| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| nakatatezan 中竪桟 | Also written 中縦桟. A vertical stile placed at the mid-point of a paneled door. A centrally placed horizontal stile is called… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nakatsubo 中坪 | Also written 中壷. The inner court between shop and living quarters in a merchant's house in the Edo period. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nakayama torii 中山鳥居 | Also called banshi torii 伴氏鳥居. A stone entrance-gate to a Shinto shrine *torii… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| nakazonae 中備 | ✓ | Also written 中具. Secondary or intermediate supports placed in the interstices between the bracket complexes *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| nakazuka 中束 | ✓ | A generic term for struts *tsuka 束 that are set at the mid-point between two… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| namakogata 海鼠形 | A decorative shape said to resemble a sea slug, namako 海鼠. The shape is often used for the material handles of… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| namakokabe 海鼠壁 | ✓ | Also written 生子壁. A traditional finish for *dozō-zukuri 土蔵造 and *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings |
| namanari 生成 | Lit. "Becoming bestial." A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 used for the wife taking revenge… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| namazu-e 鯰絵 | Pictures of a catfish, namazu 鯰. Japanese legend has it that the movement of large catfish deep inside the earth… |
Art History, Painting | |
| namigata renji 波型連子 | Also namirenji 波連子, yumirenji 弓連子, tatewaki renji 立涌連子. A type of latticework renji… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| namionigawara 波鬼瓦 | ✓ | An ogre tile with a wave pattern descending from its base to form legs ashimoto 足元, that divide over the gable of… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| nanako 魚々子 | ✓ | Also written 魚子, 斜子. Lit. "fish-roe." |
Art History, Architecture, Gardens, Crafts |
| nanakogaki 魚子垣 | Also urokogaki 鱗垣, gonomegaki 互の目垣. A fence made from semi-circular pieces of bamboo or metal. Bamboo… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| nanakomachi 七小町 | ✓ | Lit. "the seven Komachi." Seven episodes concerning the mid-9th century poetess Ono no Komachi 小野小町, one of the Six Poetic… |
Art History, Painting |
| nanatsu-ishi 七つ石 | Seven trump stones in the *roji 露地 or tea garden. They are the hand-washing stone… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| nanban byōbu 南蛮屏風 | Folding screens *byōbu 屏風, usually in a pair, depicting Portuguese and… |
Art History, Painting | |
| nanban-e 南蛮絵 | Western painting brought by the Portuguese and Spanish who arrived in Japan in the 16th century, nanban bijutsu… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| nanban 南蛮 | Lit. "Southern barbarian art." Considered to be the first manifestation of direct Western influence on Japanese culture,… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| Nanbokuchō jidai 南北朝時代 | The Southern and Northern Court period (1336-92). It takes its name from two separate antagonistic Imperial courts supported… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| Nanbōroku 南方録 | Book of Sen no Rikyū's 千利休 (1522-91) tea ceremony secrets which consists of seven volumes entitled: "Memoranda Oboegaki… |
Architecture, Tea Houses, Document | |
| nandaimon 南大門 | ✓ | The great south gate at Tōdaiji 東大寺 in Nara. The term is also used for the main south gate at other temples. |
Architecture, Gates |
| nando 納戸 | 1 A store room in which clothes and valuables could be kept in the houses of the civil, ecclesiastical and… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nanga 南画 | Lit. "Southern painting." An abbreviation of *nanshūga 南宗画, which… |
Art History, Painting | |
| nanken-nanko 何間 何戸 | Lit. "How many bays? How many entrances?" Questions posed in order to ascertain the number of bays *… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| Nanpin-ha 南蘋派 | A group of artists who produced bird-and-flower painting introduced to Japan by the Chinese artist Shen Nanpin (Jp: Shin… |
Art History, Painting | |
| nanshūga 南宗画 | Ch: nanzonghua. The Southern school of Chinese painting. Composed of literati (scholars) as opposed to the Northern… |
Art History, Painting | |
| nanto busshi 南都仏師 | A general term for Buddhist sculptors *busshi 仏師 working in Nara… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| nanto-edokoro 南都絵所 | Lit. "painting atelier of the southern capital" (nanto 南都, an alternative name for Nara 奈良). Refers to the three… |
Art History, Painting | |
| nanto shichidaiji 南都七大寺 | Lit. "southern capital seven great temples." A generic expression in use by the 8th century referring to the seven great… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| Nanzen shika 南泉指花 | Ch: Nanquan zhihua. Lit. "Nanzen 南泉 (Ch: Nanquan) pointing at flowers." A Zen 禅 (Ch: Chan) dialogue in which the… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Nanzen zanmyō 南泉斬猫 | Ch: Nanquan zhanmao. A painting subject depicting the Zen 禅 (Ch: Chan) parable of the priest Nanquan Puyuan (Jp:… |
Art History, Painting | |
| naoraiden 直会殿 | Also read noraidono, gesaiden 解斎殿. A shrine building to which priests retire after performing the Shinto… |
