| 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 | |
| zahō 坐法 | Also referred to as zasei 坐勢 (Sk: asana). A seated position for a Buddhist image. Ancient Indian ascetics used… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zazō 坐像 | A Buddhist image which is seated, as opposed to standing *ryūzō 立像. The… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Zen-pa 善派 | A school of Buddhist sculptors *bussho 仏所, who often used the character 'Zen' 善… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zengo hagi-awase 前後矧合 | Also abbreviated to zengohagi 前後矧. A method of making a wooden statue where the statue is carved in two separate… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zenjō-in 禅定印 | Lit. "meditation mudra." A mudra or hand gesture *in 印, formed by placing the palms… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Zenkōji shiki Amida sanzon 善光寺式阿弥陀三尊 | Images of the *Amida 阿弥陀 trinity made in the style of the Amida trinity at Zenkōji 善光寺 in… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zō-onna 増女 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面, representing a young angel, goddess or enlightened woman.… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Zō Tōdaiji Zōbussho 造東大寺造仏所 | Also Tōdaiji Zōbussho 東大寺造仏所. A workshop which made statues for Tōdaiji 東大寺 in Nara. In 748, the government set up a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zōbussho 造仏所 | Government-run workshops making Buddhist statues during the Nara period. Post-9th-century independent and temple-run… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zokutaizō 俗体像 | A portrait of a lay person in formal secular dress. This contrasts with the more numerous portraits of Buddhist priests… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zōmen 蔵面 | Offertory mask. Cloth or paper masks used in *bugaku 舞楽 in the pieces *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zōnai nōnyūhin 像内納入品 | Also nōnyūhin 納入品, tainai nōnyūhin 胎内納入品, tainai nōnyūbutsu 胎内納入物. Objects found in the… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zōshu 像主 | A patron. A person who requests the building of a Buddhist temple or work of art. |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zōzōki 造像記 | Also zōzōki daiki 造像題記, zōzōmei 造象銘. A record that keeps track of the completion and repair dates of a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zuizō 瑞像 | A name given to a sandalwood statue of Shaka Nyorai 釈迦如来 (in the same style as the figure in Seiryōji 清涼寺, Kyoto). See *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zukō 頭光 | Lit. head light. A nimbus or halo that encircles the head of an image of a Buddhist deity. In the case of sculpture it is… |
Art History, Sculpture |
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