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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 ✓

1 Also *watabana 綿花, *…

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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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