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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
jibori 字彫

Also hikkōbori 筆耕彫. The engravers or block-carvers of written text woodblocks for printed books. From…

Art History, Painting
jiga jisan 自画自賛 The practice of adding a poetic inscription to one's own painting. The poetic inscription is typically related to the… Art History, Painting
Jigoku dayū 地獄太夫

A famous courtesan of Sakai 堺 known for her relationship with the Daitokuji 大徳寺 priest *…

Art History, Painting
jiguchi-e 地口絵

A picture based on a word pun, popular around the mid-18th century. Most were drawn by town painters *…

Art History, Painting
jikkan jūnishi 十干十二支

Also kanshi 干支 and eto えと. Ch: shigan shierzhi. Lit. ten stems and twelve branches. Referred to…

Art History, Painting
jiku 軸

1 A roller used for a hanging scroll *kakemono 掛物 or hand…

Art History, Painting, Tea Houses, Architecture
jinbutsu jūhachibyō 人物十八描

Ch: renwu shibamiao. Lit. eighteen types of figural portrayal. A group of brush styles traditionally employed in painting to…

Art History, Painting
jinuri 地塗り

A base coat. The process of preparing ancient painting surfaces by completely covering the materials used, such as paper,…

Art History, Painting
jisanzō 自賛像

A portrait bearing a poetic inscription written by the painter.

Art History, Painting
Jitchikusai shogafu 十竹斎書画譜

Ch: Shizhuzhai shuhuapu. Ten Bamboo Studio Manual of Painting, a late Ming period color woodblock-printed…

Art History, Painting
jitsubushi 地潰し

Also tsubushi 潰し. A plain background of a single color on a woodblock print *…

Art History, Painting
jitsugetsu sansui zu 日月山水図

Also jitsugetsu zu 日月図. A pictorial subject that combines the motifs of the sun and moon in landscapes of the four…

Art History, Painting
jizumi 地墨

Making carbon ink *sumi 墨 by grinding an ink stick on an inkstone…

Art History, Painting
jō 帖

1 A form of concertina-folded book *orihon 折本.

…

Art History, Painting
jōbyō tekitō 浄瓶てき倒

Ch: Jingping tidao. Also reads jōhei tōtō. A painting subject of the Tang dynasty Zen priests Izan Reiyū い山霊祐 (Ch:…

Art History, Painting
jōfuku 条幅

A hanging scroll *kakemono 掛物 made of a paper called *…

Art History, Painting
jōge 上下

Also called tenchi 天地 or jidai 地題. A part of the mounting of a hanging scroll *…

Art History, Painting
jōgibiki 定規引き

Also called *kaiga 界画. A line drawing technique where a straight edge or…

Art History, Painting
jūgyū 十牛

Ch: jiuniu. Lit. ten bulls. A Zen 禅 (Ch: chan) allegory in which Buddhist training, from first initiation to final…

Art History, Painting
juka bijin 樹下美人 ✓

Ch: shuxia meiren. A painting theme of a beautiful woman under a tree. The subject found throughout Asia may have…

Art History, Painting
jūroku musashi 十六武蔵

A kind of table game played with one king and 16 round, pawn-like piece of paper on each side of a divided board. The board…

Art History, Painting
Ya-no-ne 矢の根

A pictorial subject taken from Arrowhead, the play from the *kabuki…

Art History, Painting
Yadorigi 宿木 ✓

A pictorial subject taken from "Yadorigi" ("The Ivy"), Chapter 49 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of Genji…

Art History, Painting, Document
yakifude 焼筆

Lit. "burned brush." A wooden stick with a burned tip. Like charcoal used in western style painting, yakifude is…

Art History, Painting
yakusha-e 役者絵

A type of *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 print which shows one or several actors in a stage pose or…

Art History, Painting
yakusha ehon 役者絵本

Lit. "picture books illustrating actors." Books that bound together actor prints, but also included theater and stage scenes…

Art History, Painting
yakusha hyōbanki 役者評判記

Printed books criticizing actors' skills. Theater reviews were not published in booklet form until 1656 with Yakusha-no-…

Art History, Painting, Document
Yakuzan Rikō 薬山・李翱

Ch: Yaoshan Li'ao. A Zen 禅 painting subject depicting the philosophical debate between the Tang dynasty hermit-priest…

Art History, Painting
Yakuzan shuchū no shu wo iru 薬山射麈中麈

Ch: Yaoshan she chenzhongchen; lit. "Yakusan's Shooting of the Great King of the Big Deers." A Zen 禅 (Ch: Chan)…

Art History, Painting
yama-ai 山藍

Lit. "mountain indigo." Perennial plant 30-40 cm high, Mercurialis leiocarpa Sieb. et zuc., used to make a blue dye…

Art History, Painting
yamamomo 山桃

Also written 楊梅樹. A brown vegetable dye senryō 染料 obtained from the evergreen tree Myrica rubra,…

Art History, Painting
yamato-e やまと絵

Also written 大和絵 and 倭絵. A widely used description term which has carried various nuances in different periods, but…

Art History, Painting
yamato hyōgu 大和表具

The most commonly used style of mounting hanging scrolls *kakemono 掛物 in…

Art History, Painting
yamatotoji 大和綴 ✓

Also musubitoji 結び綴じ, lit. "knot-binding." The simplest style of book-binding, and usually a type of pouch-binding…

