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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
haibutsu 廃仏

Lit. abolish Buddha. It was government policy during the early Meiji period to repress Buddhism in favor of Shinto which was…

Art History, General Terms
Hakuhō jidai 白鳳時代

The Hakuhō period (645-710) referred to in recent scholarship as the Late Asuka period, Asuka jidai kōki 飛鳥時代後期.…

Art History, General Terms
Heian jidai 平安時代

The Heian period (794-1185), during which Heiankyō 平安京 (later, Kyoto) became the political and cultural capital of Japan.…

Art History, General Terms
Higashiyama bunka 東山文化

Lit. east mountain culture. The culture of the middle Muromachi period *…

Art History, General Terms
hishigōshi 菱格子 ✓

1  Diamond- or lozenge-shaped lattice or muntins used on doors, transoms, and fences *…

Art History, Architecture, General Terms, Painting
hōju 宝珠 ✓

1 Also pronounced hōshu. A sacred gem. Usually a ball or tear-drop shape object that is sacred to…

Architecture, General Terms, Art History, Sculpture
honji suijaku 本地垂迹

Shinto/Buddhist syncretism. In its early phase this is called shinbutsu shūgō 神仏習合. The term honji suijaku…

Art History, General Terms

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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