| 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 |
| uchiguri 内刳 | A technique used to hollow out the interior of a wooden statue. The hollow produced is also called uchiguri.… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| uetsuke 植付け | Lit. "planting." A technique used to make wooden statues, where the hair and beard are made separately, and then attached to… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ukebana 受花 | ✓ | Also written 請花, 受華, 請華; sometimes pronounced ukehana. Flower-shaped support. A support in the shape of an open,… |
Architecture, Sculpture, Decorations, Art History |
| ukibori 浮彫 | Formerly known as hanshutsuzō 半出像. A relief, or a method used to carve a relief on a flat surface. Halfway… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ushitsunisha 烏瑟に沙 | See *nikkei 肉髻. A hemispherical protuberance emerging from the head of a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| usobuki 空吹 | Also usofuki, sometimes written 嘯吹. Lit. "bluffer or whistler"; a humorous mask used in kyōgen 狂言 plays.… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| usunikubori 薄肉彫 | Also asanikubori 浅肉彫, asaukibori 浅浮彫, teiukibori 低浮彫, usuukibori 薄浮彫. A type of… |
Art History, Sculpture |
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