| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| rōmon 楼門 | ✓ | A high gate that is often referred to as a two-storied gate, but in fact does not have two stories. Generally, it is an… |
Architecture, Gates |
| ronji daruki 論治垂木 | Also called koshikake daruki 腰掛垂木, ranji daruki 鸞翅垂木, or tenbō daruki 天望垂木. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| rōsen 臘箋 | A type of Chinese paper *karakami 唐紙. Decorated paper imported to Japan… |
Art History, Painting | |
| 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 | |
| rurigawara 瑠璃瓦 | Lit. "lapis lazuli tile." A tile to which a blue glaze ruriyū 瑠璃釉 has been applied. The glaze is made from… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| Rushanabutsu 盧舎那仏 | Also read "Roshanabutsu." The Rushana Buddha. Rushana is an abbreviation of Birushana 昆盧舎那 in turn a… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| ryakukama 略鎌 | Lit. "abbreviated gooseneck joint." An elongated halving joint. The desired length of timber is cut in half lengthwise. The… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| Ryo Dōhin 呂洞賓 | Ch: Lu Dongbin. Also called Lu Yan (Jp: Ryo Gan 呂巌) or Chunyangzi (Jp: Jun'yōshi 純陽子). |
Art History, Painting | |
| ryō-onna 霊女 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing the suffering spirit of a woman… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ryōanjigaki 龍安寺垣 | ✓ | A type of bamboo fence used at Ryōanji 龍安寺, a Zen temple in Kyoto. It is characterized by thick split bamboo that cross… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| ryōbanoko 両歯鋸 | ✓ | A double-edged utility saw. A widely used saw which has rip-saw teeth on one side of the blade and crosscut teeth on the… |
Architecture, Tools |
| ryōbiraki 両開 | Also *kannonbiraki tobira 観音開扉, double doors that open in one… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ryōbu torii 両部鳥居 | ✓ | Also called yotsuashi torii 四脚鳥居, gongen torii 権現鳥居 or chigobashira torii 稚児柱鳥居. A Shinto shrine… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| Ryōkai mandara 両界曼荼羅 | Lit. "mandala of the two realms," namely, the *Taizōkai mandara 胎蔵界曼荼羅… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| ryōkusabi 両楔 | Wedges used on the right and left sides to strengthen and to secure a penetrating tie beam inserted into a pillar. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ryokuyūgawara 緑釉瓦 | Lit. "green-glazed roof tiles." A decorative green glaze is applied to the pendants *gatō… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| ryōmengaki 両面垣 | Also ryōmegaki 両目垣. An interlocking bamboo fence. Bamboo, about 3 cm in diameter, are cut in half vertically and… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ryōnagare-zukuri 両流造 | Also abbreviated to ryōnagare 両流. A style of main sanctuary *honden… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| Ryōō 陵王 | Also Raryōō 羅陵王, Ranryōō 蘭陵王 (King Lanling), and Ryūō 龍王 (Dragon King, see *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ryōri-no-ma 料理の間 | 1 The part of the kitchen where the finishing stages of food preparation took place and where meals were… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings, Folk Dwellings | |
| ryōsage 両下 | A type of gable roof *kirizuma-zukuri 切妻造. Also called… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ryōsage-zukuri 両下造 | A gable roof *kirizuma-zukuri 切妻造, which has no gable… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| ryōshi 料紙 | Paper used for writing and painting; for documents, classical books, Buddhist sutras etc. Ryōshi used in Japan… |
Art History, Painting | |
| ryōshi sōshoku 料紙装飾 | The decoration of paper used for calligraphy and painting *ryōshi 料紙. Paper… |
Art History, Painting | |
| ryōtei 涼亭 | A summer house, arbor or pavilion that provided a cool resting place in a garden. |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ryū 龍 | Also written 竜. Ch: long. A dragon. |
Art History, Painting | |
| ryūchishiki teien 竜池式庭園 | Lit. "dragon pond style." A type of garden featuring a sharply curving pond reminiscent of a dragon's serpentine body. Good… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ryūgū-zukuri 竜宮造 | ✓ | Lit. "dragon palace style." An uncommon double-storied gate. The lower story has a flat arched entrance whereby the same… |
Architecture, Gates |
| ryūko-zu 竜虎図 | Ch: longhutu. Painting of a dragon *ryū 龍 and tiger … |
Art History, Painting | |
| ryūmonbaku 竜門瀑 | Lit. "dragon's gate cascade." One type of cascade *baku 瀑 found in Japanese… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ryūsha 竜車 | Lit. "dragon vehicle." The round or oval section of a pagoda finial *sōrin… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ryūsui kanshōshiki teien 流水観賞式庭園 | Lit. "flowing water appreciation style garden." |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ryūsuimon 流水文 | A design pattern which represents flowing water. One of the oldest designs in Japan, it appears as parallel 'S' lines… |
Art History, Painting | |
| ryūsuishiki chisen 流水式池泉 | Lit. "flowing water style of pond and stream." |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| ryūyōdana 柳葉棚 | ✓ | Lit. "willow leaf shelf." |
Architecture, General Terms |
