| 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 | |
| yatsushi torikabuto 省鳥兜 | A type of decorated beam *kibana 木鼻 which is a simplified version of Japanese… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| yōraku 瓔珞 | 1 A string of beads or lacework used to decorate Buddhist statues and objects. Often found on Bodhisattva… |
Art History, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorations | |
| yu-engata 油煙形 | ✓ | Also kōmorigata 蝙蝠形. A decorative pattern similar to the shapes found on a foliate-panel, shape *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| yuiwata gegyo 結綿懸魚 | ✓ | A type of gable pendant *gegyo 懸魚, decorated with a sculpture resembling a floss… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| yuiwata 結綿 | ✓ | Architecture, Decorations | |
| yuiwatagashira 結綿頭 | Also gyakurengashira 逆蓮頭. A type of carved decoration found on the tops of newel posts *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| yumimayu 弓眉 | ✓ | A type of carved molding found on the lower edges of rainbow beams *kōryō … |
Architecture, Decorations |
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