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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
daibusshi 大仏師

Also daibusshi-shiki 大仏師職, zōbutsu-chōkan 造仏長官. An important Buddhist sculptor *…

Art History, Sculpture
daibutsu 大仏 ✓

Also jōrokubutsu 丈六仏. The term used to describe a very large statue of Buddha. Originally any statue more than…

Art History, Sculpture
daibutsuza 大仏座

A standard lotus pedestal *rengeza 蓮華座 used to support a *…

Art History, Sculpture
daie 大衣

Also sōgyari 僧伽梨 (Sk: sanghati). A robe worn by Buddhist priests. The largest of the three robes *…

Art History, Sculpture
Daikoku 大黒

1 An abbreviation for *Daikokuten 大黒天 (Sk: Mahakala). Regarded by…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings, Sculpture, Art History
daiza 台座

A pedestal or dais upon which a Buddhist image is placed. The type of pedestal is related to the type of image it supports…

Art History, Sculpture
dakkatsu kanshitsu 脱活乾漆

Also dakkanshitsu 脱乾漆, dakkatsu kanshitsuzō 脱活乾漆像, dakkatsu kanshitsu-zukuri 脱活乾漆造. Hollow dry…

Art History, Sculpture
danzō 檀像

A Buddhist statue made from fragrant, fine-grained wood such as white sandalwood *…

Art History, Sculpture
dei-no-kotobide 泥の小飛出

A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 used to represent a terrestrial spirit or a dragon god.…

Art History, Sculpture
deigan 泥眼

Gold eyes. A Noh mask, *nōmen 能面, representing a mature woman who carries within…

Art History, Sculpture
dō 幢

Also hōdō 宝幢, tendō 天幢, or bandō 幡幢. A small, rectangular cloth banner on a pole used as a…

Art History, Sculpture
dōbō 動貌

The movable face plate. The most elaborate gimmick used on the bugaku mask, *…

Art History, Sculpture
dōgan 動眼

Rotating eyes, a gimmick used for many bugaku masks, *bugakumen 舞楽面…

Art History, Sculpture
dōji 童子

Lit. child, young boy.

1 A boy between 8 and 20 years old living in a Buddhist temple. He studies…

Art History, Iconography, Sculpture
domon 土文

Decorative drapery used on statues in the Kamakura region from the late Kamakura period. The drapery was made in clay relief…

Art History, Sculpture
doroji 泥地

A technique where a mixture of animal glue, *nikawa 膠, and powdered burnt clay…

Art History, Sculpture
dōzō 銅造

Bronze work. Bronze casting has been very important in Japan since ancient times, and was used for Yayoi period dōtaku…

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