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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
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
uchikake 打掛

An unbelted woman's outer garment worn over the *kosode 小袖 on formal occasions…

Art History, Crafts
urushi-nuri 漆塗

Lit. "lacquer coating." Lacquerware is also called shikki 漆器 (lacquerware) or nurimono 塗物 (coated things…

Art History, Crafts
urushi 漆

Lacquer. A non-resinous sap taken from Rhus verniciflua, a tree which grows in East Asian countries.…

Art History, Crafts
utsushi 写し

A copy or a facsimile. The term refers not only to copies of calligraphy or painting, but also reproductions of ceramics. In…

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