Japanese Architecture and Art Net Users System, or JAANUS, is an online dictionary of
Japanese architecture and
art
Art is a diverse range of human activity, and resulting product, that involves creative or imaginative talent expressive of technical proficiency, beauty, emotional power, or conceptual ideas.
There is no generally agreed definition of wha ...
terms compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent. It contains approximately eight thousand entries. It is searchable in both
English and
romaji and contains many
hyperlinks
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and
illustrations
An illustration is a decoration, interpretation or visual explanation of a text, concept or process, designed for integration in print and digital published media, such as posters, flyers, magazines, books, teaching materials, animations, video ...
.
See also
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Japanology
Japanese studies ( Japanese: ) or Japan studies (sometimes Japanology in Europe), is a sub-field of area studies or East Asian studies involved in social sciences and humanities research on Japan. It incorporates fields such as the study of Japanes ...
References
External links
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Japanese studies
Architecture in Japan
Japanese art
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