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| kabuki 歌舞伎 | The most popular form of theatre among townspeople in Japan since the early Edo period. The form has its origins in the… |
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| Kamakura jidai 鎌倉時代 | The Kamakura period (1185-1332) is named for the city in modern Kanagawa Prefecture where Minamoto no Yoritomo 源頼朝 (1147-99… |
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| Kan'ei bunka 寛永文化 | Kan'ei culture. The culture of the Kan'ei era (1624-44) and by extension that of the whole early Edo period *… |
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| kanbutsu-e 潅仏会 | A ceremony held every year to commemorate Buddha's *Shaka 釈迦 birthday, April 8th… |
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| Kasei bunka 化政文化 | The culture of the Bunka 文化 (1804-18) and Bunsei 文政 eras (1818-30), and by extension, that of the late Edo period as a whole… |
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| 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 |
| kenkyō bijutsu 顕教美術 | The art of Exoteric Buddhism. Generic term referring to any Buddhist art except for Esoteric Buddhism *… |
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| kidori 木取 | Also kakō kidori 加工木取; aradori 疎取; arakidori 疎木取.
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| Kitayama bunka 北山文化 | Lit. north mountain culture. The culture of the early Muromachi period *… |
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| kodai 古代 | Lit. ancient periods. A period that includes the introduction of Buddhisim to Japan in 530/552, the Asuka period (552-646),… |
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| kofun 古墳 | Burial mound. Also called takatsuka 高塚 or tsuka 塚. These tombs were covered with a sizeable mound of… |
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| Kofun jidai 古墳時代 | The Kofun period (250 - 600). *Kofun 古墳 are the burial mounds or tumuli which… |
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| kokufū bunka 国風文化 | Lit. native Japanese culture. The term is used for the culture which arose during the mid-Heian period (also known as *… |
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| kokuhō 国宝 | Lit. treasures of the nation. The appellation has existed since the Meiji period, but currently applies to artifacts which… |
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| Kōkuri 高句麗 | Korean: Koguryo. One of the three states in the Three Kingdoms period, Sangoku jidai 三国時代 of Korean history. The era began… |
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| 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… |
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| kowatari 古渡 | Also read koto. Also jidaiwatari 時代渡. Lit. Old importation. Foreign objects, including art works, books,… |
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| kōzama 格狭間 | Also written 香狭間, and abbreviated to *sama 狭間. Formerly called *… |
Art History, Sculpture, General Terms, Architecture | |
| Kudara 百済 | Korean: Paekche. One of the states in the Three Kingdoms period (Jp: Sangoku jidai 三国時代) of early Korean history, and… |
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