| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| nanako 魚々子 | ✓ | Also written 魚子, 斜子. Lit. "fish-roe." |
Art History, Architecture, Gardens, Crafts |
| netsuke 根付 | A miniature sculpture that is ties to a portable tiered container *inrō 印籠 worn… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| nishiki 錦 | Brocade. A general term for a variety of flat multicolored, woven-pattern fabrics. Recently it suggests silk woven with an… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| noborigama 登窯 | Bank or climbing kiln. Built on a slope, this efficient type of kiln originated in China and was introduced to Japan from… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| nōshōzoku 能装束 | *Noh 能 costumes. Also called nō-ishō 能衣装. Cloth articles worn in Noh… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| raden 螺鈿 | 1 A shell, especially mother-of-pearl, inlay technique commonly used for lacquer ware *… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| rakuyaki 楽焼 | ✓ | Raku 楽 ware. A light weight ceramic ware developed in Kyoto in the Momoyama period and particularly prized in the… |
Art History, Crafts |
| rantai shikki 籃胎漆器 | The technique whereby bamboo strips are woven into shapes and coated with lacquer. Also called kagoji 籠地 (basket… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| ruri 瑠璃 | Lapis lazuli. Vaidurya in Sanskrit. Originally it meant lapis lazuli or emerald, but from the Six Dynasties period Chinese… |
Art History, Crafts |
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