| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| kome-ishi 米石 | Lit. rice stone. A type of granite from modern Nagano and Toyama Prefectures. Also called tsume-ishi 詰石, these… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| komegata 込型 | Sometimes read komigata. Also warikomegata 割込型. A sectioned mold. A type of mold used in metal… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| komise 小店 | Also written 小見世.
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Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| komochi nishiki-e 子持錦絵 | A type of trick picture, shikake-e 仕掛絵 where a separate picture is affixed to part of a colored print. When folded… |
Art History, Painting | |
| komochi shōji 子持障子 | Two light wooden frames covered with translucent paper *shōji 障子, usually set… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| komochi yamagata 子持山形 | A decorative pattern consisting of a pair of parallel zig-zag lines, one thick and one thin. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kōmōga 紅毛画 | Also known as oranda-e 阿蘭陀絵, also written 和蘭陀絵 or simply ranga 蘭画, meaning Dutch painting. Western-style… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Kōmokuten 広目天 | Sk: Virupaksa. A guardian deity, believed to protect the west of Buddha's realm. Usually found as part of a group of Four… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Kōmon 閤門 | Also written 閣門. The gates on the inner enclosure of the Imperial Palace, and the small gates on each side of the Daigokuden… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| kōmon 後門 | Lit. rear gate. The best known is found at Kitano Tenmangū 北野天満宮. The gate is an example of *… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| komon 小紋 | Lit. small pattern. A small-scale repeated pattern usually in a single color against a colored ground. Originally used… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| komune-zukuri 小棟造 | A building with a short roof ridge. One example is a hipped roof. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kondō 金堂 | ✓ | Lit. golden hall. The name given to the principal hall housing the most sacred images at Buddhist temples from the Asuka… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| kondō 金銅 | Also kondōzō 金銅造 (gilt bronze construction), kondōzō 金銅像 (gilt bronze statue), … |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| konehozo 小根ほぞ | ✓ | An angle joint *shiguchi 仕口 with a rabbeted tenon *… |
Architecture, Joints |
| Kongara dōji 矜羯羅童子 | Lit. the youth Kongara. One of two chief attendants of *Fudō Myōō 不動明王 (the… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| kongō hōza 金剛宝座 | Also kongōza 金剛座. Lit. diamond throne. The throne on which the historical Buddha *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Kongō 金剛 | A gigaku mask *gigakumen 伎楽面 and role paired… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Kongō rikishi 金剛力士 | ✓ | Art History, Iconography | |
| kongōban 金剛盤 | Also banshi 盤子. A stand or tray on which are placed the *kongōsho… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Kongōkai hachijūisson mandara 金剛界八十一尊曼荼羅 | Lit. Eighty-one Deity Mandala of the Adamantine Realm. A variety of *Kongōkai… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Kongōkai mandara 金剛界曼荼羅 | Lit. mandala of the Adamantine Realm (Sk: Vajradhatu mandala). A mandala *mandara… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| kongōrei 金剛鈴 | A bell, usually of gilt bronze, rung during an Esoteric Buddhist service. Around the center of the handle are kimoku… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| kongōsaku 金剛柵 | ✓ | Also kongōgaki 金剛垣. A fence made of vertical stakes with decoratively shaped tops resembling the *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kongōsho 金剛杵 | Lit. vajra pestle. A pestle-like object with pointed ends, derived from an Indian weapon. Usually made of gilt bronze, with… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Kongōyasha Myōō 金剛夜叉明王 | Also written 金剛薬叉明王. Kongōyasha corresponds to Sanskrit vajrayaksa, which is also the name of one of the sixteen… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Kōnin-Jōgan jidai 弘仁貞観時代 | Also Kōnin jidai 弘仁時代 or, more frequently in art history, Jōgan jidai 貞観時代. The Kōnin-Jōgan… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| Konjikidō 金色堂 | Also called Hikaridō 光堂 or Konjikiin 金色院. Lit. Gold colored hall. A small Buddhist edifice at… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| konjō 紺青 | A dark blue pigment traditionally derived from azurite or lapis-lazuli *gunjō… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Konju 胡飲酒 | Lit. Barbarian drunkard. Also Suikoraku 酔胡楽 or En'onraku 宴飲楽. A dance piece in *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Konmeichi-no-shōji 昆明池障子 | A tall (6 shaku 尺, or 181.8 cm), single-panel, standing screen *tsuitate… |
