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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
zakkeshitsu-in 雑華室印

A collector's seal, kanzō-in 鑑蔵印, which was impressed on Song and Yuan dynasties paintings *…

Art History, Painting
Zashiki hakkei 座敷八景

Lit. "Eight parlor views"; a parody of eight views *hakkei 八景, in which…

Art History, Painting
zen'a-in 善阿印

Gourd-shaped shumon 朱文 style seal introduced into Japan from China during the Song and Yuan dynasties. Today there…

Art History, Painting
Zen'e zu 禅会図

Lit. "paintings of Zen 禅 meetings." Paintings that depict a philosophical dialogue between a Zen priest and a layman,…

Art History, Painting
Zenga 禅画

Lit. "Zen 禅 (Ch: Chan) painting." A modern and somewhat ambiguous term often used to indicate painting and calligraphy that…

Art History, Painting
zenigata byōbu 銭形屏風

An early type of folding screen *byōbu 屏風, in which panels are individually made…

Art History, Painting
zenki-zu 禅機図

Lit. "paintings of Zen 禅 (Ch: Chan) occasions." Illustrations of acts (including dialogues) which led to enlightenment. The…

Art History, Painting
zenshi 全紙

Lit. "full-size paper." Paper having the same size as that produced in the factory. The size varied according to each period…

Art History, Painting
Zenshū soshizō 禅宗祖師像

Lit. "images of patriarchs of Zen 禅 sects." Paintings of Zen patriarchs. Although all schools of Buddhism create images of…

Art History, Painting
zumi 棠梨

A yellow pigment *ganryō 顔料, made from the bark of the deciduous…

Art History, Painting
zuzō 図像

Iconographic sketches of Buddhist images done in simple ink drawing (see *hakubyō…

Art History, Painting
zuzōshō 図像抄

Selected Iconography, a late Heian compendium on Buddhist iconography. Also called Jikkanshō 十巻抄 (…

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