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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
Raigō-in Amida 来迎印阿弥陀

Lit. "Amida with welcoming descent mudras." A figure of *Amida 阿弥陀 with hand…

Art History, Iconography
raigō-zu 来迎図

Painted images of Buddhas and bodhisattvas, such as *Shaka 釈迦, *…

Art History, Iconography
rakan 羅漢

Arhat. Ch: luohan, Sk: arhan. Abbreviation of arakan 阿羅漢, a translation of the Sk. term arhan…

Art History, Iconography
rasetsu 羅刹

Transliteration of Sanskrit raksasa, a term for demons in general, but which may also be divided into three classes…

Art History, Iconography
Rinzai 臨済

Also known by the Chinese name: Linji. A Tang dynasty priest who founded a major school of chan (Jp: Zen 禅) Buddhism. Zen…

Art History, Iconography
Rishukyō mandara 理趣経曼荼羅

The Rishukyō jūhachi-e mandara was introduced from China to Japan by Ennin 円仁 (794-864) and Shūei 宗叡 (809-884…

Art History, Iconography
Roku Kannon 六観音

A group of six forms of *Kannon 観音, each of which is responsible for saving…

Art History, Iconography
rokudō-e 六道絵

Also occasionally read rikudō-e. Lit. "six paths."
Paintings of the six paths rokudō 六道 of existence…

Art History, Iconography
rokuji myōgō 六字名号

Lit. "six character name." The six Chinese characters used to write "Namu Amida Butsu 南無阿弥陀仏." An homage to the…

Art History, Iconography
Rokuso 六祖

The sixth Zen 禅 (Ch: Chan) patriarch, Huineng (Jp: Enō 慧能, 638-713), also considered the 33rd patriarch in descent from the…

Art History, Iconography
Rushanabutsu 盧舎那仏

Also read "Roshanabutsu." The Rushana Buddha. Rushana is an abbreviation of Birushana 昆盧舎那 in turn a…

Art History, Iconography
Ryōkai mandara 両界曼荼羅

Lit. "mandala of the two realms," namely, the *Taizōkai mandara 胎蔵界曼荼羅…

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