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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
fukiyose 吹寄

1 The arrangement of muntins, lattice (*fukiyose gōshi…

Art History, General Terms, Sculpture, Architecture
gasshō 合掌

1 The triangular frame created by joining a pair of cruck-like members *…

Architecture, General Terms, Art History, Sculpture
hōju 宝珠 ✓

1 Also pronounced hōshu. A sacred gem. Usually a ball or tear-drop shape object that is sacred to…

Architecture, General Terms, Art History, Sculpture
kidori 木取

Also kakō kidori 加工木取; aradori 疎取; arakidori 疎木取.



1 The…

Art History, Architecture, General Terms, Sculpture
kōzama 格狭間

Also written 香狭間, and abbreviated to *sama 狭間. Formerly called *…

Art History, Sculpture, General Terms, Architecture
saru 猿 ✓

1 Monkey. The monkey is represented in kyōgen 狂言 by a masked and costumed figure. The monkey mask…

Sculpture, Art History, Architecture, General Terms
shikoro 錣

1 A generic term for a roof line that has a broken plane, the parts of which run in the same direction. A…

Architecture, General Terms, Art History, Sculpture
waranawa 藁縄

1 Rope made by twisting together strands of straw. In clay statuary, the central wooden core *…

Art History, General Terms, Architecture, Sculpture

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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