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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
kaeribana 反花

1 Lotus petal design carved around the lower base kiban 基盤 of a lantern *…

Architecture, Art History, Sculpture, Lanterns
kasumi 霞 ✓

1 A pattern representing mist, often stylized into shapes like the ideographs 工 or 王. It is used as a…

Architecture, General Terms, Art History, Painting
kidori 木取

Also kakō kidori 加工木取; aradori 疎取; arakidori 疎木取.



1 The…

Art History, Architecture, General Terms, Sculpture
kōzama 格狭間

Also written 香狭間, and abbreviated to *sama 狭間. Formerly called *…

Art History, Sculpture, General Terms, Architecture

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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