| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅 | A variety of mandala *mandara 曼荼羅 of a relatively small scale and… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Besson zakki 別尊雑記 | Miscellaneous Record of Classified Sacred Images, a late Heian compendium of Buddhist iconography. Also called the… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| betsugū 別宮 | Also bessha 別社, edamiya 枝宮, or edayashiro 枝社. |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| betsuin 別院 | Also called *gobō 御坊. In the Nagoya area, it is called kakesho… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| bīdoro-e ビードロ絵 | A term which comes from the Portuguese for painting with oil pigments on the reverse side of glass. Fifty such paintings are… |
Art History, Painting | |
| bijinga 美人画 | Lit. pictures of beautiful women. Pictures depicting the beauty of the appearance, manners, and customs of women. The word… |
Art History, Painting | |
| bikugyō 比丘形 | Also sōgyō 僧形. A statue of a figure with a round shaved head, usually representing a Buddhist priest. Most commonly… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| biseki 尾石 | Lit. tail stone. A stone in a rock garden that represents the tail of a tortoise *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| 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 | |
| Bishamon 毘沙門 | An abbreviation of *Bishamonten 毘沙門天, one of the four heavenly kings, or *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| bishamondō 毘沙門堂 | ✓ | A temple hall dedicated to *Bishamonten 毘沙門天, one of the four gods, or *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| Bishamonten 毘沙門天 | ✓ | A deity also called *Tamonten 多聞天 when portrayed as a member of the *… |
Art History, Iconography |
| biwa-ita 琵琶板 | Also written 枇杷板. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Biwakō 琵琶行 | Ch: Pipaxing. A painting subject based on the Song of the Lute, a narrative poem by the mid Tang dynasty poet, Bai… |
Art History, Painting | |
| bizen'yaki 備前焼 | ✓ | Bizen 備前 ware. Pottery made in the Inbe 伊部 village of Bizen Province, now known as Wakegun 和気郡 in Okayama Prefecture. The… |
Art History, Crafts |
| bodaiju 菩提樹 | Sk: bodhi druma. The name of the tree under which the historical Buddha *Shaka 釈迦… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| bokashi ぼかし | Various block carving and printing techniques used to create gradated tones (shading) on woodblock prints, particularly 19th… |
Art History, Painting | |
| 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 | |
| bokuba-zu 牧馬図 | Lit. pictures of horses at pasture. One type of genre painting *fūzokuga 風俗画… |
Art History, Painting | |
| bokubai 墨梅 | ✓ | Lit. ink plum. Ch: momei. Paintings of plum (actually prunus) rendered in sumi 墨 ink. Along with ink… |
Art History, Painting |
| bokuchiku 墨竹 | ✓ | Ch: mozhu. Painting of bamboo rendered in *sumi 墨 ink. Bamboo… |
Art History, Painting |
| bokudō bokugyū 牧童牧牛 | Lit. herdboy and ox. Ch: mutong muniu. A Chinese painting theme long popular in Japanese ink painting. The subject… |
Art History, Painting | |
| bokugi 墨戯 | Lit. ink play. Ch: moxi. The literati conception of painting as a form of self-expression, meant to convey ideas… |
Art History, Painting | |
| bokuran 墨蘭 | ✓ | Ch: molan. Paintings of wild orchids rendered in *sumi 墨 ink. Related to… |
Art History, Painting |
| bokuseki 墨跡 | Black ink brush writing by Zen 禅 priests, as well as by laymen who practiced Zen meditations and wrote Buddhist sermons, or… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| bokusekimado 墨蹟窓 | A window on the side wall of an alcove *tokonoma 床の間, used to provide light… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| bonjimon 梵字文 | ✓ | Lit. Sanskrit motif. A Sanskrit character, bonji 梵字, that decorates pendants *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| bonkyō 梵篋 | A box for sutras. Indian sutras were written on long, narrow palm leaves. The leaves were stacked one top of the other, with… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Bonten 梵天 | Sk: Brahma. A major Hindu deity thought to be responsible for creating the world. Along with *… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| bōrōgata tenshu 望楼型天守 | ✓ | A lookout tower set atop the roof of a residence *kyokan 居館, usually a… |
Architecture, Castles |
| bosatsu 菩薩 | 1 Abbreviation of bodai satta 菩提薩た, a transliteration of the Sanskrit bodhisattva (Pari bodhisatta… |
Art History, Iconography, Sculpture | |
| botan karakusa 牡丹唐草 | 1 Abbreviation of botan karakusagawara 牡丹唐草瓦. A roof tile, often an eaves-end tile, whose pendant… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles, Painting, Art History | |
| bōzumi 棒隅 | Lit. straight corner. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| buaku 武悪 | A mask used in kyōgen 狂言 plays to represent a demon. Glaring eyes, a wide jaw, and bared teeth give the mask a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| budō karakusa 葡萄唐草 | A Chinese floral pattern *karakusamon 唐草文, composed of curling grape vines… |
Art History, Painting | |
