Skip to main content

JAANUS

  • a (2)
  • b (4)
  • c (10)
  • d (4)
  • e (5)
  • f (1)
  • g (7)
  • h (15)
  • i (8)
  • j (2)
  • k (41)
  • m (13)
  • n (9)
  • o (5)
  • r (2)
  • s (28)
  • t (14)
  • u (8)
  • w (4)
  • y (7)
  • z (1)
  • (-) Decorations (22)
  • Architecture (22)
  • Art History (1)
  • Sculpture (1)

Displaying 1 - 22 of 22
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
taiheibire 大瓶鰭

Also oigata 笈形, *gasshōhire 合掌鰭. A pair of decorative sculpted…

Architecture, Decorations
taka-no-hashi 鷹の嘴

Lit. "hawk's beak." A decorative, curved pattern often found on moldings. The pattern has pointed tips like a bird's beak.…

Architecture, Decorations
take-no-fushi ranma 竹の節欄間 ✓

Also take-no-fushi 竹の節. Lit. "bamboo joint transom." A type of transom shaped like a balustrade which became…

Architecture, Decorations
taru-no-kuchi 樽の口

1 An abbreviation of taru-no-kuchi kanamono 樽の口金物. Part of the metal cover *…

Architecture, Decorations
tarukisaki kanamono 垂木先金物

A decorative metal fitting *kazari kanagu 飾金具 fixed to the end of a…

Architecture, Decorations
tasuki 襷 ✓

1 Two interact lines, strings or rails diagonally forming a pattern of diamond shapes. Sometimes another…

Architecture, Decorations
tasukigōshi 襷格子

Also *hishigōshi 菱格子. A type of lattice *…

Architecture, Decorations
tatebishi 竪菱

Also written 立菱. A longitudinal diamond pattern which consists a series of repeated upright diamond shapes. See …

Architecture, Decorations
tengai 天蓋

1 Also sangai 傘蓋, hōgai 宝蓋, kagai 華蓋, kengai 懸蓋. Sk: chatra…

Architecture, Decorations, Art History, Sculpture
tonbo kanagu 蜻蛉金具

Lit. "dragonfly metal fitting." A type of decorative metal fitting *kazari kanagu…

Architecture, Decorations
toshoku 塗色 ✓

The colors of paint found on Japanese style *wayō 和様 temples.…

Architecture, Decorations
tsukemen kurigata 付け面繰形

Lit. "attached surface molding." An incised or molded decoration *kurigata 繰形…

Architecture, Decorations
tsuki-no-ji kuzushi 月の字崩

A geometrical pattern based on the character 月, tsuki (moon), and found on transoms *…

Architecture, Decorations
tsukuridashi kurigata 作り出し繰形

An incised or molded decoration *kurigata 繰形 applied to an…

Architecture, Decorations

Contributor Login

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