| 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. |
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 | |
| uchiguri 内刳 | A technique used to hollow out the interior of a wooden statue. The hollow produced is also called uchiguri.… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| uetsuke 植付け | Lit. "planting." A technique used to make wooden statues, where the hair and beard are made separately, and then attached to… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ukebana 受花 | ✓ | Also written 請花, 受華, 請華; sometimes pronounced ukehana. Flower-shaped support. A support in the shape of an open,… |
Architecture, Sculpture, Decorations, Art History |
| ukibori 浮彫 | Formerly known as hanshutsuzō 半出像. A relief, or a method used to carve a relief on a flat surface. Halfway… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ushitsunisha 烏瑟に沙 | See *nikkei 肉髻. A hemispherical protuberance emerging from the head of a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| usobuki 空吹 | Also usofuki, sometimes written 嘯吹. Lit. "bluffer or whistler"; a humorous mask used in kyōgen 狂言 plays.… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| usunikubori 薄肉彫 | Also asanikubori 浅肉彫, asaukibori 浅浮彫, teiukibori 低浮彫, usuukibori 薄浮彫. A type of… |
Art History, Sculpture |
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