| 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 | |
| yakan 野干 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a small Chinese fox. Its thin-lipped, slightly… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yakuko 薬壷 | A medicine jar, found on the palm of the left hand in figures of *Yakushi 薬師, the… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Yakushi keka 薬師悔過 | Keka 悔過 is a term used in Buddhism meaning repentance of one's sins, and refers to the chanting of prayers to… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Yamauba 山姥 | Also read Yamanba. Oni-onna 鬼女 (demonic woman) or yama-onna 山女 (mountain woman) are used occasionally.… |
Art History, Painting, Sculpture | |
| yase-onna 痩女 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing the suffering spirit of a woman who dies from… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yase-otoko 痩男 | Emaciated man. Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a ghost suffering in hell. Lean… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yogan-in 与願印 | Lit. "wish-granting mudra (Sk: varada mudra)"; also segan-in 施願印. A mudra or hand gesture *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yōraku 瓔珞 | 1 A string of beads or lacework used to decorate Buddhist statues and objects. Often found on Bodhisattva… |
Art History, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorations | |
| yorimasa 頼政 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a 12th-century warrior-poet of the Seiwa Genji… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yoroboshi 弱法師 | Priest with faltering step. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a blind young boy… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yoseki-zukuri 寄木造 | Also read yosegi zukuri. Formerly called kiyose zukuri 木寄造 or yoseai zukuri 寄合造. Antomym of *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yūgeza 遊戯坐 | ✓ | Also read yūgiza (Sk: lalitasana). A seated position for a Buddhist image, usually a bodhisattva *… |
Art History, Sculpture |
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