| budō karakusamon 葡萄唐草文 | ✓ | Also abbreviated to *budō karakusa 葡萄唐草. A grape-patterned arabesque used… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| bugaku 舞楽 | ✓ | Imperial court dance that is accompanied by Imperial court music, gagaku 雅楽, as performed from the late 8th century… |
Art History, General Terms |
| bugaku-zu 舞楽図 | Paintings of *bugaku 舞楽, a classical Japanese court dance that sometimes used… |
Art History, Painting | |
| bugakumen 舞楽面 | Masks worn when performing certain of the *bugaku 舞楽 dances developed from… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| bugakuryū teien 武学流庭園 | Lit. garden of the Bugaku lineage. A style of Japanese garden developed in the middle of the Edo period by Ōishi Bugaku 大石武学… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| Bukan 豊干 | Ch: Fenggan. The Tang-dynasty priest noted for his eccentric behavior, who was usually depicted with his pet tiger. Fenggan… |
Art History, Painting | |
| buke-zukuri 武家造 | A style of residential architecture in use among the bushi 武士 or warrior class. As defined by the early 20th-… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| bukku 仏供 | Also jukubukku 熟仏供, butsuhan 仏飯, or butsushō 仏餉. Cooked rice made as an offering to the Buddha,… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| bukkyō setsuwa-zu 仏教説話図 | Narrative paintings, reliefs, or group sculptures of Buddhist stories (sutras or legends), which were made in great… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| bunbō shihō 文房四宝 | Also bunbō shigan 文房四玩, bunbō shiyū 文房四友, and bunbō shikō 文房四候. Lit. the four treasures of the… |
Art History, Painting | |
| bunbōgu 文房具 | A general term for objects like brushes, paper, ink *sumi 墨, and inkstone *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| bunchin 文鎮 | A paperweight made of heavy material, usually stone or metal, used to hold down paper while writing or painting. Many were… | Art History, Painting | |
| Bunchō gadan 文晁画談 | Bunchō's Treatise on Painting, an early 18th-century miscellany on painters, painting techniques, tools, and… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| bunjin hyōgu 文人表具 | A class of mounting for hanging scrolls *kakemono 掛物, that was originally… |
Art History, Painting | |
| bunjinga 文人画 | Ch: wenrenhua. Lit. literati painting. A type of painting in China, Korea, and Japan. In Japan, the term … |
Art History, Painting | |
| bunmawashi 規 | An old term for a compass used to draw circles. They were imported from Portugal. The beam compass has a large radius,… | Architecture, Tools | |
| buntōgata 分棟型 | ✓ | Lit. divided-ridge style. Often abbreviated to buntō 分棟 and sometimes referred to as betsumune-zukuri… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| burō 廡廊 | A corridor that enclosed an open area or surrounded a space in which buildings were erected. A term from the 7th-9th century… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| bussharitō 仏舎利塔 | Also called *sharitō 舎利塔. A reliquary in a stupa or pagoda. These could be… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| busshi 仏師 | Also bukkō 仏工, zōbusshi 造仏師. A sculptor of Buddhist statues. The term was first used in the… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| busshi keizu 仏師系図 | The lineage of a Buddhist sculptor *busshi 仏師, often presented as a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| bussho 仏所 | A workshop or school of Buddhist sculptors *busshi 仏師. Bussho usually… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| busshōya 仏餉屋 | ✓ | Also called gokusho 御供所. A Buddhist building used to prepare ritual food offerings called busshō 仏餉, *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| busshudana 仏守棚 | Lit. Buddha protecting shelf. A type of decorative shelf with sliding-door cabinets on the bottom and an ogee-shaped… | Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings | |
| bussokuseki 仏足石 | ✓ | Lit. Buddha's foot(print) stone; also written 仏足跡 (footprints of the Buddha). A stone allegedly bearing the impression of… |
Art History, Iconography |
| butaigamachi 舞台框 | Lit. stage framework. A framing member that runs the entire width of the upper part of a *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| butaikabe 舞台壁 | Lit. proscenium wall. The wall at the front part of a *kabuki 歌舞伎 stage. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Butchō 仏頂 | Also Butchōson 仏頂尊. Sk: Usnisa. Lit. Buddha-Crown. A class of Esoteric Buddhist deities generally believed to be… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| butsudan 仏壇 | ✓ | An altar or tabernacle in the form of a podium, table, recess, or cabinet used in the sanctuaries of temples and in private… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| butsudan-no-ma 仏壇の間 | ✓ | A room in traditional vernacular houses *minka 民家, in parts of Hyōgo Prefecture… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| butsuden 仏殿 | ✓ | Also *daiyū hōden 大雄宝殿. The main hall of a Zen temple. Butsuden… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| butsuden-zu 仏伝図 | Lit. illustrated biographies of the Buddha. Artistic representations, usually painted or in low-relief sculpture, of the… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| butsudō 