Architecture, Shrines | |
| nara busshi 奈良仏師 | Also nankin busshi or nankyō busshi 南京仏師, yamashinadera busshi 山階寺仏師, otera busshi 御寺仏師… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| nara-ehon 奈良絵本 | A type of illustrated woodblock-printed book or handscroll popular from the Muromachi through mid-Edo periods. Although… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Nara jidai 奈良時代 | The Nara period (645-794). In 645 a coup to restore Imperial authority was carried out by Prince Naka no Ōe 中大兄 (later,… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| narabidō 双堂 | ✓ | Also read sōdō. Twin buildings in the grounds of a Japanese temple that are of equal length, but not necessarily of… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| narabigura 双倉 | ✓ | Also read sōsō. Lit. "twin storehouses." Two storehouses of the same size placed so that the space between was the… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| narihira sodegaki 業平袖垣 | Lit. "Narihira sleeve fence." A common type of rustic see-though sleeve fence, sukashi sodegaki 透袖垣. The frame,… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| Narukami 鳴神 | A pictorial theme based on the *kabuki 歌舞伎 play named after its… |
Art History, Painting | |
| narukodo 鳴子戸 | A gate used between the outer and inner gardens *roji 露地 leading to a teahouse *… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| Narukomon 鳴子門 | ✓ | A simple gate located in the northeast corner ofthe inner moat uchi-no-hori 内の濠 of the inner citadel Honmaru 本丸 (… |
Architecture, Gates |
| Nasori 納曽利 | A dance piece in *bugaku 舞楽 and the mask *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| natabori 鉈彫 | A type of wooden sculpture characterized by round chisel nata 鉈 marks that are left on the surface. Natabori… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| natsume 棗 | ✓ | A tea caddy for storing weak green powdered tea. Also called *usuchaki… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| natsushōji 夏障子 | ✓ | Also sudare shōji 簾障子. Sliding screens *shōji 障子, that are… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| nawabari 縄張 | ✓ | Castle plan; general term for the layout of a castle and its component structures. Lit. "stretched rope," the term is said… |
Architecture, Castles |
| nawakakenuki 縄掛貫 | Also called nawakakesan or nawakakezan 縄掛桟, also pronounced nawakakezan. Lit. "rope-hanging beam… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nayotake 弱竹 | Also called medake 女竹; ganchiku 含竹, shinobedake しのべ竹 or naedake 苗竹. Thin bamboo… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| ne-ishi 根石 | Lit. "root stone." |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nebukawa-ishi 根府川石 | Lit. "Nebukawa stone." A type of andesite found near Nebukawa 根府川 Village near Odawara 小田原 in modern Kanagawa Prefecture.… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| neda 根太 | ✓ | A floor joist. A horizontal structural member made of cypress, cedar or pine, laid on a sleeper *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| neda tenjō 根太天井 | ✓ | A ceiling made over the first floor of a two story building. The ceiling has joists above it which form the structural base… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| nedauke 根太受 | Horizontal supports which receive floor joists. Also called *ōbiki 大引. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nedoko 寝床 | Architecture, Folk Dwellings | ||
| negoya 根小屋 | The *jōkamachi 城下町, or town below the castle in the late medieval… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| nehan-zu 涅槃図 | Lit. "nirvana painting." A genre of painting that depicts the death of the historical Buddha *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| nehijiki 根肘木 | ✓ | Also called *manekihijiki 招肘木. A small bracket arm, a… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| nehon 根本 | The Kyoto-Osaka region kamigata 上方 term for a *kabuki 歌舞伎 play book… |
Art History, Painting, Document | |
| nejigumi 捻組 | Lit. "twisted construction." A bevelled, wooden, angled joint, sogi mokuzō shiguchi 殺木造仕口, commonly used to connect… |
Architecture, Joints | |
| nejiro 根城 | Also read nejō. Lit. "root castle." The base of military operations. When several castles comprise a unit, … |
Architecture, Castles | |
| nekase 根械 | Lit. "root fetters." Also called umekasenuki 埋械貫, nekasenuki 根械貫, negaraminuki 根がらみ貫. Large flat… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nekoashi 猫足 | Lit. "cat's leg." A type of short, curved leg found on low desks or tables. The base of the leg curls inward. Variations are… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| nekoma shōji 猫間障子 | Also *magoshōji 孫障子. A small sliding panel set within a standard… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nekousu 猫臼 | Also nekoza 猫座; nekogi 猫木. A short piece of wood projecting from the upper part of a pillar or from the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nema 寝間 | A room for sleeping in vernacular houses *minka 民家 of the Edo period.… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| nemaki 根巻 | Also nezutsumi 根包. A wrap made of spaced wooden slats bound together with rope or metal strips, ornamented metal… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nemaki-kanamono 根巻金物 | ✓ | A gold-plated metal decoration *kazarikanagu 飾金具 carved with… |
