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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
ukebana 受花 ✓

Also written 請花, 受華, 請華; sometimes pronounced ukehana. Flower-shaped support. A support in the shape of an open,…

Architecture, Sculpture, Decorations, Art History
unkimon 雲気文

1 Chinese: yunqiwen.
An ancient Chinese decorative design formed from C and S shapes. It is…

Architecture, Painting, Decorations, Art History
uwanuri 上塗り

1 Also shiagenuri 仕上げ塗. The final layer applied to a decorative painting sōshoku kōji…

Art History, Architecture, General Terms, 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