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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
Uhō dōji 雨宝童子

An abbreviation of Kongō sekishō zenshin uhō dōji 金剛赤精善神雨宝童子. A manifestation of the Buddha *…

Art History, Iconography
Ususama Myōō 烏枢沙摩明王

Ususama also Usushima 烏芻渋摩 is a transliteration of the Sanskrit Ucchusma, originally an epithet of Agni, the Indian…

Art History, Iconography
Uten'ō 優填王

Also read Udennō. Lit. "King Udayana." An Indian king, reportedly the first person to commission a statue of the Buddha. 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