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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
gachirin 月輪

Also gatsurin, getsurin. A perfectly round circle meant to represent the full moon, a frequently used…

Art History, Sculpture
ganzō 龕像

Images carved in a niche. In a broad sense the term refers to the Buddhist images of high relief carved into the rock walls…

Art History, Sculpture
gasshō 合掌

1 The triangular frame created by joining a pair of cruck-like members *…

Architecture, General Terms, Art History, Sculpture
geki 戟

Also hoko 鉾. A weapon, found as an attribute of fearsome Buddhist figures such as *…

Art History, Sculpture
Genjōraku 還城楽

Return to the castle dance, Alternative names: Genkyōraku 環京楽 (Return to Capital Dance), Genjōraku 還成楽 (Return of One of…

Art History, Sculpture
gigakumen 伎楽面

Masks worn for performances of *gigaku 伎楽, now-lost temple processions and…

Art History, Sculpture
ginbutsu 銀仏

Silver Buddha. Bronze was the most frequent metal used in the production of Buddhist statues. Where silver was used instead…

Art History, Sculpture
gishi 祇支

Also sōgishi 僧祇支 (Sk: Sankaksika). A robe worn by Buddhist priests under the *…

Art History, Sculpture
gochi hōkan 五智宝冠

Also gobutsukan 五仏冠, gobutsu hōkan 五仏宝冠, gochi nyoraikan 五智如来冠, gohō tenkan 五宝天冠. A…

Art History, Sculpture
Gojo 呉女

Maid of (the country of) Wu 呉. The only female mask in the *gigaku 伎楽 repertory…

Art History, Sculpture
gokō 後光

Also written 御光. Aureole. The light emitted from the Buddha. Often expressed as a halo *…

Art History, Sculpture
Gokō 呉公

Lit. Man of (the country of) Wu 呉, a gigaku mask *gigakumen 伎楽面,…

Art History, Sculpture
gokosho 五鈷杵

A short club with five prongs at each end, usually made of gilt bronze. The central grip is encircled by demons' eyes …

Art History, Sculpture
gōzanze-in 降三世印

Lit. mudra of the Vanquisher of the Three Worlds (SK: trailokyavijaya mudra). A mudra or hand gesture *…

Art History, Sculpture
gozō roppu 五臓六腑

The internal organs of the body as defined in Chinese medicine kanpō 漢方. A model of the internal organs, made of…

Art History, Sculpture
gunji 軍持

Also written 君持 or 軍遅. Sanskrit kundika. A vase with two spouts, found as an attribute *…

Art History, Sculpture
gyōgetsukei 仰月形

A smile found on Buddhist images, where both ends of the mouth curve upward into the shape of a crescent moon. This smile is…

Art History, Sculpture
gyokugan 玉眼

Lit. crystal eyes. Eyes made of crystal which were inserted into the head of a wooden buddhist statue in order to produce a…

Art History, Sculpture
gyorinbuki 魚鱗葺

An arrangement of sculpted lotus petals *renben 蓮弁 on a lotus pedestal *…

Art History, Sculpture
gyōsō 形相 All of the visible attributes of a Buddhist figure. These include the countenance, posture, hand positions, and any… Art History, Sculpture
gyōzō 行像

Lit. traveling image. 

1 Buddhist images shown in the position of walking, often used in…

Art History, Sculpture

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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