Category:Japanese art terminology

This category is for jargon relating to Japanese art (visual arts), especially terms in the original Japanese, which may be used in print in any English-language literature on Japanese art.

Many terms are idiosyncratic and may not be accurately represented by a succinct English equivalent notation (rough translation). The terminology included may relate to prehistoric art of the Jomon and Yayoi periods, Japanese Buddhist art, nihonga techniques using sumi and other pigments and dyes, various artisan crafts such as lacquerware techniques, katana and swordmaking, temple, shrine, and castle architecture, carpentry terms, words relating to kimono making industry, including yuzen and other methods of dying cloth, textile-weaving, braiding.

Once the category is sufficiently populated, the articles may need to be recategorized into specific subcategories.