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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
mabisashi 眉庇

A visor that projected from the front of a soidier's helmet *kabuto 冑. First…

Art History, Sculpture
maedachi 前立

Also omaedachi 御前立. Lit. "standing in front." A Buddhist sculpture, positioned on the altar in front of the shrine…

Art History, Sculpture
maedate 前立

Abbreviation of maedatemono 前立物. Also tatemono 立物. An upstanding decoration found on the front of a…

Art History, Sculpture
magaibutsu 磨崖仏

Also written 摩崖仏. Ch: moyafo. Also known as magai sekibutsu 磨崖石仏 or 摩崖石仏. A Buddhist image carved into the…

Art History, Sculpture
magojirō 孫次郎

A noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a young woman. The gracefully curved mouth…

Art History, Sculpture
maijō 舞尉

Dancing old man. A noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing an old god or…

Art History, Sculpture
manbi 万媚

A noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a young woman in her first bloom. Very similar…

Art History, Sculpture
manmōsō 縵網相

Also shusokushi manmōsō 手足指縵網相. A web-like membrane between the fingers and toes found on sculpted Buddhist…

Art History, Sculpture
marubori 丸彫

A statue completely carved in the round, as opposed to relief *ukibori 浮彫. A…

Art History, Sculpture
marubuki 丸吹

Also *itchū 一鋳. A metal casting technique where the statue is cast in one…

Art History, Sculpture
masugami 十寸髪

Also written 増髪. Long, tangled hair. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面…

Art History, Sculpture
megata 雌型

A type of mould used in metal casting and ceramics. Megata refers to a hollow mould into which molten metal,…

Art History, Sculpture
mibu kōhai 壬生光背

A type of halo *kōhai 光背 found on Buddhist images. A square…

Art History, Sculpture
mida-no-jōin 弥陀定印

Also mida jōin. Lit. "Amida's meditation mudra." Mida is an abbreviation of *…

Art History, Sculpture
miei 御影

Also *eizō 影像 or *shin-ei…

Art History, Sculpture
mikazuki 三日月

Lit. "crescent: three moons." Noh masks *nōmen 能面 representing a…

Art History, Sculpture
mikenkō 眉間光

Lit. "forehead light." A curl of white hair on the forehead of a Buddha or Bodhisattva. It is said to emit a bright light…

Art History, Sculpture
mikkyō hōgu 密教法具

Utensils used during ritual incantation and prayer in Esoteric Buddhism mikkyō 密教. Introduced to Japan in the…

Art History, Sculpture
misogi kaji 御衣木加持

An incantation in esoteric Buddhism to purify and sanctify *misogi 御衣木, the wood used for…

Art History, Sculpture
misogi 御衣木 A piece of wood out of which a Buddhist statue is carved. Wood that has been struck by lightning is often used, as it is… Art History, Sculpture
mokakeza 裳懸座

Lit. "hanging skirt base." A pedestal *daiza 台座 which is covered by the skirt of…

Art History, Sculpture
mokoku 模刻

Also mosaku 模作, mosha 模写, mokosaku 模古作. Works of art such as statues which are copies of…

Art History, Sculpture
mokuchō 木彫

Wooden sculpture. While wooden sculptures are relatively rare in India and China, wood has traditionally been the chief…

Art History, Sculpture
mokushin kanshitsu 木心乾漆

Also mokushin kanshitsuzou 木心乾漆像, mokushin kanshitsu-zukuri 木心乾漆造. Lit. "wood-core dry lacquer." A method…

Art History, Sculpture
munagō 胸甲

Also pronounced kyōkō. A protective breast-plate found on Buddhist guardian deities *…

Art History, Sculpture
myōga akujō 茗荷悪尉

A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a fierce, old man. The shape of…

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