Art History, Painting
Yamauba 山姥

Also read Yamanba. Oni-onna 鬼女 (demonic woman) or yama-onna 山女 (mountain woman) are used occasionally.…

Art History, Painting, Sculpture
yashabushi やしゃぶし

Also written 夜叉付子. A brown vegetable dye senryō 染料 made from the alder tree (Alnus firma), which…

Art History, Painting
Yashima kassen 屋島合戦

A pictorial subject depicting scenes from the Battle at Yashima, an important engagement in the Genpei Battles Genpei…

Art History, Painting
yatsuhashi 八橋 ✓

1 Lit. "eight bridges." A type of low bridge built over a shallow pond or marsh using wooden planks without…

Architecture, Art History, Painting
yōfūga 洋風画

Western-influenced paintings and prints produced in Japan before the Meiji period, including *…

Art History, Painting
yōga 洋画

Western-style painting produced during the Meiji period. Yōga employed the use of western materials such as oil…

Art History, Painting
yohaku 余白

A blank, unpainted space. It is considered one of the identifying characteristics of both Chinese and Japanese painting.…

Art History, Painting
yōkai-e 妖怪絵

Also bakemono-e 化物絵 and yūrei-e 幽霊絵. *Ukiyo-e 浮世絵 prints that depict…

Art History, Painting
Yōkihi 楊貴妃

Ch: Yang Guifei (719-56). The famous Chinese beauty and concubine of Emperor Xuanzong (Jp: *…

Art History, Painting
yōkō 洋紅

Carmine, a crimson pigment. An alkaline organometallic compound, taken from the female cochineal insect which lives on…

Art History, Painting
yokobue 横笛 ✓

A pictorial subject based on "The Flute," Yokobue, Chapter 37 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of…

Art History, Painting
Yokohama-e 横浜絵

Also Yokohama 横浜 *ukiyo-e 浮世絵. Late ukiyo-e prints which depicted foreigners at the port…

Art History, Painting
yomihon 読本

Lit. "reading books." An Edo period woodblock printed novel prevalent from the mid to late Edo period that focused on…

Art History, Painting
Yomogiu 蓬生 ✓

A pictorial subject based on "The Wormwood Patch" Yomogiu, Chapter 15 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The…

Art History, Painting
yonkyoku byōbu 四曲屏風

Also yomaiori byōbu 四枚折屏風. A folding screen with four panels. Before the 12th or 13th century, this type of screen…

Art History, Painting
Yoshino 吉野

An area in Mt. Ōmine 大峰, Nara, most famous for cherry blossoms. Important not only as a place of great scenic beauty, but…

Art History, Painting
Yoshitsune 義経

The tragic warrior Minamoto no Yoshitsune 源義経 (1159-89), whose many exploits both real and legendary are recounted in…

Art History, Painting
Yoshiwara 吉原

The licensed pleasure and prostitution quarter of Edo. First established in 1617 near Nihonbashi 日本橋 by Shōji Jin'emon…

Art History, Painting
yotsuwaribishi 四割菱 ✓ Also waribishi 割菱, takedabishi 武田菱. A decorative pattern that consists of a diamond shape divided into four smaller… Art History, Painting
Yotsuya kaidan 四谷怪談

A pictorial subject in *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 taken from the popular *…

Art History, Painting
Yūgao 夕顔 ✓

A pictorial subject taken from "Evening Faces" Yūgao, Chapter 4 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of…

Art History, Painting
Yūgiri 夕霧 ✓

A pictorial subject taken from the "Evening Mist" Yuugiri, Chapter 39 of Genji monogarari 源氏物語 (The…

Art History, Painting
yūjo-e 遊女絵

*ukiyo-e 浮世絵 beauty prints *bijinga 美人画…

Art History, Painting
yūjo hyōbanki 遊女評判記

An Edo period "Who's Who" of prostitutes in the pleasure districts. The yūjo hyōbanki was one of two major…

Art History, Painting
yūki ganryō 有機顔料

Organic pigment. An insoluble paint material *ganryō 顔料 made from animal…

Art History, Painting
Yume no ukihashi 夢浮橋 ✓

A pictorial subject taken from "The Floating Bridge of Dreams" Yume no ukihashi, Chapter 54 of Genji monogatari…

Art History, Painting
yumiharizuki 弓張月

Lit. "Crescent Moon;" loaded or pulled bow (shaped) moon. A pictorial subject in *ukiyo-e…

Art History, Painting
Yuminagashi 弓流し

Lit. "drifting bow." A pictorial subject depicting an incident at the Battle at Yashima *…

Art History, Painting
yuna 湯女

A low class of prostitutes during the Genna 元和 and Kan'ei 寛永 eras (1615-44). Typically, after meeting customers by washing…

Art History, Painting
yūraku zu 遊楽図

Lit. "depictions of amusements." A major category of genre painting *fūzokuga…

Art History, Painting
yūsoku mon'yō 有職文様

Traditional design motifs, used either in single units or repeated to create patterns, based on designs from Heian courtly…

Art History, Painting
Yūzū Nenbutsu engi 融通念仏縁起

The History and Benefits of the Yūzū Nenbutsu engi. A handscroll theme recounting the early history of the Yūzū…

Art History, Painting

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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