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Art, aesthetics

picture scroll

artistic taste; aptitude for painting; ability to appreciate art

desire to paint

gold or silver lacquer; lacquer decoration sprinkled with metal powder

picture scroll

portrait

a plan

rough sketch; design; cartoon

illustrated diary; picture diary

structure of an artwork; pictorial design

pictures inserted in a book

Historical term

fumi-e; fumie; tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample

allegiance test; loyalty test

Card games

face card; court card

Card games

picture card (in utagaruta or iroha karuta)

cutout; cutout picture; papercut art

illustrated story

picturesque

pictorial; graphic

ceramics painting; porcelain painting; painting on china

drawing of a character in a standing pose (in video games)

ink painting

trompe l'oeil

写し絵 only

sketch (depicting real people or nature); drawing sketched from real life

magic-lantern picture; child's copying pictures; shadowgraph

写し絵 only

mirror image (e.g. of society); (metaphorical) depiction

picture for coloring in (colouring)

decorative plate

palette; pallet

illustrated; pictorial

geoglyph (drawing on the ground)

picture of Hell; painting representing Hell