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urushi 漆

Lacquer. A non-resinous sap taken from Rhus verniciflua, a tree which grows in East Asian countries.…

Art History, Crafts
utsushi 写し

A copy or a facsimile. The term refers not only to copies of calligraphy or painting, but also reproductions of ceramics. In…

Art History, Crafts
wakyō 和鏡

Japanese style mirrors. Wakyō were developed as part of toilet sets in the Heian period. Previously large and…

Art History, Crafts
wamono 和物

Lit. "Japanese things." A term used in *chanoyu 茶湯 in…

Art History, Crafts
yūyaku 釉薬

Also yū 釉 or uwagusuri. Glaze. In the heat of firing, clay particles vitrify to form a glass matter…

Art History, Crafts
yūzen-zome 友禅染

Yūzen style dyeing. A form of paste-resist dyeing with beautiful colors and pictorial designs named after the Kyoto…

Art History, Crafts
zōgan 象嵌

Inlay. It is also written 象眼 (elephant eye). A decoration technique in which the surface of such materials as metal, pottery…

Art History, Crafts
zushidana 厨子棚

Miniature shrine shelf. A cabinet shrine *zushi 厨子, used to store the writing…

Art History, Crafts

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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