| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| nayotake 弱竹 | Also called medake 女竹; ganchiku 含竹, shinobedake しのべ竹 or naedake 苗竹. Thin bamboo… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ne-ishi 根石 | Lit. "root stone." |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nebukawa-ishi 根府川石 | Lit. "Nebukawa stone." A type of andesite found near Nebukawa 根府川 Village near Odawara 小田原 in modern Kanagawa Prefecture.… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| neda 根太 | ✓ | A floor joist. A horizontal structural member made of cypress, cedar or pine, laid on a sleeper *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| neda tenjō 根太天井 | ✓ | A ceiling made over the first floor of a two story building. The ceiling has joists above it which form the structural base… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| nedauke 根太受 | Horizontal supports which receive floor joists. Also called *ōbiki 大引. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nedoko 寝床 | Architecture, Folk Dwellings | ||
| negoya 根小屋 | The *jōkamachi 城下町, or town below the castle in the late medieval… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| nehan-zu 涅槃図 | Lit. "nirvana painting." A genre of painting that depicts the death of the historical Buddha *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| nehijiki 根肘木 | ✓ | Also called *manekihijiki 招肘木. A small bracket arm, a… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| nehon 根本 | The Kyoto-Osaka region kamigata 上方 term for a *kabuki 歌舞伎 play book… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| nejigumi 捻組 | Lit. "twisted construction." A bevelled, wooden, angled joint, sogi mokuzō shiguchi 殺木造仕口, commonly used to connect… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| nejiro 根城 | Also read nejō. Lit. "root castle." The base of military operations. When several castles comprise a unit, … |
Architecture, Castles | |
| nekase 根械 | Lit. "root fetters." Also called umekasenuki 埋械貫, nekasenuki 根械貫, negaraminuki 根がらみ貫. Large flat… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| 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 | |
| nekoma shōji 猫間障子 | Also *magoshōji 孫障子. A small sliding panel set within a standard… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nekousu 猫臼 | Also nekoza 猫座; nekogi 猫木. A short piece of wood projecting from the upper part of a pillar or from the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nema 寝間 | A room for sleeping in vernacular houses *minka 民家 of the Edo period.… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| nemaki 根巻 | Also nezutsumi 根包. A wrap made of spaced wooden slats bound together with rope or metal strips, ornamented metal… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nemaki-kanamono 根巻金物 | ✓ | A gold-plated metal decoration *kazarikanagu 飾金具 carved with… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| nenbutsudō 念仏堂 | ✓ | A hall within the precinct of a Buddhist temple used for the purpose of training Buddhist monks to meditate on and recite… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| nengō 年号 | Era name. The practice of naming eras originated in China when the first era name, Jian wu (Jp: Kengen 建元), was given to the… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| nenjibutsu 念持仏 | Also jibutsu 持仏 and uchibotoke 内仏. A Buddhist image which is kept at close proximity for personal daily… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| nenjū gyōji 年中行事 | Also pronounced nenchū gyōji. Lit. "annual events." Nenjū gyōji originally meant the monthly celebrations… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Nenjū gyōji no shōji 年中行事障子 | A standing screen *tsuitate shōji 衝立障子 placed on the low wooden floor… |
Art History, Painting | |
| nenju 念珠 | Also juzu 数珠, 誦数. A string of beads or a rosary, used for Buddhist prayer and invocation. Particularly associated… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| nenki 年記 | The date of production of a work of art. Nenki are often accompanied by the signature of the artist shomei… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| nenohi-no-asobi 子日遊 | Also called komatsuhiki 小松引 (pulling up small pines). Lit. "Day of the Rat Celebration." One of the traditional… |
Art History, Painting | |
| nenshi 念紙 | Paper *washi 和紙 used in painting and drawing to transfer an image to… |
Art History, Painting | |
| neribei 練塀 | ✓ | A mud fence (a type of earthen wall *dobei 土塀) constructed with… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| nerikuyō 練供養 | Also gyōdō 行道, gōshō-e 迎接会, raigō-e 来迎会. A Buddhist ceremony brought to Japan from the… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| nerimono 練物 | A modelling material resembling *kokuso-urushi 木屎漆 but harder in… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| netsugi 根継 | The process used to repair the bottom part of pillars and the rotten parts of other structural members of a building by… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| netsuke 根付 | A miniature sculpture that is ties to a portable tiered container *inrō 印籠 worn… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| nezumibashiri 鼠走 | ✓ | Also nezubashiri, tokami 椙. Also called jiku-ukemagusa 軸受まぐさ. A horizontal timber with a… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| nezumigaeshi 鼠返 | A flat wooden device placed between the top of a post and under the timber flooring of a log storehouse *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nezumikido 鼠木戸 | 1 The audience's entrance at a theater or place of entertainment during the Muromachi period. Even when the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Ni-no-mai 二ノ舞 | A dance piece in *bugaku 舞楽 performed right after *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ni-no-maru 二の丸 | Lit. "second circle." The second compound outside of, or immediately adjacent to the main compound *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| niban-ishi 二番石 | Lit. "second stone." 