仏堂 | Also called *butsuden 仏殿; bukkaku 仏閣, *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| butsugan 仏龕 | Also gan 龕. A niche carved out of a wall for the purpose of installing a Buddhist image, or a miniature Buddhist… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Butsugen butsumo 仏眼仏母 | Also Butsugenson 仏眼尊 (Venerable Buddha-Eye). Lit. Buddha-Eye, or Mother of the Buddha. Sk: Buddhalocanal Locana. An Esoteric… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Butsugen mandara 仏眼曼荼羅 | A variety of *besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅 (a mandala concerning a single deity… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| butsuma 仏間 | A room for Buddhist images (either two- or three-dimensional images) or, especially in a residence, an altar or tabernacle… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures, Folk Dwellings | |
| butsumon 仏門 | Architecture, Gates | ||
| Butsunichian kōmotsu mokuroku 仏日庵公物目録 | Catalog of objects in Butsunichian, the 14th-century inventory of artistic and other properties of Butsunichian 仏日庵… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| butsuzō 仏像 | A general term that refers to all images of the Buddha used as objects of worship, although most commonly used to refer to… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| buzai 部材 | A generic term for the structural members which form the framework *honegumi… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| byakudan 白檀 | Sandalwood; santalum album. A tree with fine-grained hardwood, native to India and Southeast Asia. The wood is pale-yellow… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Byakue Kannon 白衣観音 | Also Byakushozon 白処尊 and Byakue Kanjizaimo 白衣観自在母. (Sk: Panduravasini); White-robed *… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| byakugō 白毫 | ✓ | Also *mikenkō 眉間光, miken byakugō 眉間白毫, miken byakugōsō 眉間白毫相… |
Art History, Sculpture |
| byakugun 白群 | A pale blue pigment *ganryō 顔料, used in Japanese painting *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| byakuroku 白緑 | A pale green pigment *ganryō 顔料, used in Japanese painting *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| byōbu-e 屏風絵 | Paintings on folding screens *byōbu 屏風. The earliest record of… |
Art History, Painting | |
| byōbu 屏風 | A folding screen consisting of multiple, joined panels. Folding screens vary in size; the standard size consists of six… |
Art History, Painting | |
| byōbudana 屏風棚 | A type of decorative double hanging shelf *tsuridana 釣棚, placed in an alcove… |
Architecture, Accessories | |
| byōbuori 屏風折 | Also termed *orihei 折塀 (folding wall). A castle wall that zig-zags… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| byōmon 廟門 | ✓ | Also called reibyōmon 霊廟門. An entrance gate to a mausoleum. It can be an elaborate gate in two-storied or simulated… |
Architecture, Gates |
| byōtō 廟塔 | Lit. mausoleum pagoda. |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| Chadō hayagaten 茶道早合点 | A tea ceremony manual compiled by Chin'a 珍阿 and published in two volumes in 1771. |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| Chadō kyūbunroku 茶道旧聞録 | A single volume of regulations for the tea ceremony by Fujimura Yōken 藤村庸軒 (1613-99), edited by his son Seiin 正員 (1650-1733… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| Chadō sentei 茶道筌蹄 | Tea ceremony book, written by Inagaki Kyūsō 稲垣休叟 (1770-1819) in 1816, and published in 1847, printed with woodblocks.… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| chadōshiki chashitsu 茶堂式茶室 | Also called dōshiki chashitsu 堂式茶室. A tea ceremony house which was designed freely according to a tea master's… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chagake 茶掛 | A hanging scroll *kakemono 掛物 for the alcove of a tearoom, mounted… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chaire 茶入 | ✓ | A tea caddy, usually ceramic, used to hold strong tea at a tea ceremony. Its dimensions vary, ranging from 3-15… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| chaki 茶器 | 1 General term for tea ceremony utensils. See *chanoyu-no-dōgu… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chakin 茶巾 | A small napkin used at a tea ceremony for wiping the tea bowl. Generally it is made from a linen cloth 30 cm… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chakushu ちゃく手 | Also takushu 磔手 and chōshu 張手 (Sk: vitasti). A unit of measure that originated in India, used in the… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| chakutōden 着到殿 | ✓ | Also written 著到殿 or tōchakuden 到着殿. The designated place for the imperial messenger, chokushi 勅使, and… |
Architecture, Shrines |
| chaniwa 茶庭 | It is also called *roji 露地. Tea garden. The small garden through which one… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| chanoma 茶の間 | Lit. tearoom. A Edo period communal living room usually containing a hearth *irori… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| chanoyu 茶湯 | Lit. the hot water for tea. Also known as sadō 茶道 or chadō. The ritual art of preparing and drinking… |
Art History, Tea Houses, General Terms, Architecture |
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