Japanese lantern

American  

noun

1. Chinese lantern.

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Japanese lantern British  

noun

1. another name for Chinese lantern

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Etymology

Origin of Japanese lantern

First recorded in 1890–95

Example Sentences

WAPATO, Wash. — The traditional Japanese lantern in the driveway of Inaba Produce Farms offers just a hint of the richly layered history behind this once-humble agricultural operation in eastern Washington.

From New York Times

A horizontal row of three progressively smaller trapezoidal boxes made from balsawood covered in paper, like a Japanese lantern, starts with a bulb and ends in a flat plane of paper suggesting a blank billboard.

From Los Angeles Times

Meet at the Japanese Lantern on the Tidal Basin, at the west end of Kutz Bridge on Independence Ave. SW.

From Washington Post

In Mr. Sachs’s alternate universe, the traditional toro Japanese lantern incorporates a walker as a base and a tennis ball as a finial; Yoda the Jedi master replaces a chrysanthemum on top of a charcoal brazier; and a cast-bronze bonsai is modeled on a construction of hundreds of Q-tips, toothbrushes and tampon tubes.

From New York Times

“It glows like a Japanese lantern,” Mr. Holl said of the material.

From New York Times