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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
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…

Art History, General Terms
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…

Art History, General Terms
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 *…

Art History, General Terms
kanbutsu-e 潅仏会

A ceremony held every year to commemorate Buddha's *Shaka 釈迦 birthday, April 8th…

Art History, General Terms
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…

Art History, General Terms
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 *…

Art History, General Terms
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
Kitayama bunka 北山文化

Lit. north mountain culture. The culture of the early Muromachi period *…

Art History, General Terms
kodai 古代

Lit. ancient periods. A period that includes the introduction of Buddhisim to Japan in 530/552, the Asuka period (552-646),…

Art History, General Terms
kofun 古墳

Burial mound. Also called takatsuka 高塚 or tsuka 塚. These tombs were covered with a sizeable mound of…

Art History, General Terms
Kofun jidai 古墳時代

The Kofun period (250 - 600). *Kofun 古墳 are the burial mounds or tumuli which…

Art History, General Terms
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 *…

Art History, General Terms
kokuhō 国宝

Lit. treasures of the nation. The appellation has existed since the Meiji period, but currently applies to artifacts which…

Art History, General Terms
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…

Art History, General Terms
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
kowatari 古渡

Also read koto. Also jidaiwatari 時代渡. Lit. Old importation. Foreign objects, including art works, books,…

Art History, General Terms
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…

Art History, General Terms

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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