| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| madokazari 窓飾 | Lit. "window decoration." A thin decoration that is hung around the outer border of a window, over the curtain, to provide… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| magatama 曲玉 | 1 Also written 勾玉. A bead with religious significance, introduced to Japan from the Korean peninsula. It is… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| makikanagu 巻金具 | U-strap. A コ-shaped metal fitting used to secure wooden joints. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| manjitsunagi 万字繋 | ✓ | Also written 満字繋, 卍つなぎ. A pattern *mon'yō 文様, or mullion *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| matsubakuzushi 松葉崩 | A geometric pattern based on stylized pine needles, matsuba 松葉, that is used for muntins *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| matsubatsunagi 松葉繋 | Lit. "connected pine needles." A geometrical pattern used for muntins *kumiko… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| matsuedaberi 松江田縁 | Also matsuidaberi 松井田縁. A navy-blue linen binding used to make the edge of a straw mat *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| mayu 眉 | 1 A carved molding *kurigata 繰形, found on the lower edges of… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| mayukaki 眉欠き | Also mayujakuri 眉決, mabigaki まびがき. The process of carving *mayu 眉, moldings… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| mitsubana gegyo 三花懸魚 | ✓ | Lit. "three-flowered bargeboard pendant." A decorative gable pendant *gegyo… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| mitsubana kudarigegyo hiretsuki 三花降懸魚鰭付 | A decorative gable pendant *gegyo 懸魚 covering the ends of purlins in a gable… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| mokkōgata ranma 木瓜形欄間 | A transom *ranma 欄間, with openwork *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| munekazari 棟飾り | A generic name for the ornaments added to the ridge of a thatched or wooden roof to protect the roof-ridge, and to symbolize… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| sagiashi 鷺足 | Also sagi-no-ashi. Lit. "heron's leg." A type of long, curved leg found on a Chinese style desk, tōzukue… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| sakakibashira 逆木柱 | ✓ | Also sakabashira 逆柱 or sakasabashira 逆さ柱. Lit. "upside down pillar." |
Architecture, Decorations |
| samidare 五月雨 | Lit. "fifth month rain." A geometric pattern used for fretwork muntins. The design is inspired by early summer rain, … |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| san'yō 三葉 | Lit. "three leaves." A decorative pattern carved into the shape of three leaves; used particularly for metal fittings found… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| sannojikuzushi 三の字崩 | ✓ | A type of decorative pattern used for muntins on transoms *ranma 欄間. The design… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| sasaguri 笹繰 | Concave curves carved out of the upper surface of the bracket arms *hijiki… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| sasakanamono 笹金物 | ✓ | Lit. "bamboo-grass metal fitting." A long, narrow, metal fitting *kanagu 金具,… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| sayagata 紗綾形 | ✓ | A design pattern of interlocking swastikas, manji 万字 (卍). Most sources agree that the term (a contraction of sa… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| seifun 正吻 | ✓ | Also shifun 蚩吻. A decoration in the shape of a fictional animal found at each end of a main roof-ridge *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| seigaiha 青海波 | ✓ | 1 Also pronounced seikaiha. A wave design made of the arches of concentric circles superimposed… |
Art History, Painting, Decorations, Architecture |
| senjōmon 線条文 | Lit. "line pattern." A design pattern found on a slanting strut *shirin 支輪,… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| shakudō 赤銅 | Lit. "gold bronze." Ornamental metal fittings *kazari kanagu … |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| shakujōbori 錫杖彫 | ✓ | Also shakujōbori 釈杖彫, yuengata 油煙形. A type of decorative carving *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| shibi 鴟尾 | ✓ | Also written 鵄尾, 蚩尾, 鮪; also called tobi-no-o 鴟の尾, kutsugata 沓形 (shoes tile) because it is thought to… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| shichiyō 七葉 | Lit. "seven leaves." A decoration in the shape of seven petals, used on a gable pendant *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| shide 四出 | A decorative motif that is characterized by a central flower pattern surrounded by either a flower or leaf pattern that is… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| shikami 顰 | ✓ | An abbreviation for *shikamibori 顰彫. Formerly also written shikami 獅噛. The… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| shikamibori 顰彫 | Often abbreviated as *shikami 顰. The gouged-out or indented part of a moulding *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| shiken ikka 四間一花 | Also ikka shiken 一花四間. A type of decorative flower pattern painted on coffered ceilings. Coffers *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| shiracha-iro 白茶色 | Lit. "white-brown color." Also shiracha 白茶. A light brown color. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| shiratsuchi-nuri 白土塗 | To paint a surface with plaster *shikkui 漆喰, or a plastered surface. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| shishibana 獅子鼻 | ✓ | A style of nosing *kibana 木鼻 carved to resemble the head and… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| shiyō 四葉 | ✓ | Lit. "four leaves." Abbreviation of *shiyōza 四葉座. A decorative pattern carved… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| shiyōza 四葉座 | ✓ | Also read yotsubaza. A metal nailhead cover *kugikakushi 釘隠 with… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| shōgon 荘厳 | The ornamentation of a Buddhist hall. A Buddhist statue made in a dignified and beautiful style by adding features such as a… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| sudarezama 簾狭間 | Also sudaresama. A transom *ranma 欄間, with openwork… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| sukashi kaerumata 透蟇股 | ✓ | Also called *kurinuki kaerumata 刳抜蟇股. A frog-leg strut that is… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| sutemayu 捨眉 | A type of molding *kurigata 繰形 incised on the lower edge of a… |
Architecture, Decorations |
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