芸術家

げいじゅつか

artist

陶芸家

とうげいか

potter

園芸家

えんげいか

horticulturist

文芸家

ぶんげいか

man of letters, writer

工芸家

こうげいか

craftsman; artisan

芸術家肌

げいじゅつかはだ

being something of an artist, having something of the artist in one

芸術家村

げいじゅつかむら

artists' colony, colony of artists

御三家

ごさんけ

three branch Tokugawa families (Owari, Kii, and Mito)

御家人

ごけにん

lower-ranking vassal in the Kamakura and Edo periods

御家流

おいえりゅう

Japanese style of calligraphy based on the gyousho style popular in the Edo period

芸術愛好家

げいじゅつあいこうか

art lover, lover of the arts

文芸評論家

ぶんげいひょうろんか

literary critic

文芸批評家

ぶんげいひひょうか

literary critic

御家騒動

おいえそうどう

family trouble (quarrel), domestic squabble, internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

芸

げい

art, craft, accomplishment, artistic skill, technique, performance

多芸は無芸

たげいはむげい

being multi-talented means never really being especially good at any one thing, jack of all trades, master of none

御御

おみ おごう おご

another's wife or daughter

無芸

むげい

lacking talent, lacking accomplishments

芸域

げいいき

range of skills