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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
Taima mandara 当麻曼荼羅

Mandala of Taima. The most complete depiction of the *Kangyō hensō…

Art History, Iconography
Taishakuten 帝釈天

A major Hindu god called Indra or Sakra who has two major roles in Buddhist literature, one as king of the gods and lord of…

Art History, Iconography
Taizō kyūzuyō 胎蔵旧図様

A collection of iconographical line drawings *hakubyō 白描 in handscroll form…

Art History, Iconography
Taizō zuzō 胎蔵図像

A collection of iconographical line drawings *hakubyō 白描 in handscroll form…

Art History, Iconography
Taizōkai mandara 胎蔵界曼荼羅

A *mandara 曼荼羅 based on the Dainichikyō 大日経 (Sk: …

Art History, Iconography
takarabune 宝船 ✓

A sailboat hokakebune 帆掛船 at full sail, loaded with rice bushels and treasures takara 宝, often bearing the…

Art History, Iconography
Tamonten 多聞天

Also *Bishamonten 毘沙門天. Sk: Vaisravana. A fierce guardian deity believed to protect…

Art History, Iconography
tanjōbutsu 誕生仏

Lit. "Buddha at birth." A sculptural representation of the historical Buddha *Shaka 釈迦…

Art History, Iconography
Tara Bosatsu 多羅菩薩

A female form of *Kannon 観音 who appears as the mother of the Kannon section (Kannon'in…

Art History, Iconography
ten 天

An Indian god (Sk: deva) or goddess (Sk: devi) of non-Buddhist origin. When referring to such deities, the character "bu…

Art History, Iconography
tenjin 天神

Lit. "heaven people."

1 The heavenly gods as opposed to the gods of earth, chigi 地祇.
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Art History, Iconography, Sculpture
Tobatsu Bishamonten 兜跋毘沙門天

A manifestation of *Bishamonten 毘沙門天 said to have appeared in the Central Asian…

Art History, Iconography
Totō Tenjin 渡唐天神 ✓

Tenjin crossing to China. The Heian period courtier, poet, and scholar Sugawara Michizane 菅原道真 (845-903) was deified as the…

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