banquet or reception hall
fusuma; Japanese sliding screen
images drawn or painted on fusuma
each; (arch.) you (plural)
to ask a question; to ask questions
mid-Edo period Imari ware
depiction; description; portrayal
tender; warm; meticulous; detailed; deep (of a colour); thick (e.g. fog)
blue (colour, color); sad; down (in the dumps)
line; stripe; line (e.g. telephone line); wire; ray (e.g. X-ray); beam; line (e.g. of a railroad)
lapis lazuli; lapis lazuli (color); beryl; mall blue passerine bird (esp. the blue-and-white flycatcher and the Siberian blue robin, but also the red-flanked bluetail); glass
unreliable; undependable; helpless; forlorn; worried; uneasy
I don't care; fine, whatever; that's okay; sure, go ahead
folding screen covered with gold leaf
bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry
dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris); squealer; rat; loser; asshole; counterfeit
cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus); shamisen; geisha; wheelbarrow; clay bed-warmer; bottom; submissive partner of a homosexual relationship
roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity
(one's) gaze; direction in which one is looking; point of view; standpoint; line covering someone's eyes (in an edited photograph)
Rimpa school (of painting, 17th-early 20th century)
creator (of a work); author; writer; artist; composer; playwright
nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable
painter; artist; painter supported by patron
to hide; to conceal; to lower volume (of a sound or one's voice) so as not to be heard; to become quiet and inconspicuous
creation; founding; initiating
Sakai Houitsu (1761-1828)
sticking (in one place, position, etc.); settling; becoming established (of a custom, system, etc.); taking hold; fixation (photography); fixing
molding; moulding; shaping; modelling (i.e. plastic arts); modeling
from the standpoint of; as a matter of (e.g. fact); aboard (a ship or vehicle); on top of; first volume (e.g. book); superior quality; best
commemoration; celebration; honoring the memory of something; turning something into a memento; memory