| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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| akacha-iro 赤茶色 | Lit. red brown color. The reddish brown or russet color on the ancient smooth, lipless tiles *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| ayasuji 綾筋 | ✓ | Also pronounced shimesuji 〆筋. The parallel chevron lines on the front or sides of a lion-mouth roof tile *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| bai 唄 | ✓ | A circular nail head cover *kugikakushi 釘隠, placed over a nail to attach a… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| bakuhana 獏鼻 | ✓ | Lit. tapir nose. Also called bakugashira 獏頭. A type of nosing *kibana… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| bishamon kikkō 毘沙門亀甲 | A decorative pattern composed of three joined hexagonal shapes. It is named after the guardian deity *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| bokashi 暈 | 1 A gradation of colors or tones from dark to light or vice versa. One example is colorization of the… |
Architecture, Decorations, Art History, Painting | |
| chichi-no-ma 乳の間 | ✓ | Also called chi-no-ma 乳の間. A horizontal band of small round projections found around the upper part of a temple… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| chichikanamono 乳金物 | ✓ | Also manjū kanamono 饅頭金物 (see *manjūgata 饅頭形), hoshu 鋪首,… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| chirashihassō 散八双 | A generic name for the decorative metal fittings *kazarikanagu 飾金具,… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chirashikanagu 散金具 | A metal fitting *kanagu 金具 attached to the corners of a door and… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chirashimanji 散万字 | A pattern which consists of swastika manji 卍 motifs inside a square grid. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chirashiōgi 散扇 | Also chiriōgi. A decorative, geometric pattern that resembles closed fan shapes on a square grid. It is found on… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chōchinbishi 提灯菱 | Lit. Lantern diamond. A type of diamond pattern *hishi 菱 used on mullions *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chōjikuzushi 丁字崩 | A decorative, geometric pattern based on the character 丁 chō that is found on transoms *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| chōkoku ranma 彫刻欄間 | ✓ | Lit. carved transom. A decorative frieze consisting of carved panels fixed above the head of a door. Transom designs include… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| chūshin kazari 中心飾 | Also tenjō chūshinkazari 天井中心飾. Lit. center flower. 1 A group of decorative patterns in… |
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| daibutsuyō kibana 大仏様木鼻 | Also daibutsuyōkei kibana 大仏様系木鼻. Lit. nosings in the daibutsu style. Incised nosings found on bracket… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| daibutsuyō kurigata 大仏様繰形 | ✓ | Typical daibutsu style *daibutsuyō 大仏様, decorative carvings *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| dehana 出鼻 | Also debana. A projecting part. An example is the coping that extend past the pillars on either side of a Shinto… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| deirimayu 出入眉 | Also called kujirimayu 抉眉, or shakurimayu 決眉. A type of carved molding, *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| ebi-no-koshi 海老の腰 | Also written 蝦の腰 or 蝦腰. A type of decorative molding *kurigata 繰形, used on… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| eyō hijiki 絵様肘木 | Bracket arms *hijiki 肘木, that are decorated with *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| eyō 絵様 | 1 A Nara and Heian periods term used to refer to any kind of design, which included a sketch for a statue… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| eyō kurigata 絵様繰形 | Also written 絵様刳形. Low relief carvings which use curved lines. The carvings are found, for example, on nosings *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| eyōjakuri 絵様决 | A low relief architectural decoration carved into beams *hari 梁, nosings… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| fukurin 覆輪 | 1 Parallel lines used to mark outlines in a painting or sculpture. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| gasshōhire 合掌鰭 | Also oigata 笈形, *taiheibire 大瓶鰭. Lit. principal-rafter fins. A… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| gegyo 懸魚 | ✓ | Also gegyo 掛魚 (Ch: guayu); formerly also pronounced kengyo. Gable pendant, lit. hanging fish.… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| geshō 牙象 | 1 Also gejō. A type of molding *kurigata 繰形. The… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| giboshi kōran 擬宝珠高欄 | A railing *kōran 高欄, with newel posts, oyabashira 親柱, topped with an… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| giboshi 擬宝珠 | ✓ | Also pronounced gibōshi, giboju, gibōshu, goboshu. A decoration in the shape of the… |
Architecture, General Terms, Decorations |
| goyō 五葉 | Lit. five leaves. A decorative pattern carved into the shape of five petals, and used on a gable pendant *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| gyakuren 逆蓮 | ✓ | Also sakabasu 逆蓮, kaikaren 開花蓮, *yuiwata 結綿. A shape that… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| hachiyō 八葉 | Lit. eight leaves. Also hachiyō kanagu 八葉金具. A metal decoration carved into the shape of eight petals with a central… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hafu kazari kanagu 破風飾金具 | Also hafu kanagu 破風金具. Decorative metal fittings, *kazari kanagu… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hakokanagu 箱金具 | Also hakokanamono 箱金物, *makikanagu 巻金具, makikanamono 巻金物. U-strap, strap, stirrup.… | Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanaguri 鼻繰 | A generic name for moldings *kurigata 繰形, used on the edge of bracket arms *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanaikada 花筏 | Lit. flower raft. A decorative, floral pattern popular in the Momoyama period. The design is said to be derived from a… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanakumiko 花組子 | Also hanako 花子. Decorative petal-shaped muntins found on doors *shōji… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanaranma 花欄間 | Also called hanasama ranma 花狭間欄間 or *hanazama 花狭間. A… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hanazama 花狭間 | ✓ | Also hanasama.
