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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
Aizen mandara 愛染曼荼羅

A variety of *besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅, or *…

Art History, Iconography
Aizen Myōō 愛染明王

Also Aizen'ō 愛染王. Sk: Ragaraja. A deity unknown in India. The word 'raga' originally referred to the…

Art History, Iconography
ajari 阿闍梨

Sk: acarya. Teacher or master. A title conferred on an eminent priest who guides his pupils and sets a good example…

Art History, Iconography
Akadōji 赤童子

Lit. red youth. Also often called Kasuga Akadōji 春日赤童子. A mysterious human figure said to have appeared on a rock…

Art History, Iconography
Amida 阿弥陀

Also Amida Nyorai 阿弥陀如来. Buddha of Infinite Light (Sk: Amitabha, Jp: Muryōkō 無量光), also Buddha of Infinite…

Art History, Iconography
Amida jōdo hensō 阿弥陀浄土変相

Lit. Amida Pure Land Transformation Scene. A large scale depiction of the Pure Land Paradise, gokuraku jōdo 極楽浄土 of…

Art History, Iconography
Amida sanzon 阿弥陀三尊

Lit. Amida triad. A triad consisting of the Buddha *Amida 阿弥陀 (Sk:Amitabha/Amitayus) at…

Art History, Iconography
Anchin mandara 安鎮曼荼羅

A variety of *besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅 used for performing the anchinhō…

Art History, Iconography
Ashuku 阿閦

Ashuku, also Ashiku. Immovable One (Sk: Aksobhya). The name of a Buddha today generally associated with Esoteric Buddhism…

Art History, Iconography
Ashura 阿修羅

Sk: Asura. Also abbreviated to shura 修羅. Among the Indo-Iranians, the term Asura Ashura in Avestan,…

Art History, Iconography

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JAANUS is the on-line Dictionary of Japanese Architectural and Art Historical Terminology compiled by Dr. Mary Neighbour Parent.

Originally built by the Atsumi International Scholarship Foundation, it is now hosted and maintained by the Media Center for Art History at Columbia University