| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| suki 数寄 | Lit. "aesthetic liking." Most simply love for elegant things, particularly poetry waka 和歌 and the objects of the… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| sukinomi 透鑿 | Also called aisuki 相透. A carving tool used in woodblock printmaking *ukiyo-e… |
Art History, Painting | |
| sukiutsushi 透写し | A same size copy of an original painting made by placing a thin piece of paper or silk over the original and tracing the… |
Art History, Painting | |
| 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 |
| sumi 墨 | Ink. Ink was made from lampblack, soot susu 煤 produced by the incomplete combustion of aged pine wood (the product… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Sumidagawa 隅田川 | A river that flows through the eastern part of Tokyo, down to Tokyo Bay. It became a famous place, meisho 名所 due to… |
Art History, Painting | |
| sumigaki 墨画 | 1 A general technical term for painting in black ink *sumi 墨, meaning without… |
Art History, Painting | |
| sumiguma 墨暈 | Also written 墨隈. A shading *kumadori 隈取 technique using black… |
Art History, Painting | |
| suminagashi 墨流し | A paper decoration design *ryōshi sōshoku 料紙装飾 similar to a marble… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Sumiyoshi-ha 住吉派 | A school of painting that specialized in the *yamato-e やまと絵… |
Art History, Painting | |
| sumō-e 相撲絵 | Prints of sumō 相撲 wrestlers entering the ring, locked in combat or strolling along busy streets. Together with… |
Art History, Painting | |
| sunagata 砂型 | A method of metal casting using sand. Sand was contained in a frame, and a raw clay model of the desired object was pressed… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| sunago 砂子 | A type of foil *kirihaku 切箔, usually gold or silver, cut so finely that… |
Art History, Painting | |
| sunagozuri 砂子摺 | Lit. "gold dust printing." A technique used for woodblock printmaking *ukiyo-e… |
Art History, Painting | |
| suneate 脛当 | Also suneate 臑当. A piece of leather or metal armor used to protect the shin. Used since the Kofun period, and… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| suō 蘇芳 | A purplish-red dye senryō 染料 color name, and the plant from which it is made. The su plant sappanwood… |
Art History, Painting | |
| suribotoke 摺仏 | Also read shūbutsu. A Buddhist image printed in ink on paper or cloth, and often placed inside a Buddhist statue (… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| surihaku 摺箔 | Rubbed metal foil. A decorative technique for textiles in which metal foil is impressed on a design first drawn in paste.… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| surimono 摺物 | Lit. "printed matter." High quality, privately sponsored woodblock prints mainly produced 1790's-1830's. Originally, the… |
Art History, Painting | |
| surinuki 摺抜 | Lit. "omitting a printing." An *ukiyo-e 浮世絵 woodblock printmaking… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Suzumushi 鈴虫 | ✓ | A pictorial subject taken from "Suzumushi" ("The Bell Cricket"), Chapter 38 of Genji monogatari 源氏物語 (The Tale… |
Art History, Painting |
| suzuri 硯 | Also written 研. Inkstone. A base made of stone or other material used for grinding *sumi… |
Art History, Painting | |
| suzuribako 硯箱 | A box designed to hold an inkstone *suzuri 硯 and other writing tools, such as an… |
Art History, Painting |
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