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ID: 300380224
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300380224

 

Record Type: concept
Japanese cypress (wood) (cypress (wood), softwood, ... Materials (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Wood of the Chamaecyparis obtusa tree, an evergreen native to Japan and East Asia. Wood is reddish-brown, fragrant, durable and fine grain. It is used for Shinto and Buddhist temples and other construction, furniture, and sculpture.
 
Terms:
Japanese cypress (wood) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
cypress, Japanese (wood) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
hinoki cypress (wood) (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
Japanse cipres (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  M.MT

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Materials Facet
Materials Facet
Hierarchy of Materials (hierarchy name)
.... Materials (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of materials (substances)
........ materials (substances) (G)
Hierarchy of <materials by origin>
............ <materials by origin> (G)
Hierarchy of biological material
................ biological material (G)
Hierarchy of plant material
.................... plant material (G)
Hierarchy of <wood and wood by product>
........................ <wood and wood by product> (G)
Hierarchy of wood (plant material)
............................ wood (plant material) (G)
Hierarchy of <wood by composition or origin>
................................ <wood by composition or origin> (G)
Hierarchy of softwood
.................................... softwood (G)
Hierarchy of cypress (wood)
........................................ cypress (wood) (G)
Hierarchy of Japanese cypress (wood)
............................................ Japanese cypress (wood) (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Hout van de Chamaecyparis obtusa, een altijdgroene boom die inheems is in Japan en Oost-AziĆ«. Het hout is roodachtig bruin, geurig, duurzaam en heeft een fijne nerf. Het wordt gebruikt voor Shinto- en boeddhistische tempels en andere bouwwerken, meubels en beeldhouwwerken. 

Sources and Contributors:
cypress, Japanese (wood)............  [GCI, VP]
.........................................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
hinoki cypress (wood)............  [GCI, VP]
......................................  Koizumi, Traditional Japanese Furniture (1986) 183
Japanese cypress (wood)............  [GCI Preferred, VP Preferred]
.........................................  AATA database (2002-) accessed 8 January 2013
.........................................  Koizumi, Traditional Japanese Furniture (1986) 183
.........................................  MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-) accessed 8 January 2013
Japanse cipres............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
.............................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
.............................  UvA Talen
 
Subject: .....  [VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [GCI, VP]
.......... AATA database (2002-) accessed 8 January 2013
.......... Koizumi, Traditional Japanese Furniture (1986) 183
.......... MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-) accessed 8 January 2013
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)
.......... UvA Talen

 

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