| ryūzō 立像 | Also read ritsuzō. A Buddhist image which is standing, as opposed to seated (see *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tabigeta 旅桁 | 1 One of the purlins used in a hidden roof *noyane … |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| tachiagari 立上 | A vertical timber that rises from a level or inclined surface. In modular measurement of timber *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| tachichōzubachi 立手水鉢 | ✓ | Lit. "standing water basin." A type of tall basin *chōzubachi 手水鉢 that can… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| tachikibutsu 立木仏 | Lit. "standing tree Buddha." A Buddhist image carved on a living tree or on wood that retains the form of the original tree… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tachisama 立狭間 | A loophole *sama 狭間 cut in a wall about chest high to a standing soldier.… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| tagane 鏨 | Graver. A sharp, pointed steel tool used in metalwork and stone carving. Used for engraving, carving, and chiselling,… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tagasode 誰袖 | Lit. "whose sleeves?" Painting theme depicting beautiful kimono 着物 draped across a wooden rack, ikō … |
Art History, Painting | |
| tahōtō 多宝塔 | ✓ | A 2-storied pagoda that developed from the circular, roofed one called *hōtō 宝塔… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| tai-no-shiro 対の城 | Lit. "confronting castle." Also termed mukaijiro 向城 (facing castle) and *tsukejiro… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| taibō 大房 | Also pronounced daibō. A large room 6.7 m wide and 12.7 m deep, constructed in a style customary from about the mid… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| taiheibire 大瓶鰭 | Also oigata 笈形, *gasshōhire 合掌鰭. A pair of decorative sculpted… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| taiheizuka 大瓶束 | ✓ | Lit. "large bottle strut." A strut that is used mainly in Zen style architecture *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| taiko-otoshi 太鼓落 | ✓ | The trimming or hewing of the opposite sides of a log so that the surfaces become flat and parallel making it easier to join… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| taiko 太孤 | Old Persian man taikofu 太孤父 and young Persian boy taikoji 太孤児, two types of gigaku masks *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| taikobari fusuma 太鼓張襖 | ✓ | Also called taikobari 太鼓張, fukuroshōji 袋障子, bōzufusuma 坊主襖. |
Architecture, General Terms |
| taikobashi 太鼓橋 | ✓ | Also called soribashi 反橋. An arched bridge made of stone or wood. One example is the Yoka Jinja 与賀神社 (1607) in Saga… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| Taikōbō 太公望 | Ch: Taigongwang. A Chinese scholar who was thought to be a paragon of humble virtue and learned accomplishment, and who… |
Art History, Painting | |
| taikodo 太鼓戸 | ✓ | A door frame covered on both sides with boards or panels. The inside of the door, like a drum taiko 太鼓, is empty.… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| Taima mandara 当麻曼荼羅 | Mandala of Taima. The most complete depiction of the *Kangyō hensō… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| tainaibutsu 胎内仏 | A small Buddhist image that is placed inside a larger one as an offering. In most cases, older images were placed inside… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| taisha 代赭 | Red ochre. A red pigment whose main component is ferric oxide (haematite), Fe203. Used in Japanese style painting *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| taisha-zukuri 大社造 | ✓ | Also called ōyashiro-zukuri. The oldest style of shrine architecture. Its small scale is thought to resemble that… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| taishaku 大尺 | Lit. "large shaku 尺." An ancient unit of length. Introduced in the Taihōryō 大宝令 codes of 701, it measured 35.6 cm,… |
Architecture, Measurement | |
| Taishakuten 帝釈天 | A major Hindu god called Indra or Sakra who has two major roles in Buddhist literature, one as king of the gods and lord of… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| taishidō 太子堂 | A hall either dedicated to Shōtoku Taishi 聖徳太子 (ca. 574-622), the second son of Emperor Yōmei 用明 (r. 585-87), or a building… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| taishoku 褪色 | Fading. A lessening of the intensity of a color by exposure to sunlight or air. Chemically unstable dyes or pigments undergo… |
Art History, Painting | |
| taishōtoku 退走禿 | "Running in retreat," a *bugaku 舞楽 dance and mask *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| taisō byōbu 太宗屏風 | A type of folding screen *byōbu 屏風 used in the Imperial Palace… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Taizō kyūzuyō 胎蔵旧図様 | A collection of iconographical line drawings *hakubyō 白描 in handscroll form… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Taizō zuzō 胎蔵図像 | A collection of iconographical line drawings *hakubyō 白描 in handscroll form… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Taizōkai mandara 胎蔵界曼荼羅 | A *mandara 曼荼羅 based on the Dainichikyō 大日経 (Sk: … |
Art History, Iconography | |