1 A stone placed outside a house, particularly a *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| nibutsu heiza 二仏並坐 | A statue or painting depicting the Buddhas *Shaka 釈迦 and Tahō 多宝… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Nichiren 日蓮 | An abbreviation of Nichiren Shōnin 日連上人 (1222-82). A radical reformer of popular Buddhism and founder of the … |
Art History, Iconography | |
| nichōgake 弐丁懸 | Roughly dressed lumber measuring less than three *ken 間 (5.5 m) in length and more… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| nigao-e 似顔絵 | 1 Lit. "face likeness pictures." Very often bust portraits or a likeness of the head. See *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Nigatsudō 二月堂 | ✓ | Lit. "second month hall." A temple widely known for its famous ancient festival called omizutori お水取り in March… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| nigirihasu 握蓮 | Also *kayōzuka 荷葉束 and rengezuka 蓮華束. Decorative carved… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| nihonga 日本画 | Lit. "Japanese-style painting." The term came into use during the Meiji period to distinguish indigenous painting from… |
Art History, Painting | |
| nijiriguchi 躙口 | ✓ | Also called nijiri agariguchi 躙上り口; nijirido 躙戸 and kuguriguchi 潜口. Lit. "a crawl-in or wriggle-… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| nijū butsudō 二重仏堂 | A term that can be applied to any temple or shrine building etc., which has either a double roof, a skirting *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| nijū enkō 二重円光 | Also nijū enkōhai 二重円光背, nijū ensō二重円相. Lit. "double round halo." A type of halo *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| nijū kidan 二重基壇 | ✓ | Also nisei kidan 二成基壇. A stepped podium with two layers. The upper layer is called *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| nijū nageshi 二重長押 | A double-layered non-penetrating tie beam with the upper layer often as thick as the lower one. These are found as base tie… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nijū orekugi 二重折釘 | ✓ | Also called kakemonokugi 掛物釘. A type of hooked nail *orekugi 折釘. A… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| nijūbari 二重梁 | ✓ | Two-tiered transverse beams with struts between them to form part of a roof framework. The upper transverse beam is about… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| nijūdana 二重棚 | ✓ | Also nijū tsuridana 二重釣棚. A double hanging shelf *tsuridana 釣棚,… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| nijūgo bosatsu 二十五菩薩 | Lit. "25 bodhisattvas *bosatsu 菩薩." The bosatsu that are… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| nijūhachi bushū 二十八部衆 | The 28 attendants of *Senju Kannon 千手観音. They protect those who place… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| nijūhasshuku 二十八宿 | Lit. "28 lunar mansions." In the astronomical theory of both ancient India and China the path of the moon during a single… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| nijūkōryō kaerumata 二重虹梁蟇股 | ✓ | A framework used especially in temples and shrines to sustain the roof. It is composed of double rainbow beams *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| nijūkōryō makito 二重虹梁巻斗 | ✓ | A roof framework in which only smaller bearing blocks *makito 巻斗 are placed on… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| nijūmon 二重門 | ✓ | A two-storied gate that has a flanking roof that surrounds the lower story and most frequently has a hip-and-gable roof *… |
Architecture, Gates |
| nijūshikō 二十四孝 | Ch: ershisixiao. Lit. "twenty-four paragons of filial piety." A popular theme in Chinese figure painting based on… |
Art History, Painting | |
| nika byakudō-zu 二河白道図 | Also read niga byakudō-zu. Lit. "picture of Two Rivers and the White Path." Inspired by a parable taught by the… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| nikaibari 二階梁 | A transverse tie beam positioned between the ceiling of the first storied and the floor of the second storied of a building… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nikairō 二階廊 | A second story corridor. A corridor of this type is thought to have first existed at Tōfukuji 東福寺, in Kyoto established in… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| nikawa 膠 | A transparent or semi-transparent animal glue, used as a binder *baizai 媒剤, and… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Nikkamon 日華門 | ✓ | Also read Jikkamon, written Nikkamon 日花門 (found in *Shōmei 匠明… |
