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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
meibutsu 名物

Lit. "famous thing." Term applied to items of tea ceremony *chanoyu 茶湯…

Art History, General Terms
mikaeshi 見返

1 A surface of a Japanese architectural component that faces front.

2 Endpaper,…

Art History, Architecture, General Terms, Painting
mikkyō bijutsu 密教美術

The art of Esoteric Buddhism mikkyō 密教. Esoteric Buddhism was introduced to Japan from China in the 8th…

Art History, General Terms
miyabi 雅

Lit. "courtliness." The ideal of refined sensibility and courtly elegance associated with aristocratic society, particularly…

Art History, General Terms
Momoyama jidai 桃山時代

Also Azuchi-momoyama jidai 安土桃山時代. Lit. "peach mountain period." The Momoyama period (1568-1615) during which Japan…

Art History, General Terms
mosaku 模作

Lit. "to make a copy." A copy of an artwork. In the case of painting and calligraphy, it is specifically called *…

Art History, General Terms
Muromachi jidai 室町時代

Also Ashikaga jidai 足利時代. The Muromachi period (1392-1568). The period derives its name from a district in Kyoto which…

Art History, General Terms

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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