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hengaku 扁額

1 Also called *gaku 額. A tablet or board, framed or unframed, on…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Art History, Painting
hishigōshi 菱格子 ✓

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

Art History, Architecture, General Terms, Painting
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
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
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

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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