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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
nagakikkō 長亀甲

An elongated hexagon or a decorative pattern consisting of a series of elongated hexagon shapes.

Architecture, Decorations
nagimayu 薙眉

Also called naginata mayu 薙刀眉 or 長刀眉. A type of carved molding *kurigata…

Architecture, Decorations
namakogata 海鼠形

A decorative shape said to resemble a sea slug, namako 海鼠. The shape is often used for the material handles of…

Architecture, Decorations
nekoashi 猫足

Lit. "cat's leg." A type of short, curved leg found on low desks or tables. The base of the leg curls inward. Variations are…

Architecture, Decorations
nemaki-kanamono 根巻金物 ✓

A gold-plated metal decoration *kazarikanagu 飾金具 carved with…

Architecture, Decorations
nigirihasu 握蓮

Also *kayōzuka 荷葉束 and rengezuka 蓮華束. Decorative carved…

Architecture, Decorations
nindō 忍冬

1 Also pronounced suikazura. Honeysuckle.
2 Abbreviation of *…

Architecture, Decorations
ninojikuzushi 二の字崩 ✓

A type of decorative pattern used for muntins on transoms *ranma 欄間. The design…

Architecture, Decorations
nurigamachi 塗框

Also pronounced nurikamachi. The lacquered rails or finishing strips used for the framework of sliding screens *…

Architecture, Decorations

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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