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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
Basusen 婆薮仙

Also read Basūsen. Basu, the Immortal, sennin 仙人. An Indian sage, whose Sanskrit name, Vasu, may…

Art History, Iconography
Batō Kannon 馬頭観音

Sk: Hayagriva. Also called Batō Myōō 馬頭明王. The Horse-headed *Kannon 観音 in an angry, …

Art History, Iconography
Benzaiten 弁才天 ✓

Also written 瓣財天. Sk: Sarasvati. A Buddhist goddess of music, learning, eloquence, wealth, longevity, and protection from…

Art History, Iconography
besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅

A variety of mandala *mandara 曼荼羅 of a relatively small scale and…

Art History, Iconography
Bishamonten 毘沙門天 ✓

A deity also called *Tamonten 多聞天 when portrayed as a member of the *…

Art History, Iconography
bodaiju 菩提樹

Sk: bodhi druma. The name of the tree under which the historical Buddha *Shaka 釈迦…

Art History, Iconography
Bonten 梵天

Sk: Brahma. A major Hindu deity thought to be responsible for creating the world. Along with *…

Art History, Iconography
bosatsu 菩薩

1 Abbreviation of bodai satta 菩提薩た, a transliteration of the Sanskrit bodhisattva (Pari bodhisatta…

Art History, Iconography, Sculpture
bussokuseki 仏足石 ✓

Lit. Buddha's foot(print) stone; also written 仏足跡 (footprints of the Buddha). A stone allegedly bearing the impression of…

Art History, Iconography
Butchō 仏頂

Also Butchōson 仏頂尊. Sk: Usnisa. Lit. Buddha-Crown. A class of Esoteric Buddhist deities generally believed to be…

Art History, Iconography
butsuden-zu 仏伝図

Lit. illustrated biographies of the Buddha. Artistic representations, usually painted or in low-relief sculpture, of the…

Art History, Iconography
Butsugen butsumo 仏眼仏母

Also Butsugenson 仏眼尊 (Venerable Buddha-Eye). Lit. Buddha-Eye, or Mother of the Buddha. Sk: Buddhalocanal Locana. An Esoteric…

Art History, Iconography
Butsugen mandara 仏眼曼荼羅

A variety of *besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅 (a mandala concerning a single deity…

Art History, Iconography
Byakue Kannon 白衣観音

Also Byakushozon 白処尊 and Byakue Kanjizaimo 白衣観自在母. (Sk: Panduravasini); White-robed *…

Art History, Iconography
hachibushū 八部衆

Abbreviation of Tenryū hachibushū 天竜八部衆. Eight classes of Indian deities who were converted by *…

Art History, Iconography
hachidai dōji 八大童子

Lit. eight great youths. Eight attendants of either *Monju 文殊 or more commonly *…

Art History, Iconography
Hafuki no Amida 歯吹きの阿弥陀

Lit. *Amida, 阿弥陀, with teeth exposed. An image of a standing Amida with his…

Art History, Iconography
Hakusan mandara 白山曼荼羅

Devotional paintings of the cult of Hakusan 白山 (white mountains), a group of mountains that border Gifu, Fukui,…

Art History, Iconography
Hannya bosatsu 般若菩薩

In full Hannya-haramitsu (or Hannya-haramitta) bosatsu 般若波羅蜜(般若波羅蜜多)菩薩. A bodhisattva *…

Art History, Iconography
henge Kannon 変化観音

The transformations in which *Kannon 観音 appears in order to save sentient…

Art History, Iconography
hiten 飛天

Flying apsaras. Heavenly beings invisible to the human eye, believed to fly with superhuman power and speed. Found in Middle…

Art History, Iconography
hōkan Amida 宝冠阿弥陀

Lit. *Amida 阿弥陀 with a Jeweled Crown. A typical representation of Buddha *…

Art History, Iconography
Hokekyō hensō 法華経変相

Drawings or paintings, zu 図 depicting the doctrine and stories of the Lotus Sutra Hokekyō 法華経,…

Art History, Iconography
Hokke mandara 法華曼荼羅

Lit. Lotus Mandala. Also Hokekyō mandara 法華経曼荼羅 (mandala depiction of the Lotus Sutra), Hokekyō hōtō mandara…

Art History, Iconography
hokuto mandara 北斗曼荼羅

A variety of mandala dedicated to specific deities *besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅…

Art History, Iconography
Hōnen 法然

Commonly known as Hōnen Shōnin 法然上人 or St. Hōnen (1133-1212), founder of the Pure Land, Jōdo 浄土 sect in…

Art History, Iconography
honjibutsu 本地仏

The original Buddhist identity of a Shinto deity *kami 神. Sometime before the…

Art History, Iconography
honjō-zu 本生図

Lit. Illustrations of original lives. The original lives; honjō 本生 or honshō, or former lives of the…

Art History, Iconography
Hōrōkaku manadara 宝楼閣曼荼羅

A specific type of mandala *besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅, based on the Daihō…

Art History, Iconography
hoshi mandara 星曼荼羅


Lit. star mandara. A variety of dedicated mandala *Butsugen mandara…

Art History, Iconography
Hossō rokuso 法相六祖

Lit. Six Patriarchs of the Hossō sect. In Japan: Shin'ei 神叡 (d. 737), Genbō 玄昉 (d. 746), Zenshu 善珠 (723-97), Gyōga 行賀(729-…

Art History, Iconography
Hotei 布袋 ✓

Ch: Budai. A semi-legendary, itinerant 10th-century Buddhist monk who became a popular subject in Chinese and Japanese ink…

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