Art History, Painting | |
| konoki 小軒 | Lit. small or short eave. An eave, konoki, constructed of short rafters called flying rafters *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Konpira 金比羅 | Also synonymous with Kubira 宮毘羅. A god and leader of the *Yasha 夜又, the… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Konpon chūdō 根本中堂 | Lit. original central hall. The main hall, Kondō 金堂 of Enryakuji 延暦寺 (1640), Shiga Prefecture. A large single storied… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| konrei chōdo 婚礼調度 | Bridal trousseau. An Edo period daimyō 大名 bride brought to her husbands' home a lavish set of household… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| konrō 軒廊 | Lit. eave corridor. A roofed corridor with open sides. A connecting corridor between two buildings. |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| konsei fukugōshiki 混成複合式 | Lit. mixed complex system. A system of combining various architectural members into a unified structure. For example: the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kōraiberi 高麗縁 | ✓ | Also kōraibuchi 高麗縁, monkōraiberi 紋高麗縁. A decorated binding used to make the edge of a straw mat *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| kōraimon 高麗門 | ✓ | A type of gate, lit. Korean gate. Also formerly called *kabukimon… |
Architecture, Gates |
| Kōrakuji-ha 康楽寺派 | The Kōrakuji school. A hereditary school of Buddhist painters *ebusshi 絵仏師… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kōran 高欄 | ✓ | Also written 鈎欄 or 勾欄, the latter said by some scholars to be the correct characters. But, 高欄 is the more common, popular… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kōrin moyō 光琳模様 | Also kōrin mon'yō 光琳文様. Decorative designs which resemble the work of the artist Ogata Kōrin 尾形光琳 (1658-1716… |
Art History, Painting | |
| korō 鼓楼 | ✓ | A small, two-storied structure *rō-zukuri 楼造, in which a drum is suspended in… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| kōro 香炉 | Incense burner. Common materials are metal, pottery, horn, and lapis lazuli as well as various gems and woods. There are a… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| Korobase 崑崙八仙 | Ch: Kunlun baxian. Lit. Eight Hermits of Mt. Konron. Also read Konron Hassen. Alternative name: Tsurumai… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| korobashineda 転ばし根太 | Also called umeneda 埋め根太. Sleepers placed directly on the ground or cement floor without using joints or struts.… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| korobi 転 | Lit. incline or inclination. Also called *uchikorobi 内転. The incline of… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kōroku 鉤勒 | Ch: goule. Also written 鈎勒 or 勾勒 and called sōroku 雙鉤. One of the two primary techniques of Chinese… |
Art History, Painting | |
| koroku 胡ろく | Also read yanagui and written 胡禄. A kind of quiver which hangs from the right side of the waist with the arrowheads… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| kōryō 虹梁 | ✓ | Lit. rainbow beam. A generic term for any curved, transverse tie beam. It is used almost exclusively in temple or shrine… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kōryō kaerumata 虹梁蟇股 | ✓ | A structural framework for a roof that has a gable pediment arranged in a similar structure as the bottle shaped strut … |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kōryō sasugumi 虹梁扠首組 | ✓ | A roof frame constructed with rainbow beams *kōryō 虹梁 that extend… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kōryō taiheizuka 虹梁大瓶束 | ✓ | A structural framework in the gable ends of a roof characterized by the use of bottle struts *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| kōryōgata-no-kashiranuki 虹梁形の頭貫 | Also *mizuhiki kōryō 水引虹梁. A head penetrating tie beam *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Kose-ha 巨勢派 | The Kose school which was founded by Kose no Kanaoka 巨勢金岡, who held an important hereditary position in the 9th-century… |
Art History, Painting | |
| koshi byōbu 腰屏風 | Type of screen similar to *makura byōbu 枕屏風 in format. They were slightly… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kōshi 格子 | Latticework or grille. Normally latticework is made of wood and grille made of metal. Both are laid out in a grid. The most… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| kōshi irimado 格子入窓 | ✓ | A latticed window with immovable lattice inserted into the window frame. The window is called degōshimado 出格子窓 if… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| Kōshi 孔子 | Ch: Kongzi. Confucius (551-479 BC). The seminal Chinese philosopher of the late Spring and Autumn period. His family name… |
Art History, Painting | |
| koshi 腰 | Lit. hip or haunch.
