| List
of Japanese terms with explanations
A
- F
aiban a picture's format,
c22,5 x 34,5 cm
aizuri-e indigo-print-picture
atozuri
later prints
of a woodcut
bijin-ga
picture(s) of beautiful
women
bokashi gradation
of colour
byobu
a folding screen
chuban
a picture's format, medium-sized, c28 x 19 cm
daikagura
temple dance in
a Shinto shrine
daimyo
great lord, feudal
lord, ruler
diptych
picture made of
two parts
Edo
ancient name of Tokyo, 'Eastern
Capital'
Edo period
from 1603 - 1867
egoyomi
calendar-prints
(contain an indication of the sequence of long and short months as part of the design)
e-makimono
a picture handscroll
G
- L
ga
picture, drawing,
painting
geisha
a professional female
companion for men in Japan,
trained in music, dancing, and
the art of conversation
gofun
opaque white pigment made
from
calcium carbonate
hana
flower(s)
hanga
print, general term
for woodblock print(s)
hashira-e
post-picture, a long
and
narrow woodblock print, c70
x 20 cm
haori
jacket worn over
a kimono
Heian period
from 794 - 1185 with the capital
Kyoto
hikon-ga
Japanese-style painting
inari
fox, God of farming
jizuri
self-printed
Kabuki
traditional Japanese
popular
theatre
kacho-ga pictures
of birds and flowers
kakemono-e
a picture handscroll, c75
x 45 cm
kimono
a Japanese garment
with wide sleeves
kira-e printed
with mica
koban a picture's format, c9,5 x 13 cm
kokeshi
a limbless wooden
doll
M
- R
manga
caricature, cartoon
Meiji
period from 1868
- 1912
mingei folk
art
mokuhan
woodblock printing
process or technique
moku-hanga
woodblock print
Momoyama
period from 1573
- 1603
musha-e
warrior-picture
ningyo Japanese
doll(s)
nishiki-e a
multicolour ukiyo-e type of
print
Noh a
highly stylized Japanese drama
oban
a picture's format, large-sized, c39 x 26 cm
obi
broad waistband
worn with a kimono
ogi
folding fan
okubi-e picture
with a face or a large head
onnagata actor
of the kabuki theatre playing
the part of a woman
origami
traditional
Japanese art of paper folding
S
- Z
sumizuri-e black
ink printed pictures
sensu folding
fan
shin
new
shin-hanga
new prints in
modified ukiyo-e
style
Shinto traditional
religion in
Japan
shikishiban a picture's format,
c24 x 25 cm
Showa period
from 1926 - 1989
shokizuri
early prints
of a woodcut
shozuri first
prints of a woodcut
shunga
erotic paintings,
drawings or prints, 'spring
pictures'
shu
collection
sosaku
creative
sosaku-hanga
creative print(s)
surimono
a 'printed thing'
to commemorate an event
tetsubin
teapot, kettle
Taisho
period from 1912
- 1926
tansu
furniture, chest(s)
tanzaku
a picture's format, c38 x 16 cm
Tokaido
major eastern road
from Kyoto
to Edo (Tokyo)
Tokugawa a
shôgun family
in Edo
Tokugawa
period from 1603
- 1867 (= Edo period)
torii a
high gate at the entrance to
a sacred Shinto area
triptych
picture made of
three parts
uchiwa flat fan
ukiyo-e
a painting style
and related woodblock prints
popular in the Edo and early
Meiji period
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