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Architecture, Decorations |
| hassō kanagu 八双金具 | ✓ | Also called hassō kanamono 八双金物; sakawa kanagu 逆輪金具 or saba-no-o 鯖の尾. Lit. twin… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| hi-no-de dana 日出棚 | A type of decorative closet against a wall, with two small doored compartments resting on the floor and a round window… | Architecture, Decorations | |
| hire 鰭 | ✓ | Lit. fins. A decorative sculpted form found, for example, on the left and right of a gable pendant *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| hon'yamato 本大和 | An abbreviation of hon'yamatokaki 本大和掻. Also pronounced hon'yamatogaki. A type of decoration used on teahouses with an… | Architecture, Decorations | |
| hōō 鳳凰 | 1 A phoenix. A mythical Chinese bird, thought to have been introduced to Japan in the Asuka period. The… |
Architecture, Painting, Decorations, Art History | |
| horimono 彫物 | 1 The skills, process, and work of carving in wood, bamboo, stone, metal, or other materials. It also… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| hōsōge karakusa 宝相華唐草 | 1 Abbreviation of hōsōge karakusamon 宝相華唐草文. A type of Chinese arabesque design *… |
Architecture, Decorations, Roofing Tiles | |
| ichi no ji kuzushi 一の字崩 | ✓ | A decorative pattern used for muntins on sliding doors *shōji 障子, and transoms*… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| ichi no ji tsunagi 一の字繋 | A decorative pattern used for muntins on sliding doors *shōji 障子 and transoms*… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| ikazuchimon いかずち文 | Lit. lightning pattern. A pattern of thick and thin zig-zag lines. A variation of raimon 雷文 (see *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| ikken ikka 一間一花 | ✓ | A type of decorative pattern painted on coffered ceilings *gōtenjō 格天井 or… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| inazumabishi 稲妻菱 | ✓ | A architectural design pattern in the shape of a diamond, *hishi 菱, which… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| inazumamon 稲妻文 | ✓ | Also *raimon 雷文. An architectural design pattern thought to be based on flashes… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| inome gegyo 猪目懸魚 | ✓ | Lit. boar's-eye gable pendant. A gable pendant *gegyo 懸魚, decorated with heart-… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| irihassō 入八双 | ✓ | Also sakawa kanamono 逆輪金物, saba no o 鯖の尾. An ornamental metal fitting *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| jorinmoku 如鱗杢 | Also 如鱗木, gyorinmoku 魚鱗木. Lit. curly wood-grain. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| jūyōsoben rengemon 十葉素弁蓮華文 | The decorative pattern of a ten-petalled flower which is used on roof tiles, particularly on round eaves tiles *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kabeshiro 壁代 | A type of curtain hung from the upper non-penetrating tie beam, uwanageshi (or kaminageshi ) 上長押 in temple… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kaburagegyo 蕪懸魚 | ✓ | Lit. turnip bargeboard pendant. A gable pendant *gegyo 懸魚 decorated with… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| kaeribanaza 反花座 | Abbreviated to *kaeribana 反花. Also soribana 反り花. A… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kagebana sōshoku 懸華装飾 | A festoon. Also fesutun フェストゥーン, hanazuna sōshoku 花網装飾, or sagewa kazari 下げ環飾. A carved or molded… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kaigata gegyo 貝形懸魚 | ✓ | Also kaigashira gegyo 貝頭懸魚. Lit. shell-head gable pendant. A type of decorative gable pendant *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| kakimayu 欠眉 | Also written 缺眉 or 欠き眉. A type of carved molding *kurigata 繰形, widely used in… |
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| kanagu 金具 | Also kanamono 金物 (metal thing). Metal fittings that are not only functional but often decorative. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| karahafu gegyo 唐破風懸魚 | A type of bargeboard pendant *gegyo 懸魚 found on a Chinese style… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| karigasumi 雁霞 | ✓ | A pattern used for muntins *kumiko 組子. It is thought to resemble… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| karimata gegyo 雁股懸魚 | ✓ | Lit. double-headed-arrow gable pendant. A gable pendant *gegyo 懸魚 with a tip… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| kasane izutsu 重井筒 | A pattern formed by interweaving the strokes ofthe character 井 'i ' meaning 'well'. