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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
Chigo Daishi 稚児大師

The Buddhist acolyte form of the name *Kūkai 空海 (774-835; see *…

Art History, Iconography
Chikō mandara 智光曼荼羅

Also referred to as the First mandala. A small wooden painting. The oldest of the Three Jōdo Mandalas *…

Art History, Iconography
e-ingakyō 絵因果経

Lit. Illustrated Scripture of Cause and Effect. Also known as Kako genzai ingakyō emaki 過去現在因果経絵巻. 

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Art History, Iconography
En no Gyōja 役行者

Also known as En no Ozunu 役小角 (also read En no Shōkaku) and En no Ubasoku 役優婆塞.

A semi-…

Art History, Iconography
Enmaō 閻魔王

Also Enraō 閻羅王; Sk: Yamaraja. The name whereby *Enmaten 焔魔天 is more commonly known…

Art History, Iconography
Enmaten mandara 焔魔天曼荼羅

A variety of mandala *mandara 曼荼羅, centered on *…

Art History, Iconography
Enmaten 焔魔天

Also written 閻摩天, 焔摩天, 炎摩天. Enma is a transliteration of Sk: Yama, which in Indian mythology is the name of the…

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