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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
chakushu ちゃく手

Also takushu 磔手 and chōshu 張手 (Sk: vitasti). A unit of measure that originated in India, used in the…

Art History, Sculpture
chichinojō 父尉

Father old man. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a cheerful old man. The powder…

Art History, Sculpture
Chidō 治道 ✓

The path purifier, mask worn by the first actor in a procession of ancient theatrical performances gigaku 伎楽.…

Art History, Sculpture
chiken-in 智拳印

Lit. knowledge-fist mudra. A mudra or hand gesture *in 印 formed by…

Art History, Sculpture
Chikyū 地久 ✓

Also enjiraku or enchiraku 円地楽. A piece in imperial court dancing *…

Art History, Sculpture
chinsō chōkoku 頂相彫刻

Also chinzō chōkoku, see *chinsō 頂相. Portrait sculptures of…

Art History, Sculpture
chōgan 彫眼

Eyes carved directly into the surface of a wooden sculpture. This method was in general use until the late Heian period when…

Art History, Sculpture
chōjūza 鳥獣座

Also kinjūza 禽獣座 and jūza 獣座. A pedestal or throne for a Buddhist image in the form of a bird or a…

Art History, Sculpture
chōketsue 長袂衣

Also pronounced chōketsui. A garment with long sleeves. Seen, for example, on images of *…

Art History, Sculpture
chōren 頂蓮

Also kairen 開蓮. A lotus flower found on the head of a *Fudō Myōō …

Art History, Sculpture
chūjō 中将

A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 supposedly intended to represent the 9th-century poet and…

Art History, Sculpture
chūkin 鋳金

Metal casting. A technique used in metalwork to produce vessels or sculptures by melting down metal and pouring it into a…

Art History, Sculpture
chūson 中尊

Also chūdai-no-son 中台の尊. The principal statue in a group of Buddhist statues. The central image in a triad or group…

Art History, Sculpture
chūzō 鋳造

Also imono 鋳物. Casting. A technique used to make cast sculptural forms. 

The base material was heated…

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.

1 One of the seven gods of good fortune *…

Art History, Sculpture
eizō 影像

Also ei 影, *shin-ei 真影, *miei…

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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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