| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| ichi no ji kuzushi 一の字崩 | ✓ | A decorative pattern used for muntins on sliding doors *shōji 障子, and transoms*… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| ichi no ji tsunagi 一の字繋 | A decorative pattern used for muntins on sliding doors *shōji 障子 and transoms*… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| ikazuchimon いかずち文 | Lit. lightning pattern. A pattern of thick and thin zig-zag lines. A variation of raimon 雷文 (see *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| ikken ikka 一間一花 | ✓ | A type of decorative pattern painted on coffered ceilings *gōtenjō 格天井 or… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| inazumabishi 稲妻菱 | ✓ | A architectural design pattern in the shape of a diamond, *hishi 菱, which… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| inazumamon 稲妻文 | ✓ | Also *raimon 雷文. An architectural design pattern thought to be based on flashes… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| inome gegyo 猪目懸魚 | ✓ | Lit. boar's-eye gable pendant. A gable pendant *gegyo 懸魚, decorated with heart-… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| irihassō 入八双 | ✓ | Also sakawa kanamono 逆輪金物, saba no o 鯖の尾. An ornamental metal fitting *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| madokazari 窓飾 | Lit. "window decoration." A thin decoration that is hung around the outer border of a window, over the curtain, to provide… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| magatama 曲玉 | 1 Also written 勾玉. A bead with religious significance, introduced to Japan from the Korean peninsula. It is… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| makikanagu 巻金具 | U-strap. A コ-shaped metal fitting used to secure wooden joints. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| manjitsunagi 万字繋 | ✓ | Also written 満字繋, 卍つなぎ. A pattern *mon'yō 文様, or mullion *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| matsubakuzushi 松葉崩 | A geometric pattern based on stylized pine needles, matsuba 松葉, that is used for muntins *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| matsubatsunagi 松葉繋 | Lit. "connected pine needles." A geometrical pattern used for muntins *kumiko… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| matsuedaberi 松江田縁 | Also matsuidaberi 松井田縁. A navy-blue linen binding used to make the edge of a straw mat *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| mayu 眉 | 1 A carved molding *kurigata 繰形, found on the lower edges of… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| mayukaki 眉欠き | Also mayujakuri 眉決, mabigaki まびがき. The process of carving *mayu 眉, moldings… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| mitsubana gegyo 三花懸魚 | ✓ | Lit. "three-flowered bargeboard pendant." A decorative gable pendant *gegyo… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| mitsubana kudarigegyo hiretsuki 三花降懸魚鰭付 | A decorative gable pendant *gegyo 懸魚 covering the ends of purlins in a gable… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| mokkōgata ranma 木瓜形欄間 | A transom *ranma 欄間, with openwork *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| munekazari 棟飾り | A generic name for the ornaments added to the ridge of a thatched or wooden roof to protect the roof-ridge, and to symbolize… |
Architecture, Decorations |
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