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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
Fu Daishi 傅大士

Ch: Fu Daishi. Buddhist Master Fu or Great Teacher Fu. The Chinese Buddhist layman Fu Xi (Jp: Fu Kyū 傅翕, 497-569)…

Art History, Iconography
Fudarakusen 補陀落山

Sanskrit: Potalaka. Sometimes written 普陀楽山, 布落迦山; also called Fudaraku 補陀落. Octagonal island-mountain paradise…

Art History, Iconography
Fudō Myōō 不動明王

The chief of the Five Great Myōō, *Godai Myōō 五大明王, Fudō has been, and…

Art History, Iconography
Fugen 普賢

Lit. universally good (Sk: Samantabhadra); also Henkitsu 遍吉. A bodhisattva, *bosatsu…

Art History, Iconography
Fuji mandara 富士曼荼羅

Devotional paintings of Mt. Fuji 富士 in a large hanging scroll format. Usually they are in the form of sankei mandara…

Art History, Iconography
Fūjin Raijin 風神雷神

Lit. Wind God and Thunder God. Based on popular Indian deities (Sk: Vayu and Varun) and Chinese deities (Ch: Fengshen 風神 and…

Art History, Iconography
Fukūkenjaku Kannon 不空羂索観音

Also known as Fukūkensaku Kannon. His name, "non-empty noose," is pronounced differently in Shingon 真言 (Fukaukenjaku) and…

Art History, Iconography
Fukurokuju 福禄寿 ✓

Ch: Fu Lu Shou. A popular deity of wealth (fuku 福), happiness (roku 禄), and longevity( ju 寿),…

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