| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| Momiji no ga 紅葉賀 | ✓ | Lit. "celebration of autumn leaves." A pictorial subject based on Chapter 7 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| momijigari 紅葉狩 | Lit. "hunting for maple leaves." The traditional pastime of viewing autumn foliage in the mountains. The term dates back at… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Momotarō 桃太郎 | ✓ | Lit. "peach boy." Hero of one of Japan's best-loved tales. A tiny boy discovered inside a large peach soon grows into a… |
Art History, Painting |
| 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 | |
| mon'yō 文様 | Also written 紋様. A design pattern, frequently using geometric shapes or abstracted images of natural or man-made objects.… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Monju 文殊 | An abbreviation of Monjushiri 文殊師利 (also Manjushiri 曼殊室利), which transliterates Sk. Manjusri. Also translated Myōkichijō 妙吉祥… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| moriage 盛上げ | An abbreviation of moriage zaishiki 盛上彩色. Pigment or shell-white *gofun… |
Art History, Painting | |
| morishitagami 森下紙 | Sometimes abbreviated to morishita 森下. Handmade paper *washi 和紙 made in… |
Art History, Painting | |
| mōryōga 魍魎画 | Ch: wanglianghua. Lit. "apparition ghostly paintings." A style of ink figure painting that contrasts ethereal forms… |
Art History, Painting | |
| 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 | |
| mosha 模写 | A copy of an original painting or work of calligraphy. More specific terms, such as *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| moyō 模様 | Any two-dimensional pattern. Also used more specifically to refer to decorative motifs or patterns of repeated motifs set… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Muchaku Seshin 無著・世親 | Asanga and Vasubandhu, two 5th century Indian brothers instrumental in founding the Hossō 法相 school of Buddhism. Asanga (Jp… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| mukaimon 向い文 | ✓ | A design motif that consists of birds or butterflies with outspread wings arranged facing each other, mukai 向い to… |
Art History, Painting |
| muki ganryō 無機顔料 | Inorganic pigment. Insoluble pigments *ganryō 顔料 made from… |
Art History, Painting | |
| munagō 胸甲 | Also pronounced kyōkō. A protective breast-plate found on Buddhist guardian deities *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Murasaki Shikibu 紫式部 | Lady Murasaki (978?-1014?), most famous writer of the Heian period and subject of several paintings. Her Genji… |
Art History, Painting | |
| murasaki 紫 | 1 Abbreviation of murasaki-iro 紫色. Purple color. Purple, as mentioned in the Nihon shoki … |
Art History, Painting | |
| 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 | |
| Musashino 武蔵野 | Lit. "Musashi 武蔵 plain." A part of the Kantō 関東 plain which extends south from Kawagoe 川越 City in Saitama Prefecture to… |
Art History, Painting | |
| museishi 無声詩 | Lit. "an unvoiced poem." Painting as a medium which conveys meaning without sound. The Chinese believed that although poetry… |
Art History, Painting | |
| musha-e 武者絵 | 1 A category of *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 prints that depicted battle… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Mutamagawa 六玉川 | Lit. "six jewelled rivers." Six famous rivers all named Tamagawa 玉川 located in six different Japanese prefectures. They… |
Art History, Painting | |
| myōga akujō 茗荷悪尉 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a fierce, old man. The shape of… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Myōken 妙見 | Sk: Sudrsti, also Sonshōō 尊星王 or Hokushin bosatsu 北辰菩薩. Originally a deification of the Polestar, … |
Art History, Iconography | |
| myōō 明王 | Translation of Sanskrit vidyaraja, meaning spell-king. Vidya literally means knowledge, but in Esoteric Buddhism mikkyō… |
Art History, Iconography |
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