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igayaki 伊賀焼

Iga 伊賀 ware. A stoneware ceramic made in Iga (now Maruhashira 丸柱 village), Mie Prefecture and in a few nearby villages. The…

Art History, Crafts
imariyaki 伊万里焼 ✓

Imari ware. A general term for porcelain from the Arita 有田 region of Saga Prefecture, but not including the Kakiemon 柿右衛門…

Art History, Crafts
inrō 印籠

Lit. seal caddy. A tiered rectangular or circular container used originally for seals but later for medicines and other…

Art History, Crafts
iro-e 色絵

Lit. colored picture.

1 A metalwork term for the soldering of thin sheets of gold, silver, or other…

Art History, Crafts
irogami 色紙

1 Paper dyed various colors using one of several techniques: sen'izome 繊維染 (raw fibers dyed before…

Art History, Crafts
sahari 響銅

Also written 佐波理. An alloy of copper containing less than ten percent tin, lead and zinc and of a pale yellowish color. It…

Art History, Crafts
sanageyō 猿投窯

Sanage 猿投 kilns. A group of old kilns in an area stretching from the western area of modern Nagoya 名古屋 city to the northern…

Art History, Crafts
satsuma-yaki 薩摩焼

Satsuma 薩摩 ware. A general name for pottery and porcelain made in Satsuma and Ōsumi 大隅 in Shimazu 島津 fief (modern Kagoshima…

Art History, Crafts
setoyaki 瀬戸焼

Seto 瀬戸 ware. Pottery made in Seto city and nearby areas of modern Aichi Prefecture. The Seto area was the center of pottery…

Art History, Crafts
shari yōki 舎利容器

Reliquary. A container for the bones of the Buddha *shari 舎利 placed in a stupa or pagoda. In…

Art History, Crafts
shibori-zome 絞染

Tie dye. A name for a resist-dyeing technique and the fabric made by it. Shibori 絞 designates a huge variety of…

Art History, Crafts
shigarakiyaki 信楽焼 ✓

Shigaraki 信楽 ware. Sueki 須恵器 ware was made in this clay-rich area from early times, but a distinctive ware fired in…

Art History, Crafts
shijiko 四耳壷

Ch: si'erhu. A jar with four lug handles (loop ears) around the mouth or neck of the jar, the handles may be round…

Art History, Crafts
shinoyaki 志野焼 ✓

Shino 志野 ware. One of the best known of the Mino wares *minoyaki 美濃焼, first…

Art History, Crafts
shippi 漆皮

Lacquered leather. Untanned skins of cow, wild pig or deer are softened by soaking, wrapped around a mold to dry in the sun…

Art History, Crafts
shuchin 繻珍

A satin textile woven with colored woofs to form a pattern, originating in Ming China. As more than seven colors were used,…

Art History, Crafts
sometsuke 染付

Blue-and-white ware. A white pottery with indigo patterns. On the surface of white pottery, mainly porcelain, designs are…

Art History, Crafts
sukashibori 透彫 ✓

Openwork. A method of decoration in which a design is cut out of a plain surface. While sukashibori refers to…

Art History, Crafts
surihaku 摺箔

Rubbed metal foil. A decorative technique for textiles in which metal foil is impressed on a design first drawn in paste.…

Art History, Crafts

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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