屏風

Question 1

屏風

Answer 1

びょうぶ - folding screen

Question 2

緞子

Answer 2

どんす - damask, brocade; reversible figured silk with a woven pattern

Question 3

胴張り、骨縛り-べた

Answer 3

どうばり、ほねしばり-べた
Pasting the 2nd layer and binding and tightening the previous ほねしばり

Question 4

喰裂

Answer 4

くいさき - fiber cut, water cut

Question 5

袋

Answer 5

ふくろ - a sheet of paper which separated the painting from the panel. The painting is directly attached to the fukuro, but there is a space between the fukuro layer and the panel so that a spatula can remove the painting without the aid of moisture. Called uke in Kyoto/Osaka region

Question 6

袋掛け

Answer 6

ふくろかけ - square sheets of paper attached only by thin edges to the screen structure

Question 7

風呂先屏風

Answer 7

ふろさきびょうぶ - a two panel folding screen used today as a backdrop for the tea ceremony. Originally used to block the wind to allow water to boil

Question 8

襖

Answer 8

ふすま - portable partitioning, lightweight silk or paper panels

Question 9

青金

Answer 9

あおきん - blue gold - gold with higher silver content

Question 10

檜

Answer 10

ひのき - Japanese cypress

Question 11

反故

Answer 11

ほうぐ - recycled paper - once used for book format office docs so each sheet is the same size. Small book size papers are joined to make rolls

Question 12

骨縛り

Answer 12

ほねしばり - the first underlayer of a screen; binds the lattice under-core structure with a paper layer

Question 13

細川紙

Answer 13

ほそかわし - paper made in Ogawamachi, Saitama near Tokyo. Very strong, long-fibered kozo that comes in different weights and thicknesses

Question 14

表具師

Answer 14

ひょうぐし - a scroll or scroll mounter in the Kansai area

Question 15

框

Answer 15

かまち - strainer, outer framing members of a wooden lattice

Question 16

小縁

Answer 16

こべり - narrow inner borders measuring from 1 bu to 3 bu. Regular full size folding screens commonly have 2.5 bu koberi

Question 17

腰屏風

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こしびょうぶ - half the height of a standard byōbu screen, coming to the level of a hip (2 shaku 8 sun). 2-6 panels in size. Also called まくら屏風

Question 18

組子

Answer 18

くみこ - inner cross members of a wooden lattice. They prevent warping of the lattice

Question 19

経師屋

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きょうじや - shops that make sutra handbooks, hand scrolls, hanging scrolls, and screens

Question 20

漆

Answer 20

うるし - lacquer, produced from the Chinese lacquer tree Toxicodendron vernicifluum

Question 21

前尾瀬

Answer 21

まえおぜ - front hinges

Question 22

奥尾瀬

Answer 22

おくおぜ - back hinges

Question 23

枕屏風

Answer 23

まくらびょうぶ - used for blocking off or dividing the sleeping area; 1 shaku 4 sun, also called ko byōbu

Question 24

丸包丁

Answer 24

まるぼうちょう - round knife used to cut fabric, paper, straw and anything with fibers. Round shape means that the blade does not pull fibers

Question 25

蓑掛け

Answer 25

みのかけ - multiple staggered overlapping layers of paper, usually 2-5 layers. 3 layer is common for folding screens, 5 layer for fusuma doors. Provides cushioning, hides impressions of kumiko members

Question 26

留め合

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とめあい - 45 deg joint

Question 27

つきつけ

Answer 27

Butt joint

Question 28

大縁

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おおべり - wide outer borders measuring 1 sun to 2 sun. Regular full size folding screens commonly have 1 sun 8 bu

Question 29

石州紙

Answer 29

せきしゅうし - kozo paper used in office docs and in books for it’s smooth surface quality and resistance to ink smearing. Uni-directional fibers

Question 30

障子

Answer 30

しょうじ - a sliding door or window, uses high quality and strong kozo paper

Question 31

定木

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じょうぎ - straight edges, traditionally made with a core of hinoki and hard wood edges of cherry wood. Comes in sizes of 2 shaku, 3 shaku 3 sun, 6 shaku 4 sun, and 8 shaku

Question 32

杉

Answer 32

すぎ - Japanese cedar

Question 33

雀型

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すずめがた - “sparrow design”, the back side of folding screens has this design done with ink, paint, gold, or mica

Question 34

鳥の子紙

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とりのこ - yellow colored gampi paper

Question 35

薄美濃紙

Answer 35

うすみのがみ - smooth and strong paper with pure kozo fibers without impurities, known for its use as Shōji paper. Most preferred lining paper for art conservation

Question 36

しょうふ糊、澱粉糊

Answer 36

しょうふのり、でんぷんのり - wheat starch paste

Question 37

箔貼師

Answer 37

はくはりし - gold gilder

Question 38

貼師

Answer 38

はりし - paster for scroll mounting

Question 39

1 尺 = 10 寸

Answer 39

1 しゃく= 10 すん

Question 40

1 寸 = 10 分

Answer 40

1 すん = 10 ぶ

Question 41

1 分 = 10 厘

Answer 41

1 ぶ = 10 りん