byobu Japanese painted folding screens. Chan A Japanese Buddhist sect and its doctrine, emphasizing enlightenment through intuition and introspection rather than the study of scripture. In Chinese, Chan. daimyo Local lords who controlled small regions and owed obeisance to the shogun in the Japanese shogunate system. fusuma Japanese painted sliding­door panels. haboku In Japanese art, a loose and rapidly executed painting style in which the ink seems to have been applied by flinging or splashing it onto the paper. haiku A 17­syllable Japanese poetic form. karesansui Japanese dry landscape gardening. Kogan A Shino water jar. mingei A type of modern Japanese folk pottery. nihonga A 19th­century Japanese painting style that incorporated some Western techniques in basically Japanese­style painting, as opposed to yoga (Western painting). nishiki­e Japanese, “brocade pictures.” Japanese polychrome woodblock prints valued for their sumptuous colors. sabi Japanese; the value found in the old and weathered, suggesting the tranquility reached in old age. samurai Medieval Japanese warriors. Shino Japanese ceramic wares produced during the late 16th and early 17th centuries in kilns in Mino. shogun In 12th­ through 19th­century Japan, a military governor who managed the country on behalf of a figurehead emperor. shogunate The Japanese military government of the 12th through 19th centuries. splashed­ink painting In Japanese art, a loose and rapidly executed painting style in which the ink seems to have been applied by flinging or splashing it onto the paper. tarashikomi In Japanese art, a painting technique involving the dropping of ink and pigments onto surfaces still wet with previously applied ink and pigments. tatami The traditional woven straw mat used for floor covering in Japanese architecture. tokonoma A shallow alcove in a Japanese room, which is used for decoration, such as a painting or stylized flower arrangement. ukiyo­e Japanese, “pictures of the floating world.” wabi A 16th­century Japanese art style characterized by refined rusticity and an appreciation of simplicity and austerity. yoga A 19th­century Japanese painting style that incorporated some Western techniques in basically Japanese­style painting, as opposed to yoga (Western painting). Zen A Japanese Buddhist sect and its doctrine, emphasizing enlightenment through intuition and introspection rather than the study of scripture. In Chinese, Chan. ● Menu ● Content