| 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 | |
| uchikake 打掛 | An unbelted woman's outer garment worn over the *kosode 小袖 on formal occasions… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| urushi-nuri 漆塗 | Lit. "lacquer coating." Lacquerware is also called shikki 漆器 (lacquerware) or nurimono 塗物 (coated things… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| urushi 漆 | Lacquer. A non-resinous sap taken from Rhus verniciflua, a tree which grows in East Asian countries.… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| utsushi 写し | A copy or a facsimile. The term refers not only to copies of calligraphy or painting, but also reproductions of ceramics. In… |
Art History, Crafts |
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