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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
nagakikkō 長亀甲

An elongated hexagon or a decorative pattern consisting of a series of elongated hexagon shapes.

Architecture, Decorations
nagimayu 薙眉

Also called naginata mayu 薙刀眉 or 長刀眉. A type of carved molding *kurigata…

Architecture, Decorations
namakogata 海鼠形

A decorative shape said to resemble a sea slug, namako 海鼠. The shape is often used for the material handles of…

Architecture, Decorations
nekoashi 猫足

Lit. "cat's leg." A type of short, curved leg found on low desks or tables. The base of the leg curls inward. Variations are…

Architecture, Decorations
nemaki-kanamono 根巻金物 ✓

A gold-plated metal decoration *kazarikanagu 飾金具 carved with…

Architecture, Decorations
nigirihasu 握蓮

Also *kayōzuka 荷葉束 and rengezuka 蓮華束. Decorative carved…

Architecture, Decorations
nindō 忍冬

1 Also pronounced suikazura. Honeysuckle.
2 Abbreviation of *…

Architecture, Decorations
ninojikuzushi 二の字崩 ✓

A type of decorative pattern used for muntins on transoms *ranma 欄間. The design…

Architecture, Decorations
nurigamachi 塗框

Also pronounced nurikamachi. The lacquered rails or finishing strips used for the framework of sliding screens *…

Architecture, Decorations
ukebana 受花 ✓

Also written 請花, 受華, 請華; sometimes pronounced ukehana. Flower-shaped support. A support in the shape of an open,…

Architecture, Sculpture, Decorations, Art History
umebachi gegyo 梅鉢懸魚 ✓

A gable pendant *gegyo 懸魚 with an irregular hexagonal shape. The…

Architecture, Decorations
ungenberi 繧繝縁

A decorated cloth binding used for the border of a straw mat *tatami 畳…

Architecture, Decorations
unkimon 雲気文

1 Chinese: yunqiwen.
An ancient Chinese decorative design formed from C and S shapes. It is…

Architecture, Painting, Decorations, Art History
unmonchiku 雲紋竹

Also hanchiku 班竹, madaradake まだらだけ, buchidake ぶちだけ, tanbahanchiku タンバハンチク, …

Architecture, Decorations
unokedōshi 兎毛通

Lit. "rabbit-fur cover." Also *karahafu gegyo 唐破風懸魚. 

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Architecture, Decorations
uzumaki 渦巻

Also uzumakimon 渦巻文, uzugata 渦形, volute, scroll. A decorative spiral pattern found throughout the world on…

Architecture, Decorations
uzuwakaba 渦若葉

Lit. "curly young leaf."
A decorative pattern resembling leaves with curved tips. It has been used on ornamental roof…

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