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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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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