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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
uchikake 打掛

An unbelted woman's outer garment worn over the *kosode 小袖 on formal occasions…

Art History, Crafts
urushi-nuri 漆塗

Lit. "lacquer coating." Lacquerware is also called shikki 漆器 (lacquerware) or nurimono 塗物 (coated things…

Art History, Crafts
urushi 漆

Lacquer. A non-resinous sap taken from Rhus verniciflua, a tree which grows in East Asian countries.…

Art History, Crafts
utsushi 写し

A copy or a facsimile. The term refers not only to copies of calligraphy or painting, but also reproductions of ceramics. In…

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