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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
Sakaki 賢木 ✓

A pictorial subject based on "Sakaki" ("The Sacred Tree"), Chapter 10 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of…

Art History, Painting, Document
Sakuteiki 作庭記

Lit. "Treatise on Garden Making." The oldest and most revered Japanese text on garden design, it was probably…

Architecture, Gardens, Document
Sanchūjin jōzetsu 山中人饒舌

Lit. "Chatter of a Mountain Dweller." A two-volume treatise on painting theory by the late Edo artist and Confucian…

Art History, Painting, Document
Sawarabi 早蕨 ✓

A pictorial subject based on "Sawarabi" ("Early Ferns"), Chapter 48 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of Genji…

Art History, Painting, Document
Seiyō gadan 西洋画談

Lit. "Discussion of Western Painting," Shiba Kōkan's 司馬江漢 (1747-1818) slim theoretical work in praise of Western naturalism…

Art History, Painting, Document
Sekishū sanbyakukajō 石州三百ヶ条

A tea ceremony encyclopedia based on the methods of Katagiri Sekishu 片桐石州 (1605-73), who is believed to have authored 300…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
Setsumon teishi 説門弟資

Fundamental Advice for Students, a late Muromachi period treatise on painting technique attributed to the painter…

Art History, Painting, Document
Shiigamoto 椎本 ✓

A pictorial subject taken from "Shiigamoto" ("Beneath the Oak"), Chapter 46 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale…

Art History, Painting, Document
Shōmei 匠明

Lit. "clarification for the artisan-builder." The best known manual of construction and building design. It is based on oral…

Architecture, General Terms, Document
Shūko jisshu 集古十種

Ten Categories of Collected Antiquities, a late Edo period illustrated catalog of old art objects edited by the…

Art History, Painting, Document
Sōtan nikki 宗湛日記

The diaries of Kamiya Sōtan 神谷宗湛 (1551-1635), a wealthy merchant and tea ceremony master in Fukuoka Prefecture. Written…

Architecture, Tea Houses, Document
Suetsumuhana 末摘花 ✓

A pictorial subject matter based on "Suetsumuhana" ("Safflower"), Chapter 6 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale…

Art History, Painting, Document
Suma 須磨 ✓

A pictorial subject based on "Suma," Chapter 12 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale of Genji), which tells…

Art History, Painting, Document
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
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
Tansei jakubokushū 丹青若木集

"Collection of Young Trees of Painting"; one-volume biography of Japanese painters by Kano Ikkei 狩野一渓 (1599-1662). Compiled…

Art History, Painting, Document
Teizō hisho 庭造秘書

Lit. "Secret Text on Garden Construction." A treatise on landscape design supposedly written first in the Muromachi period.…

Architecture, General Terms, Document
Tōhaku gasetsu 等伯画説

Tōhaku's Explanation of Painting, comments of the Momoyama period painter Hasegawa Tōhaku 長谷川等伯 (1539-1610) on well…

Art History, Painting, Document
Tokai hōkan 図絵宝鑑

Ch: Tuhui baojian. Precious Mirror of Painting, a late Yuan dynasty history of Chinese painting by Xia…

Art History, Painting, Document
Tokai sōi 図絵宗彜

Also sometimes read Zue sōi. Ch: Tuhui zongyi. Principles of Painting. Chinese painting manual…

Art History, Painting, Document
Tokonatsu 常夏 ✓

Lit. "everlasting summer." A pictorial subject taken from "Tokonatsu" ("Wild Carnations"), Chapter 26 of Genji…

Art History, Painting, Document
Tsukiyama teizōden 築山庭造伝

Lit. "Commentary on Landscape Gardens."

1 A mid-Edo book written by garden designer Kitamura Enkin…

Architecture, Gardens, Document
Tsuta-no-hosomichi 蔦の細道

Lit. "narrow road of ivy." Pictorial subject matter taken from Episode 9, *Azuma…

Art History, Painting, Document

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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