| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jizō 地蔵 | Lit. earth repository (Sk: Ksitigarbha). A bodhisattva *bosatsu 菩薩 believed to… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| jizō gōshi 地蔵格子 | A latticed door made with both horizontal and vertical laths at the same surface level. There are no recessed laths nailed… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| jizōdō 地蔵堂 | ✓ | A temple hall where the Buddhist deity *Jizō 地蔵 (Sk. Ksitigarbha) is… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| jizumi 地墨 | Making carbon ink *sumi 墨 by grinding an ink stick on an inkstone… |
Art History, Painting | |
| jō 畳 | Also written 帖. |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| jō-in Amida 定印阿弥陀 | Amida with the jō-in 定印 or *zenjō-in 禅定印 (Sk: dhyanamudra;… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| jō 帖 | 1 A form of concertina-folded book *orihon 折本. |
Art History, Painting | |
| jō 丈 | A unit of linear measure that equals 3.03 meters or about 10 feet. Equivalent to 10 shaku 尺. Although the metric… |
Architecture, Measurement | |
| jōbyō tekitō 浄瓶てき倒 | Ch: Jingping tidao. Also reads jōhei tōtō. A painting subject of the Tang dynasty Zen priests Izan Reiyū い山霊祐 (Ch:… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Jōchōyō 定朝様 | A style of sculpture created by the Buddhist sculptor *busshi 仏師 Jōchō 定朝 (?-… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jōdan 上段 | ✓ | A dais or a part of the floor in aristocratic dwellings of the *shoin 書院 style,… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings |
| Jōdo Goso 浄土五祖 | The Five Chinese Patriarchs of the Pure Land Jōdo 浄土 sect. The sect was organized in Japan by *… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| jōdo hensō 浄土変相 | Abbreviation of jōdo hensō zu 浄土変相図. Also known as jōdo mandara 浄土曼荼羅. Pictorial representations, often… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Jōdo sanmandara 浄土三曼荼羅 | Lit. three Pure Land Mandalas. Traditionally refers to the three most famous types of *… |
Architecture, Iconography | |
| jōdo teien 浄土庭園 | Lit. Pure Land garden. Large pond gardens at Pure Land Buddhist temples which recreate the palatial garden of *… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| Jōdodō 浄土堂 | Lit. Pure Land Hall. The main hall of the Shingon 真言 sect temple of Jōdoji 浄土寺 in Hyōgo Prefecture, dedicated to *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| Jōdokyō bijutsu 浄土教美術 | Art of the Pure Land faith. Originating in the Nara period, Pure Land Buddhism is a more personal form of the faith than… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| jōfu 上布 | Lit. superior cloth. A jōfu lightweight, fine hand-woven cloth made lightweight from delicate hand-twisted ramie… |
Art History, Crafts | |
| jōfuku 条幅 | A hanging scroll *kakemono 掛物 made of a paper called *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| Jōgan gishiki 貞観儀式 | The Jōgan gishiki is a ten volume collection of ceremony regulations compiled by Fujiwara Ujimune 藤原氏宗 by order of… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| Jōge nidanshiki teien 上下二段式庭園 | Lit. upper-lower, two-step style garden. A modern term designating a common type of bipartite garden featuring a small pond… |
Architecture, Gardens | |
| jōge 上下 | Also called tenchi 天地 or jidai 地題. A part of the mounting of a hanging scroll *… |
Art History, Painting | |
| jōgi 定規 | ✓ | A gauge used to confirm the straightness of structural members. A structural member is placed between the two boards of the… |
Architecture, Tools |
| jōgibiki 定規引き | Also called *kaiga 界画. A line drawing technique where a straight edge or… |
Art History, Painting | |
| jōgo zukuri 漏斗造 | Also called jōgomune 漏斗棟. A roof-style found on vernacular houses *minka… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| jōgyōdō 常行堂 | Also called jōgyō sanmaidō 常行三昧堂. A hall where a devotee walks around a statue of the *… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| jōhachi 丈八 | A standard height for a Buddhist statue. A variation of the *jōroku 丈六.… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jōhaku 条帛 | A decorative scarf worn by Buddhist deities and guardian figures. It is draped diagonally across the upper body, usually… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Jōi Monju 縄衣文殊 | Also read Jōe Monju (Ch: shengyi wenshu). Lit. rope-robed *Monju… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| jōi 上居 | Also written 常居. |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| jōjōdan 上々段 | ✓ | A relatively small space elevated one step higher than the *jōdan 上段,… |
Architecture, Aristocratic Dwellings |
| jōkamachi 城下町 | Lit. town below the castle. A castle town. A town's fortress was located as a rule in a mountain, while the accompanying… |
Architecture, Castles | |
| Jōmeimon 承明門 | ✓ | Also read Shōmeimon, called *Kōmon 閤門. A large, single-storied gate… |
Architecture, Gates |
| jōmen 尉面 | A mask representing an old man, jō 尉, in particular the old men masks of the *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Jōmon jidai 繩文時代 | Lit. cord-mark period. The Jōmon period ran from ca. 10,000 BC-ca. 300 BC. The period takes its name from the decoration on… |
Art History, General Terms | |
| jōōgata tōrō 紹鴎形灯籠 | A lantern with a canopy and a square fire holder higuchi 火口 supported below the middle base by a single natural… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| jorinmoku 如鱗杢 | Also 如鱗木, gyorinmoku 魚鱗木. Lit. curly wood-grain. |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| jōroku 丈六 | A standard height for a Buddhist statue. Abbreviation of one *jō 丈 and six … |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jōsaku 城柵 | 1 A fence around a castle. See *saku 柵. |
Architecture, Castles | |
| jōsei kidan 上成基壇 | ✓ | The upper level of a two-stepped podium *nijū kidan 二重基壇. The lower level is… |
