| 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. |
Art History, Sculpture |
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