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Japanese Name Translations
Japanese Hanko Personal Seal or Stamp

Custom etched Japanese Character Jewelry
Glossary of Terms
Terms Relating to Japanese Arts and Crafts



There are thousands and thousands of terms that, when defined help the lover of Japanese arts, crafts, and culture better understand. This list represents just a select few of such terms...

Ai
Ajisai
Anime
Arrowroot
Bijin-e
Bokei
Buddhist Meditation Candles
Byobu
Ceramics
Chado
Chanoyu
Chochin
Cloth Yukatas
Entrance
Five Hole Bamboo Flute
Foyer
Fude Calligraphy Brush
Fusuma Doors
Geisha
Genkan Doors
Hagi Ware
Handmade Paper
Hand Made Paper
Hand-made Paper
Hanko Signature Seals
Higa
Hiroshige
Hokusai
Ikarikei
In
Indigo
Insho
Inshou
Ishi-doro
Jakki
Japanese Arts and Crafts
Japanese Calligraphy
Japanese Candles
Japanese Cedar
Japanese Ceramics
Japanese Clothing
Japanese Cypress Tree
Japanese Festival
Japanese Flutes
Japanese Furniture
Japanese Gardens
Japanese Maples
Japanese Paper Lanterns
Japanese Pottery
Japanese Public Bath
Japanese Stone Garden Lanterns
Japanese Summer Festival
Japanese Tatami Mat
Japanese Textiles
Japanese Woodworking
Japanese Woodworking Tools
Jitsuin
Kabuki
Kama
Kamoi
Kazura
Kiln
Kimonos
Kinu
Komuso
Kozo
Kutani Ware
Kuzu
Lanterns
Lightweight Summer Kimono
Lower Track
Manga
Maples
Makura-e
Matsuri
Mino Ware
Momiji
Mulberry Tree
Namahazome
Natural Indigo Dyeing
Noren
Obi Yukata Belt
Okama
One Hundred Views of Edo
Orimono
Pachinko
Paper
Paper Lanterns
Pictures of the Floating World
Pottery
Press
Priests of Nothingness
Public Bath
Raku Ware
Ranma Panels
Ryokan
Sawara
Seals
Sento Bath
Sado
Shaku
Shaku hachi
Shakuhachi
Shakuhachi Japanese Bamboo Flutes
Shiborizome
Shikii
Shodo
Shoji
Shoji Doors
Shoji Panels
Shoji Screens
Shoji Windows
Shouji
Shunga
Signature Seals
Silk Kimonos
Silk Yukatas
Sliding Doors
Some mono
Somemono
Spring Pictures
Stamps and Seals
Stone Garden Lanterns
Stone Lanterns
Sugi
Summer Cotton Kimonos
Tadeai
Take
Tatami Mats
Tategu
Textiles
Tie-dyeing
Tie Dyeing
Tojiki
Toro
Toujiki
Tourou
Tsuru
Turu
Ukiyoe
Ukiyo e
Ukiyo-e
Upper Track
Utamaro
Vat-dyeing
Vat Dyeing
Vine Basket
Warosoku
Warousoku
Washi
Wax-resist dyeing
Windows
Woodblock prints
Woven Vine Planters and Baskets
Yaki mono
Yakimono
Yukata
Zazen
Zen Meditation Candles

 


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