Architecture, General Terms |
| jōshikō ganna 上仕工鉋 | Special finishing plane. A smoothing plane used in the final stages of wood preparation to get a glossy surface on timber,… |
Architecture, Tools | |
| jōshō 縄床 | Also written 縄牀. Also jōton 縄榻. A rough chair, originally from India, with the back or seat wrapped in rope or cord… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jōya 上屋 | Lit. upper house. Principal part of farmhouse structure. The central portion of the cross-section of the structural frame in… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| jōyabari 上屋梁 | Principal transverse beam. The beam that receives the diagonal braces at the end of a gable roof. It also supports the ridge… |
Architecture, General Terms | |
| jōyabashira 上屋柱 | 1 The posts which support the ends of the principal transverse beams *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| jōyageta 上屋桁 | The purlins or plates *keta 桁, supported on the main frame posts *… |
Architecture, Folk Dwellings | |
| jōzadoko 上座床 | Lit. upper seat alcove. Also read kamizadoko. An alcove *tokonoma… |
Architecture, Tea Houses | |
| jū 重 | A story or level of a building, used especially in reference to a pagoda. For example, a *… |
Architecture, Measurement | |
| jūben rengemon 重弁蓮華文 | ✓ | A roof tile style with a lotus pattern with double layered petals. The additional petals are placed between the leaf sprout… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| jūben 重弁 | A layered petal motif with one or more petals superimposed one on top of another. It is found on some pendants *… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| jūbō 住房 | The earliest (6th-12th century) Buddhist living quarters for priests' and monks. Arranged outside the sacred area containing… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| jūdai deshi 十大弟子 | Abbreviation of Shaka jūdai deshi 釈迦十大弟子. The Ten Chief Disciples of the historical Buddha *… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| jūgyū 十牛 | Ch: jiuniu. Lit. ten bulls. A Zen 禅 (Ch: chan) allegory in which Buddhist training, from first initiation to final… |
Art History, Painting | |
| jūhozo 重ほぞ | ✓ | Also called kasanehozo 重ねほぞ; also ryōhozo 両ほぞ. Lit. a stacked tenon. A tenon with a 2-stepped broad… |
Architecture, Joints |
| Jūichimen Kannon 十一面観音 | Sk: Ekadasamukha. Eleven-headed Kannon; a form of *Kannon 観音 with eleven miniature faces… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Jūjūtō 十重塔 | A unique, ten-story stone pagoda *sekitō 石塔 at Injōji 引接寺(1386) in Kyoto.… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| juka bijin 樹下美人 | ✓ | Ch: shuxia meiren. A painting theme of a beautiful woman under a tree. The subject found throughout Asia may have… |
Art History, Painting |
| jūkenmon 重圏文 | A pattern composed of concentric circles on a pendant *gatō 瓦当 and parallel… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| jukōgata tōrō 珠光形灯籠 | Also read shukōgata tōrō. Also written shikōgata 四光形. A type of lantern with a gently rounded canopy… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| jūkomon nokihiragawara 重弧文軒平瓦 | ✓ | A pattern of parallel lines decorating the pendant *gatō 瓦当 of a broad,… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| jun'yokoya 順横矢 | Lit. regular side arrow. |
Architecture, Castles | |
| jūni shinshō 十二神将 | Also jūni yakusha taishō 十二薬叉大将, jūni shinshō 十二神王. The twelve protective deities *… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| jūniten 十二天 | Twelve Deities. A group of tutelary deities consisting of various Hindu gods, which was incorporated into Esoteric Buddhism… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Juntei 准胝 | Sk: Cundi. Also Juntei Butsumo 准胝仏母, Shichigutei Butsumo 七倶胝仏母, or Butsumo Juntei 仏母准胝. … |
Art History, Iconography | |
| jūō 十王 | Ten Kings. The ten kings of hell who preside at the gates of the underworld, assigning souls to heaven or hell. The Buddhist… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Jurōjin 寿老人 | ✓ | Ch: Shou laoren. A Chinese Taoist god known as the immortal of the Northern Song and also considered the personification of… |
Art History, Iconography |
| jūroku musashi 十六武蔵 | A kind of table game played with one king and 16 round, pawn-like piece of paper on each side of a divided board. The board… |
Art History, Painting | |
| jūroku rakan 十六羅漢 | Sixteen arhats *rakan 羅漢. The saintly ascetics who gathered at the death and… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| jūroku 十六 | Sixteen. A noh mask *nōmen 能面, representing the young Heike 平家… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jūroku zenshin 十六善神 | Also read jūroku zenjin. Abbreviation of Shaka jūroku zenshin 釈迦十六善神 or Shaka sanzon jūroku… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| jūsanbutsu 十三仏 | Thirteen Buddhas. A set of thirteen Buddhist deities, including *myōō 明王 (Sk… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| jūsanjū-no-tō 十三重の塔 | ✓ | A thirteen-storied pagoda. The only wooden thirteen-storied pagoda extant is located at Danzan Jinja 談山神社 (1532) in Nara.… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| jūsōmon 重層門 | Lit. a gate of more than one story. Jūsōmon is a gate with a large roof over the entire structure. A balcony,… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| jutai 綬帯 | A general term for any ornamental band of cloth found on a bodhisattvas *bosatsu… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jūyōsoben rengemon 十葉素弁蓮華文 | The decorative pattern of a ten-petalled flower which is used on roof tiles, particularly on round eaves tiles *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| juzō 寿像 | A portrait, sculpted or painted, made during the lifetime of the subject. The most common was a *… |
Art History, Sculpture |
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