byōbu 太宗屏風 | A type of folding screen *byōbu 屏風 used in the Imperial Palace… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Taizō kyūzuyō 胎蔵旧図様 | A collection of iconographical line drawings *hakubyō 白描 in handscroll form… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Taizō zuzō 胎蔵図像 | A collection of iconographical line drawings *hakubyō 白描 in handscroll form… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Taizōkai mandara 胎蔵界曼荼羅 | A *mandara 曼荼羅 based on the Dainichikyō 大日経 (Sk: … |
Art History, Iconography | |
| 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 | |
| takagari 鷹狩 | A pictorial subject depicting the sport of falconry, birds trained to hunt cranes tsuru 鶴, pheasants kiji… |
Art History, Painting | |
| takahei 高塀 | Also pronounced takahe. The gable walls of the central thatched portion kirizuma 切妻 of the roof *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| takahei-zukuri 高塀造り | Also pronounced takahe-zukuri. Lit. "high wall construction." Also called *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| takaikegaki 高生垣 | A hedge, 3 to 5 m high, planted as a wind screen or for fire control. |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| takakubashira 多角柱 | A pillar or post that is multi-sided or cut with many facets. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| takama bussho 高間仏所 | Also takaya bussho 高矢仏所. A guild of Buddhist sculptors active in Nara *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| takarabune 宝船 | ✓ | A sailboat hokakebune 帆掛船 at full sail, loaded with rice bushels and treasures takara 宝, often bearing the… |
Art History, Iconography |
| Takasago 高砂 | Now a modern city on the Inland Sea (southwest of Osaka in Hyōgo Prefecture), most famous as the sea-coast setting for the… |
Art History, Painting | |
| takatoriyaki 高取焼 | ✓ | Takatori 高取 ware. Made in Chikuzen 筑前 Province (modern Fukuoka Prefecture) of northern Kyūshū 九州, the Takatori kilns were… |
Art History, Crafts |
| 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 |
| take tokusabei 竹木賊塀 | ✓ | Lit. "bamboo and horsetail tokusa 木賊 fence." |
Architecture, Gardens |
| takebashira 竹柱 | Lit. "bamboo post." One that has been squared off. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| takegaki 竹垣 | ✓ | Lit. "bamboo fence." A generic name for any kind of fence made with bamboo. Specific types include *… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| Takekawa 竹河 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "Takekawa" ("Bamboo River"), Chapter 44 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| takekugi 竹釘 | A bamboo nail. Usually the nail is 7.5 mm square and made from giant bamboo madake 真竹 (also nigatake 苦竹).… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| takenaga bōsho 丈長奉書 | A long-sheet size of *hōsho 奉書 paper. Approximately 53 x 72 cm. The largest… |
Art History, Painting |
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