GLOSSARY

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DARUMA MUSEUM GLOSSARY

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GLOSSARY ... VOKABULAR

If you copy and google "images" with the Japanese, you will find photos for most items.

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ashitsuki-bachi 足付鉢 (あしつきばち) bowl with legs


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Beibei kyoodan 皿皿郷談(べいべいきょうだん) A Rustic Tale of Two Heirs
(bei-bei kyodan)


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chaki ちゃき【茶器】 container for tea ceremony utensils, tea set


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Engishiki, engi-shiki えんぎしき【延喜式】 Procedures of the Engi era (927)


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fubako ふばこ【文箱／文筥】 letter dispatch box



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gyomotsu, gyobutsu ぎょもつ【御物, ぎょぶつ】 artwork commissioned by rulers. kaiserlicher Besitz




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haboku はぼく【破墨】 "splashed ink style" for paintings

hakubasami, haku-basami 箔挟（はくばさみ）pincette for holding metal sheets and leaves

hanshita-e han shite-e 版下絵 last drawing (for a woodcut)

heishi 瓶子 (へいし) ritual sake bottle

hyakunin isshuu uba ga etoki 百人一首 うばが絵解（ひゃくにんいっしゅ） 乳母か絵とき The Hundred Poems explained by the Nurse




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ichiji shita-e 一時下絵　initial preparatory sketches



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jinbako じんばこ【沈箱】 box for storing incense wood




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kawari-nuri 変塗(かわりぬり)alternative laquering

katakiribori, katakiri-bori かたきりぼり【片切（り）彫（り）】 side-cut engraving


kendai 見台 reading stand with drawer
... shokendai 書見台（しょけんだい）


koboku こぼく【古墨】 "Chinese old ink stick"

Koda Shuetsu 迎田秋悦（こうだしゅうえつ Kooda Shuuetsu）(1881 - 1933) artist in laquer ware

kohitsu こひつ【古筆】 "painting or calligraphy by the ancients"

konrei choodo 婚礼調度 wedding set, trousseau
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makie mei, maki-e mei 蒔絵銘 (まきえめい) signature in maki-e (gold/silver raises laquer work)


miyabori shi 宮彫師（みやぼりし）carver for shrines and temples


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nashiji 梨子地（なしじ） pear-skin background
... muranashiji 斑 spotted
... koinashiji 濃い thick ...

nerikawa ねりかわ【練革】hardened leather

Nezu Kaichiroo 根津嘉一郎（ねずかいちろう）(1860 - 1940) art collector, Nezu Bijutsukan Museum. Nezu Institute of Fine Arts


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Oguri gaiden 小栗外伝（おぐりがいでん）The Legend of Lord Oguri

okime おきめ【置目】 copying a pattern from a paper on a piece for laquering



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roiro, ro-iro ろいろ【蝋色／呂色】 / rooiro ろういろ black laquer background

Rose Hempel (1920 - 2009)

ryuuka suigin りゅうかすいぎん【硫化水銀】mercury sulphide (Niutsuhime is the goddess of mercury)



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sashimono shi 指物師（さしものし）hair ornament maker

seigaiha mon 青海波文（せいがいはもん）overlapping waves pattern


Serizawa Keisuke 芹沢鮭介（せりざわけいすけ）
..... (1895 - 1984) textile artist
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Shiba Kōkan, Shiba Kokan, Shiba Kookan (司馬江漢)(1747-1818), also Suzuki Harushige (鈴木春重)

shibuichi, shibu-ichi しぶいち【四分一】 , alloy (three parts copper, one part silver), used for laquer ware decorations

shingi Shingon shuu しんぎしんごんしゅう【新義真言宗】 "school of the new shingon dogma"

shioo しおう【雌黄】 orpiment / like sekioo 石黄(せきおう)

shirochoo gai 白蝶貝（しろちょうがい）pearl oyster shells


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tatoogami たとうがみ【畳紙】 decorative wrapping paper

tokuwaka ni go-manzai 徳若(とくわか)に御万歳(ごまんざい) "Be always young and enjoy longevity"


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urushigaki mei 漆書銘 (うるしがきめい) signiture in black or vermillion laquer



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zakuro guchi 柘榴口（ざくろぐち) entrance to a public bath

zasu ざす【座主】 chief priest of a large temple



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