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Architecture, General Terms | |
| koshibari-ita 腰貼板 | Paneling or plain boards used to finish the lower part of a wall. If only the term *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| koshibari 腰貼 | ✓ | Also written 腰張, 腰紙貼. The pasting of paper on the lower part of the clay wall in a tea ceremony room, one piece of which is… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| kōshidai 格子台 | The oldest method used to insert lattice directly into the members of the window opening. The vertical muntins are inserted… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| koshidakashōji 腰高障子 | ✓ | Also called koshidaka akarishōji 腰高明障子, or only koshidaka. A translucent paper-covered sliding screen *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| koshigumi 腰組 | ✓ | A bracket complex, used under the balcony of high gates, beneath the multiple roofs of pagodas and the main roof of two-… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| koshiguruwa 腰郭 | Lit. waist compound. In a mountain castle *yamajiro 山城, a… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| koshiire mechigaitsuki aritsugi 腰入目違付蟻継 | ✓ | A half-lapped, half-blind, tenoned dovetail joint. The indented piece is cut with a bench (hip, koshi 腰), open in… |
Architecture, Joints |
| koshikake aritsugi 腰掛蟻継 | ✓ | A half-lap, dovetailed joint. Also shikimen aritsugi 敷面蟻継, shikimen arihozotsugi 敷面蟻ほぞ継, koshikake… |
Architecture, Joints |
| koshikake kamatsugi 腰掛鎌継 | ✓ | Also shikimen kamatsugi 敷面鎌継. A half-lap, gooseneck tenon joint. An end joint which combines two joints: a half-lap… |
Architecture, Joints |
| koshikake machiai 腰掛待合 | ✓ | A place provided in a tea garden where the mood and expectations of the participants are intensified while they wait until… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| koshikake 腰掛 | Lit. Lap or bench. A basic part of many joints. Although similar to the *aigaki… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| koshikaketsugi 腰掛継 | Also *koshi 腰; kasanetsugi 重継. Lit. seat joint. A simple… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| kōshimado 格子窓 | A latticed window. One type resembles *renjimado 連子窓. The laths are narrower… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| koshimaki doi 腰巻土居 | Also termed koshimaki-ishigaki 腰巻石垣, a waist-bandstone wall. A stone wall built around the lower part of an earthen… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| koshimaki 腰巻 | Lit: hip wrap. Part of the formal summer attire of elite warrior women, and placed over the *… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| koshinageshi 腰長押 | A horizontal non-penetrating tie beam *nageshi 長押 positioned below the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| koshinuki 腰貫 | Lit. hip tie beam. Penetrating tie beams placed horizontally slightly below the center of pillars on exterior walls of… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| koshō 胡床 | Also shōgi 床几. A folding chair or a stool. These folding chairs were derived from the chairs used by the Huns (Jp:… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| kōshoku-zu 耕職図 | Ch: gengzhitu. Lit. pictures of agriculture and sericulture. In China the theme was originally reserved for court… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kōshū kurama-ishi 甲州鞍馬石 | Also called shinkurama-ishi 新鞍馬石 and kōshūmikage-ishi 甲州御影石. A type of low quality granite quarried in… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| kosode 小袖 | Lit. small sleeves. A modern generic name for all full-length garments made before the Meiji period. Originally a lower-… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| kōsōden-e 高僧伝絵 | Sometimes called *eden 絵伝. Pictorial biographies of revered Buddhist priests and… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Kōsoshū 後素集 | Collection on Painting, a seminal Japanese book on Chinese paintings written in 1623 by Kano Ikkei 狩野一渓 (1599-1662), the… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| kōsōzō 高僧像 | Statue of a high priest. These portrait statues were often made by pupils as a sign of respect and reverence for their… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| kote 篭手 | Also written 小手. Formerly tamaki 手纏, taōi 臂覆. A gauntlet that protected the arms and hands. It was… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| kotenomi 鏝鑿 | A trowel chisel. A type of paring chisel *tsukinomi 突鑿, with… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| kotenshu 小天守 | A small subsidiary tower. When a castle complex has two or more donjons, the largest is called *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| kotobagaki 詞書 | The textual portion of an illustrated handscroll *emaki 絵巻. … |
Art History, Painting | |
| kotobide 小飛出 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing the spirit of a fox or other… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| kotojigata tōrō 琴柱形灯籠 | A lantern found on the north bank of Kasumigaike 霞が池 in Kenrokuen 兼六園, Ishikawa Prefecture. It is very large, approximately… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| Kotokuraku 胡徳楽 | Dance of the Virtuous Barbarians, a piece in *bugaku 舞楽 and a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| kotsugaki 骨描き | A painting technique used to draw an object or motif in light ink strokes. Used since the Edo period during the final steps… |
Art History, Painting | |
| kowatari 古渡 | Also read koto. Also jidaiwatari 時代渡. Lit. Old importation. Foreign objects, including art works, books,… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| koya aratameguchi 小屋改口 | Also called tenjō aratameguchi 天井改口. Lit. roof structure inspecting entrance. A trapdoor built into a ceiling to… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| koyabari 小屋梁 | Also called rokubari 陸梁. The bottom most transverse tie beam *hari 梁 in… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| koyagumi 小屋組 | ✓ | Roof truss or framework; the frame with diagonal members on either side of a strut *tsuka… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| koyane 小屋根 | Lit. a small roof. A small roof built over a shed or subordinate structure attached to a main building. Examples include a… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Koyomibari-no-seki 暦張の席 | Also called Koyomitei 暦亭. The old calendar papers that were pasted to the base of the mud plaster wall of a small… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| kōzama 格狭間 | Also written 香狭間, and abbreviated to *sama 狭間. Formerly called *… |
Art History, Sculpture, General Terms, Architecture | |
| kozashiki 小座敷 | Also *koma 小間. Lit. a small room. An old name for a small sized tea ceremony room… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
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