| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| bakō-in 馬口印 | Lit. horse-mouth mudra. A mudra or hand gesture *in 印, formed by placing both palms… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| baku 縛 | Lit. bind (Sk: bandha). A mudra or hand gesture *in 印, formed by clasping both… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Baramon 波羅門 | ✓ | A gigaku mask *gigakumen 伎楽面, representing a Brahmin (the highest… |
Art History, Sculpture |
| Batō 抜頭 | Also written 髪頭, 鉢頭, 撥頭. A dance piece in *bugaku 舞楽 and the mask of a terse,… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| benpatsu 弁髪 | Also 辮髪. A long rope of hair hanging down the left side of the face and the left shoulder of a sculpted figure.… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| beshimi akujō べし見悪尉 | Also called akujō beshimi 悪尉べし見, depending upon the school of Noh mask *nōmen… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| bikugyō 比丘形 | Also sōgyō 僧形. A statue of a figure with a round shaved head, usually representing a Buddhist priest. Most commonly… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Bishamon 毘沙門 | An abbreviation of *Bishamonten 毘沙門天, one of the four heavenly kings, or *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| bonkyō 梵篋 | A box for sutras. Indian sutras were written on long, narrow palm leaves. The leaves were stacked one top of the other, with… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| bosatsu 菩薩 | 1 Abbreviation of bodai satta 菩提薩た, a transliteration of the Sanskrit bodhisattva (Pari bodhisatta… |
Art History, Iconography, Sculpture | |
| buaku 武悪 | A mask used in kyōgen 狂言 plays to represent a demon. Glaring eyes, a wide jaw, and bared teeth give the mask a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| bugakumen 舞楽面 | Masks worn when performing certain of the *bugaku 舞楽 dances developed from… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| busshi 仏師 | Also bukkō 仏工, zōbusshi 造仏師. A sculptor of Buddhist statues. The term was first used in the… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| busshi keizu 仏師系図 | The lineage of a Buddhist sculptor *busshi 仏師, often presented as a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| bussho 仏所 | A workshop or school of Buddhist sculptors *busshi 仏師. Bussho usually… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| butsugan 仏龕 | Also gan 龕. A niche carved out of a wall for the purpose of installing a Buddhist image, or a miniature Buddhist… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| butsuzō 仏像 | A general term that refers to all images of the Buddha used as objects of worship, although most commonly used to refer to… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| byakudan 白檀 | Sandalwood; santalum album. A tree with fine-grained hardwood, native to India and Southeast Asia. The wood is pale-yellow… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| byakugō 白毫 | ✓ | Also *mikenkō 眉間光, miken byakugō 眉間白毫, miken byakugōsō 眉間白毫相… |
Art History, Sculpture |
| ebigote 海老篭手 | Also ebigatakote 海老形篭手. A shrimp-shaped gauntlet *kote 篭手. Armor worn to… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Ebisu 恵比須 | ✓ | Also written 夷, 戎, or 蛭子. |
Art History, Sculpture |
| eizō 影像 | Art History, Sculpture | ||
| emon 衣文 | Folds in a garment, or the pattern made by these folds. In Buddhist statues, the style of drapery folds changed… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| En-pa 円派 | A Buddhist sculpture school *bussho 仏所, active in Kyoto from the 11th century… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| enbu dangon 閻浮檀金 | An imaginary type of gold which, according to Buddhist scriptures, was the most precious of metals. It was said to be found… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| enkei kōhai 円形光背 | A round nimbus. A round halo on a Buddhist statue, attached to the back of the head. Enkei kōhai are further… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| enkō 円光 | A type of round nimbus *kōhai 光背 or halo, found on a Buddhist image. The… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| enmeikaja 延命冠者 | Lit. Lengthened life Kaja. A noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a cheerful young… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| enpatsu 炎髪 | Also written 焔髪. Upstanding hair in the shape of flames. This accompanies an expression of anger *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ensōkō 円相光 | Also ensō kōhai 円相光背. A large circular halo *kōhai 光背 found on… |
Art History, Sculpture |
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