1　A gradation of colors or tones from dark to light or vice versa. One example is colorization of the…

1　Abbreviation of botan karakusagawara 牡丹唐草瓦. A roof tile, often an eaves-end tile, whose pendant…

1　Also called *gaku 額. A tablet or board, framed or unframed, on…

1　 Diamond- or lozenge-shaped lattice or muntins used on doors, transoms, and fences *…

1　A phoenix. A mythical Chinese bird, thought to have been introduced to Japan in the Asuka period. The…

1　Lit. Mt. Penglai. Ch: Penglaishan. The most famous of the three Elysian mountain-isles believed to lie…

1　Also read hossōge, an abbreviation of hōsōgemon 宝相華文. Lit. precious flower. Hōsōge…

1　Two strips of fabric directly above and below a painting measuring the exact width of the painting,…

1　A roller used for a hanging scroll *kakemono 掛物 or hand…

1　A pattern representing mist, often stylized into shapes like the ideographs 工 or 王. It is used as a…

1　A surface of a Japanese architectural component that faces front.

2　Endpaper,…

Sutras written in such a way that the characters form the image of a pagoda. One of the two methods is called moji…

1　Also pronounced seikaiha. A wave design made of the arches of concentric circles superimposed…

1　Also tomoe 巴. A pattern of one or more curled tadpole shapes inside a circle. The pattern is…

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

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

1　Lit. "eight bridges." A type of low bridge built over a shallow pond or marsh using wooden planks without…