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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
Basusen 婆薮仙

Also read Basūsen. Basu, the Immortal, sennin 仙人. An Indian sage, whose Sanskrit name, Vasu, may…

Art History, Iconography
Batō Kannon 馬頭観音

Sk: Hayagriva. Also called Batō Myōō 馬頭明王. The Horse-headed *Kannon 観音 in an angry, …

Art History, Iconography
Benzaiten 弁才天 ✓

Also written 瓣財天. Sk: Sarasvati. A Buddhist goddess of music, learning, eloquence, wealth, longevity, and protection from…

Art History, Iconography
besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅

A variety of mandala *mandara 曼荼羅 of a relatively small scale and…

Art History, Iconography
Bishamonten 毘沙門天 ✓

A deity also called *Tamonten 多聞天 when portrayed as a member of the *…

Art History, Iconography
bodaiju 菩提樹

Sk: bodhi druma. The name of the tree under which the historical Buddha *Shaka 釈迦…

Art History, Iconography
Bonten 梵天

Sk: Brahma. A major Hindu deity thought to be responsible for creating the world. Along with *…

Art History, Iconography
bosatsu 菩薩

1 Abbreviation of bodai satta 菩提薩た, a transliteration of the Sanskrit bodhisattva (Pari bodhisatta…

Art History, Iconography, Sculpture
bussokuseki 仏足石 ✓

Lit. Buddha's foot(print) stone; also written 仏足跡 (footprints of the Buddha). A stone allegedly bearing the impression of…

Art History, Iconography
Butchō 仏頂

Also Butchōson 仏頂尊. Sk: Usnisa. Lit. Buddha-Crown. A class of Esoteric Buddhist deities generally believed to be…

Art History, Iconography
butsuden-zu 仏伝図

Lit. illustrated biographies of the Buddha. Artistic representations, usually painted or in low-relief sculpture, of the…

Art History, Iconography
Butsugen butsumo 仏眼仏母

Also Butsugenson 仏眼尊 (Venerable Buddha-Eye). Lit. Buddha-Eye, or Mother of the Buddha. Sk: Buddhalocanal Locana. An Esoteric…

Art History, Iconography
Butsugen mandara 仏眼曼荼羅

A variety of *besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅 (a mandala concerning a single deity…

Art History, Iconography
Byakue Kannon 白衣観音

Also Byakushozon 白処尊 and Byakue Kanjizaimo 白衣観自在母. (Sk: Panduravasini); White-robed *…

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