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kasane 重ね | 1 The area where members such as siding boards shitami-ita 下見板 (see *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| katō 火灯 | Also written 花頭, 華頭, 架灯. A shape used for windows in Zen style architecture *zenshūyō… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| katō kyokusen 火灯曲線 | A specific arrangement of curved lines found on top of an arched window called *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kazari kanagu 飾金具 | Ornamental metal fittings. Metalwork pieces *kanagu 金具, attached to parts of a… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kebori 毛彫 | ✓ | Hairline engraving. A technique used in metalwork where a design was engraved on a surface in a sequence of fine lines,… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| kendomoe 剣巴 | Also pronounced kentomoe. A decorative pattern combining a sword blade, ken 剣, with the swirling heraldic… |
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| kenmayu 剣眉 | A type of molding *kurigata 繰形, carved in a sword shape. It is… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kensaki 剣先 | A geometric pattern based on three joined hexagonal shapes. It closely resembles *… |
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| keshō 化粧 | Refers to the appearance or exposed surface of an architectural structural element. Also a smoothly planed wooden finish as… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| ketakakushi 桁隠 | Lit. beam cover. Also *kudarigegyo 降懸魚, ketakakushi… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kikuza 菊座 | Also called *rokuyō 六葉. Lit. chrysanthemum seat. A decorative metal piece… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kinranmaki 金襴巻 | ✓ | Lit. gold-brocade wrap. Decorative metal fittings *kazarikanagu 飾金具 and… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| kirigegyo 切懸魚 | Lit. cut bargeboard pendant.
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| kirisasu 切扠首 | 1 A short, diagonal timber which receives the helmet beam kabutogeta 兜桁 on a thatched roof … |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kobushibana 拳鼻 | Lit. a fist nosing.
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| koguchi kanagu 木口金具 | ✓ | Also koguchi kanamono 小口金物. A metal fitting placed over the crosscut end of a timber. The fitting on the ends of… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| komochi yamagata 子持山形 | A decorative pattern consisting of a pair of parallel zig-zag lines, one thick and one thin. |
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| kōraiberi 高麗縁 | ✓ | Also kōraibuchi 高麗縁, monkōraiberi 紋高麗縁. A decorated binding used to make the edge of a straw mat *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| kudarigegyo 降懸魚 | Also *ketakakushi 桁隠, ketakakushigegyo 桁隠懸魚, *… |
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| kugikakushi 釘隠 | ✓ | An ornament used to conceal the head of a large nail on a pressing tie rail *nageshi… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| kumikikkō 組亀甲 | A decorative pattern of interlocking hexagonal shapes with small triangles in the interstices. A variation of the tortoise… |
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| kumo gasshōhire 雲合掌鰭 | Lit. cloud principal-rafter fins. A pair of sculpted forms *hire 鰭 in decorative… |
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| kuri 繰 | Curved designs carved into wood to make moldings *kurigata 繰形. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| kurigata 繰形 | Also written 刳形. Incised or molded decoration that appears on the edge of exposed architectural members such as no sings *… |
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| kurinuki kaerumata 刳抜蟇股 | A type of open frog strut honkaerumata 本蟇股, which is cut from a single timber with decorative openwork carvings *… |
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| kushigata ranma 櫛形欄間 | A transom *ranma 欄間, with an arched opening in the shape of a comb *… |
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| kushigata 櫛形 | 1 Lit. Comb shape. A semicircular shape、or part of a semicircle, often with trimmed corners. Used in… |
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| kushigatamado 櫛形窓 | A window in the shape of a comb *kushigata 櫛形. Sometimes built into outside… |
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| kutsumaki 沓巻 | A decorative metal fitting *kanagu 金具, wound around the bottom… |
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| kyō-no-maki 経の巻 | ✓ | Lit. sutra scrolls. Three or five cylindrical tiles found at the top of a lion-mouth roof *… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| madokazari 窓飾 | Lit. "window decoration." A thin decoration that is hung around the outer border of a window, over the curtain, to provide… |
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