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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
magemono 曲物 ✓

Round chip box. Also called wagemono 綰物 (bent round object) or himono 檜物 (cypress object). A…

Art History, Crafts
maki-e 蒔絵

Lit. "sprinkled picture." A technique which originated in the Heian period for lacquer ware decoration in which designs are…

Art History, Crafts
Mashikoyaki 益子焼 ✓

Mashiko ware. A modern pottery type made in Mashiko 益子 village, Tochigi prefecture. The Mashiko kiln was started around 1853…

Art History, Crafts
meibutsugire 名物裂

Celebrated fabrics. Cloth chosen and admired by tea adepts and other elites from the 14th to 17th century. Most are *…

Art History, Crafts
minoyaki 美濃焼

Mino 美濃 ware. A general name for ceramic wares made in the town of Tajimi 多治見 in old Mino Province (now the south-eastern…

Art History, Crafts
mokuga 木画

Wood picture. Also called mokue 木絵. A technique of wood decoration, called hirazōgan 平象嵌 (flat inlay, see…

Art History, Crafts
raden 螺鈿

1 A shell, especially mother-of-pearl, inlay technique commonly used for lacquer ware *…

Art History, Crafts
rakuyaki 楽焼 ✓

Raku 楽 ware. A light weight ceramic ware developed in Kyoto in the Momoyama period and particularly prized in the…

Art History, Crafts
rantai shikki 籃胎漆器

The technique whereby bamboo strips are woven into shapes and coated with lacquer. Also called kagoji 籠地 (basket…

Art History, Crafts
ruri 瑠璃

Lapis lazuli. Vaidurya in Sanskrit. Originally it meant lapis lazuli or emerald, but from the Six Dynasties period Chinese…

Art History, Crafts

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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