Haiku: verse form consisting of seventeen syllables.
Hakuin (1685-1768): Zen teacher of Tokugawa period who revived Rinzai sect.
haniwa: clay sculpture of the pre-Buddhist period.
harakiri: ritual suicide, more politely known as seppuku.
Heian: Period of indigenous aristocratic culture.
hibachi: small brazier heater in the traditional Japanese house.
Hideyori (1593-1615): son of Hideyoshi, committed suicide when defeated by Tokugawa Ievasu.
Hideyoshi (1536-1598): general who assumed control of Japan after Oda Nobunaga was murdered and who inspired Momoyama age of Japanese art.
Hinayana: more traditional form of Japanese Buddhism, which is practiced in Southeast Asia.
hinoki: Japanese cypress.