| taka-no-hashi 鷹の嘴 | Lit. "hawk's beak." A decorative, curved pattern often found on moldings. The pattern has pointed tips like a bird's beak.… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| takagari 鷹狩 | A pictorial subject depicting the sport of falconry, birds trained to hunt cranes tsuru 鶴, pheasants kiji… |
Art History, Painting | |
| takahei 高塀 | Also pronounced takahe. The gable walls of the central thatched portion kirizuma 切妻 of the roof *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| takahei-zukuri 高塀造り | Also pronounced takahe-zukuri. Lit. "high wall construction." Also called *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| takaikegaki 高生垣 | A hedge, 3 to 5 m high, planted as a wind screen or for fire control. |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| takakubashira 多角柱 | A pillar or post that is multi-sided or cut with many facets. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| takama bussho 高間仏所 | Also takaya bussho 高矢仏所. A guild of Buddhist sculptors active in Nara *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| takarabune 宝船 | ✓ | A sailboat hokakebune 帆掛船 at full sail, loaded with rice bushels and treasures takara 宝, often bearing the… |
Art History, Iconography |
| Takasago 高砂 | Now a modern city on the Inland Sea (southwest of Osaka in Hyōgo Prefecture), most famous as the sea-coast setting for the… |
Art History, Painting | |
| takatoriyaki 高取焼 | ✓ | Takatori 高取 ware. Made in Chikuzen 筑前 Province (modern Fukuoka Prefecture) of northern Kyūshū 九州, the Takatori kilns were… |
Art History, Crafts |
| take-no-fushi ranma 竹の節欄間 | ✓ | Also take-no-fushi 竹の節. Lit. "bamboo joint transom." A type of transom shaped like a balustrade which became… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| take tokusabei 竹木賊塀 | ✓ | Lit. "bamboo and horsetail tokusa 木賊 fence." |
Architecture, Gardens |
| takebashira 竹柱 | Lit. "bamboo post." One that has been squared off. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| takegaki 竹垣 | ✓ | Lit. "bamboo fence." A generic name for any kind of fence made with bamboo. Specific types include *… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| Takekawa 竹河 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "Takekawa" ("Bamboo River"), Chapter 44 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| takekugi 竹釘 | A bamboo nail. Usually the nail is 7.5 mm square and made from giant bamboo madake 真竹 (also nigatake 苦竹).… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| takenaga bōsho 丈長奉書 | A long-sheet size of *hōsho 奉書 paper. Approximately 53 x 72 cm. The largest… |
Art History, Painting | |
| takerenji 竹連子 | ✓ | Bamboo or bamboo muntins that are used for windows in dwellings where a suggestion of rusticity is needed, or in tea… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| takeshōji 竹障子 | Paper-covered bamboo frames used as full-sized sliding doors *shōji 障子, or the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| takeyarai 竹矢来 | ✓ | Also written 竹柵. A roughly constructed bamboo fence with horizontal pieces placed close to the top, at the center, and at… |
Architecture, Gardens |
| takiguchi 焚口 | The stokehole or stokeholes in the side of a cooking range *kamado 竃. The… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| takigumi-ishi 滝組石 | Lit. "waterfall stone arrangement." A type of stone arrangement used for garden waterfalls. Also pronounced taki-… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| tako-e 凧絵 | Pictures on kites. It is thought that kite flying became popular in Japan in the 18th century, and the early designs for… |
Art History, Painting | |
| tako 蛸 | ✓ | A tool called a "punner" in English, used to pound down broken stones laid below the foundation of a building. It consists… |
Architecture, Tools |
| takudana 卓棚 | A set of decorative shelves used in an alcove. A single, high shelf with enclosed sliding doors is constructed slightly… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| Takuma-ha 宅磨派 | Also written 託磨派 and 宅間派. One of the schools of *ebusshi 絵仏師, priest-painters… |
Art History, Painting | |
| tama-ishi 玉石 | Lit. "round stone." A boulder about 15-30 cm across, which has been naturally rounded by a river or ocean waves. Often… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| tama-ishijiki 玉石敷 | ✓ | A type of paving using naturally rounded stones *tama-ishi 玉石, about 15-30 cm in diameter.… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| tamabuchi 玉縁 | Lit. "jewelled edge." |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles, Gardens | |
| tamagaki 玉垣 | ✓ | The generic term for a fence surrounding the square or rectangular space containing the main sanctuary *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| Tamakazura 玉鬘 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "Tamakazura" ("The Jeweled Chaplet"), Chapter 22 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The… |
Art History, Painting, Document |
| Tamamushi no zushi 玉虫厨子 | The Tamamushi no zushi owned by Hōryūji 法隆寺 (mid-7th century) is also called the Beetle-wing Shrine, because of the… |
Architecture, Accessories | |
| tamen kōhi 多面広臂 | An image that has more heads, eyes, or limbs than the human figure. |
Art History, Sculpture |
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