Art History

Question 1

考古資料

Answer 1

Archaeological material

Question 2

旧石器時代

Answer 2

Paleolithic era (きゅうせっき)

Question 3

羨道墳

Answer 3

せんどうふん

Passage tomb

Question 4

新石器時代

Answer 4

しんせっき

Neolithic period

Question 5

洞窟

Answer 5

どうくつ

Question 6

壁画

Answer 6

へきが mural

Question 7

石彫

Answer 7

いしぼり

Stone carving

Question 8

石器

Answer 8

せっき

Stone artifact

Question 9

剥離技法

Answer 9

はくりぎほう

Levallois (ルバロア) technique (chipping in a tortoise shell sort of pattern)

Question 10

狩猟

Answer 10

しゅりょう

Hunting

Question 11

変貌

Answer 11

へんぼう

Transfigure

Question 12

西洋美術史

Answer 12

せいようびじゅつし

Western art history

Question 13

彫刻

Answer 13

ちょうこく

Carving, engraving

Question 14

真言宗

Answer 14

Shingon Buddhism

Question 15

浄土仏教

Answer 15

じょうど Pureland Buddhism

Question 16

燕子花図

Answer 16

カキツバタず

Question 17

Hunter gatherer society

Answer 17

狩猟採集社会

しゅりょうさいしゅう

Question 18

Agrarian society

Answer 18

農耕社会

のうこう

Question 19

圧痕

Answer 19

Impression (remaining) あっこん

Question 20

網代編み

Answer 20

あじろあみ、wickerwork

Question 21

装身具

Answer 21

そうしんぐ、accessory, personal ornament

Question 22

透し彫り

Answer 22

すかしぼり、openwork, or more specifically, pierced relief in woodcarving

Question 23

緻密

Answer 23

ちみつ、meticulous, Byzantine

Question 24

繊細

Answer 24

せんさい、delicate

Question 25

精緻

Answer 25

せいち、elaborate

Question 26

散見する

Answer 26

さんけん、come across occasionally

Question 27

駆使する

Answer 27

くし、make full use of

Question 28

樹皮

Answer 28

じゅひ、tree bark

Question 29

護符

Answer 29

ごふ、talisman

Question 30

雄弁を物語る

Answer 30

ゆうべんをものがたる、seem to imply, speaks for itself

Question 31

敬虔

Answer 31

けいけん、devoted (prayer)

Question 32

委ねる

Answer 32

ゆだねる、leave up to

Question 33

祈願

Answer 33

きがん、prayer

Question 34

凌駕

Answer 34

りょうが、surpass

Question 35

君臨する

Answer 35

くんりん、reign

Question 36

施文

Answer 36

せもん、add pattern

Question 37

強靱

Answer 37

きょうじん、resilient

Question 38

萌芽

Answer 38

ほうが、sprout, embryo

Question 39

石斧形

Answer 39

せきふがた stone ax shape

Question 40

玉斧

Answer 40

ぎょくふ、name for decorative beads in the shape of stone axes

Question 41

緑青

Answer 41

ろくしょう、verdigris, patina

Question 42

幾重

Answer 42

いくえ、many layers

Question 43

豊穣

Answer 43

ほうじょう、fertility

Question 44

煮沸用

Answer 44

しゃふつよう, for boiling water

Question 45

影絵

Answer 45

かげえ、silhouette

Question 46

風景画

Answer 46

ふうけいが、landscape painting

Question 47

線画

Answer 47

せんが、line drawing

Question 48

鋸歯文

Answer 48

きょしもん、sawtooth pattern

Question 49

幾何学文

Answer 49

きかがくもん、geometric pattern

Question 50

金銅

Answer 50

こんどう, gilt bronze

Question 51

顔料

Answer 51

がんりょう color, pigment

Question 52

同心円

Answer 52

どうしんえん concentric circles

Question 53

半肉彫り

Answer 53

はんにくぼり half relief

Question 54

朝貢

Answer 54

ちょうこう、 tributary (state)

Question 55

弥勒菩薩(みろくぼさつ)

Answer 55

Maitreya

Question 56

経典

Answer 56

きょうてん Buddhist sutra

Question 57

二等辺三角形

Answer 57

にとうへんさんかくけい、isosceles triangle

Question 58

中尊

Answer 58

ちゅうそん, middle figure in a Buddhist sculpture

Question 59

光背

Answer 59

こうはい、halo

Question 60

懸裳

Answer 60

かけも、hanging robe on Buddhist figure (hanging over pedestal)