Architecture, Decorations |
| nenbutsudō 念仏堂 | ✓ | A hall within the precinct of a Buddhist temple used for the purpose of training Buddhist monks to meditate on and recite… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| nengō 年号 | Era name. The practice of naming eras originated in China when the first era name, Jian wu (Jp: Kengen 建元), was given to the… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| nenjibutsu 念持仏 | Also jibutsu 持仏 and uchibotoke 内仏. A Buddhist image which is kept at close proximity for personal daily… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| nenjū gyōji 年中行事 | Also pronounced nenchū gyōji. Lit. "annual events." Nenjū gyōji originally meant the monthly celebrations… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Nenjū gyōji no shōji 年中行事障子 | A standing screen *tsuitate shōji 衝立障子 placed on the low wooden floor… |
Art History, Painting | |
| nenju 念珠 | Also juzu 数珠, 誦数. A string of beads or a rosary, used for Buddhist prayer and invocation. Particularly associated… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| nenki 年記 | The date of production of a work of art. Nenki are often accompanied by the signature of the artist shomei… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| nenohi-no-asobi 子日遊 | Also called komatsuhiki 小松引 (pulling up small pines). Lit. "Day of the Rat Celebration." One of the traditional… |
Art History, Painting | |
| nenshi 念紙 | Paper *washi 和紙 used in painting and drawing to transfer an image to… |
Art History, Painting | |
| neribei 練塀 | ✓ | A mud fence (a type of earthen wall *dobei 土塀) constructed with… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| nerikuyō 練供養 | Also gyōdō 行道, gōshō-e 迎接会, raigō-e 来迎会. A Buddhist ceremony brought to Japan from the… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| nerimono 練物 | A modelling material resembling *kokuso-urushi 木屎漆 but harder in… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| netsugi 根継 | The process used to repair the bottom part of pillars and the rotten parts of other structural members of a building by… | Architecture, General Terms | |
| netsuke 根付 | A miniature sculpture that is ties to a portable tiered container *inrō 印籠 worn… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| nezumibashiri 鼠走 | ✓ | Also nezubashiri, tokami 椙. Also called jiku-ukemagusa 軸受まぐさ. A horizontal timber with a… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| nezumigaeshi 鼠返 | A flat wooden device placed between the top of a post and under the timber flooring of a log storehouse *… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nezumikido 鼠木戸 | 1 The audience's entrance at a theater or place of entertainment during the Muromachi period. Even when the… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Ni-no-mai 二ノ舞 | A dance piece in *bugaku 舞楽 performed right after *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ni-no-maru 二の丸 | Lit. "second circle." The second compound outside of, or immediately adjacent to the main compound *… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| niban-ishi 二番石 | Lit. "second stone." 1 A stone placed outside a house, particularly a *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| nibutsu heiza 二仏並坐 | A statue or painting depicting the Buddhas *Shaka 釈迦 and Tahō 多宝… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Nichiren 日蓮 | An abbreviation of Nichiren Shōnin 日連上人 (1222-82). A radical reformer of popular Buddhism and founder of the … |
Art History, Iconography | |
| nichōgake 弐丁懸 | Roughly dressed lumber measuring less than three *ken 間 (5.5 m) in length and more… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| nigao-e 似顔絵 | 1 Lit. "face likeness pictures." Very often bust portraits or a likeness of the head. See *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Nigatsudō 二月堂 | ✓ | Lit. "second month hall." A temple widely known for its famous ancient festival called omizutori お水取り in March… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| nigirihasu 握蓮 | Also *kayōzuka 荷葉束 and rengezuka 蓮華束. Decorative carved… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| nihonga 日本画 | Lit. "Japanese-style painting." The term came into use during the Meiji period to distinguish indigenous painting from… |
Art History, Painting | |
| nijiriguchi 躙口 | ✓ | Also called nijiri agariguchi 躙上り口; nijirido 躙戸 and kuguriguchi 潜口. Lit. "a crawl-in or wriggle-… |
Architecture, Tea Houses |
| nijū butsudō 二重仏堂 | A term that can be applied to any temple or shrine building etc., which has either a double roof, a skirting *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| nijū enkō 二重円光 | Also nijū enkōhai 二重円光背, nijū ensō二重円相. Lit. "double round halo." A type of halo *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| nijū kidan 二重基壇 | ✓ | Also nisei kidan 二成基壇. A stepped podium with two layers. The upper layer is called *… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| nijū nageshi 二重長押 | A double-layered non-penetrating tie beam with the upper layer often as thick as the lower one. These are found as base tie… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| nijū orekugi 二重折釘 | ✓ | Also called kakemonokugi 掛物釘. A type of hooked nail *orekugi 折釘. A… |
Architecture, General Terms |
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