Architecture, Gates |
| nikkei 肉髻 | Also muken chōsō 無見頂相, chōkeisō 頂髻相, *ushitsunisha… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| nikkeishu 肉髻珠 | From the late Heian period a small circle carved at the front part of the base of the *nikkei… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| nikki-e 日記絵 | Illustrations of a diary or an illustrated diary. Diaries of high literary value or writings in the form of diaries occupy… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Nikkō Gakkō 日光・月光 | Solar Radiance and Lunar Radiance. 1 Sk: Suryavairocana and Candravairocana. Two… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| nikuhitsuga 肉筆画 | Also nikuhitsu ukiyo-e 肉筆浮世絵. A painting done with a brush and colored ink on paper or silk and not carved in a… |
Art History, Painting | |
| nikyoku byōbu 二曲屏風 | Also nimaiori byōbu 二枚折屏風. A folding screen with two panels. Came into use in the mid-Muromachi period with a… |
Art History, Painting | |
| nimaihozo 二枚ほぞ | ✓ | Double tenons. Double tenons take many forms including individual, rectangular tenons of the same size placed side by side… |
Architecture, Joints |
| nindō karakusamon 忍冬唐草文 | ✓ | Also suikazura karakusamon; also nindō karakusa 忍冬唐草. Lit. "honeysuckle arabesque pattern." A pattern used… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| nindō 忍冬 | 1 Also pronounced suikazura. Honeysuckle. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| nindōmon 忍冬文 | A floral and vine design pattern that is a variation of a Chinese grass motif *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| ninjōbon 人情本 | Also called *chūhon 中本 or eiri chūgata yomihon 絵入中型読本; in the… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Ninnōgyō mandara 仁王経曼荼羅 | A variety of *besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅 based on the Ninnō Gokoku Hannya… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| ninohiragawara 二の平瓦 | ✓ | Broad, concave, roof tiles set directly above and slightly back from the broad, concave, pendant tiles *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| ninojikuzushi 二の字崩 | ✓ | A type of decorative pattern used for muntins on transoms *ranma 欄間. The design… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| Niō 仁王 | ✓ | Also written 二王. Also called *niten 二天 and Niōson 仁王尊. Lit. "two kings" or "benevolent kings."… |
Art History, Iconography |
| niōdō 二王堂 | A building or often a gate that enshrines the two guardian deities, protectors of Buddhism. They are generally placed at the… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| niōmon 二王門 | Also written 仁王門. A true two-storied gate *nijūmon 二重門, or a high gate *… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| Niou no Miya 匂宮 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "Niou no miya" ("His Perfumed Highness" or "Prince Niou"), Chapter 42 of Genji monogatari… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| nise-e 似絵 | Lit. "Likeness picture." Kamakura period realistic portraiture of courtiers and warriors painted in the *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Nise Murasaki Inaka Genji 偐紫田舎源氏 | Lit. "The False Murasaki and the Rustic Genji." An extremely popular mid-19th century novel written by Ryūtei Tanehiko 柳亭種彦… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| nishi-no-maru 西の丸 | A castle compound to the west of the main compound *honmaru 本丸. In a early-… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| nishiki-e 錦絵 | Lit. "brocade pictures." A picture that resembles a colorful embroidered silk brocade, nishikinui 錦繍. A commercial… |
Art History, Painting | |
| 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 | |
| nishikigi otoko 錦木男 | Noh mask *nōmen 能面 made for the role of the ghost of the broken-hearted… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| nishimuro 西室 | West dormitory. In the 7th and 8th centuries, some temples had monk's quarters to the west of the lecture hall as well as… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| niten 二天 | A pair of devas *ten 天 or Buddhist guardian gods, such as *… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| nitenmon 二天門 | ✓ | A middle gate *chūmon 中門 at a Buddhist temple. Usually it is an 8-… |
Architecture, Gates |
| Niu Myōjin 丹生明神 | Also Niutsuhime Myōjin 丹生都比売明神. A female mountain deity that resides in Mt. Kōya 高野. According to legend *… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| niuji 入地 | The main living room *hiroma 広間, adjacent to the earthen-floored area… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| niwa daikokubashira 庭大黒柱 | Also abbreviated to niwadaikoku 庭大黒. |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| niwa 庭 | 1 A defined open space, as distinct from the natural landscape, and reserved for work of an agricultural… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| niwadōrō 庭灯篭 | Lit. "garden lantern." Lanterns, not for exclusive use in gardens, but are also placed at shrines and at roadsides. One… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| niwakamado 庭竃 | 1 A new cooking range *kamado 竃, or open hearth *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
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