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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
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
fudō 不動

Noh mask *nōmen 能面, representing *Fudō …

Art History, Sculpture
fukai 深井

Deep. A noh mask, *nōmen 能面, representing a middle-aged woman torn by…

Art History, Sculpture
fukijiku 葺軸

The part of a lotus-petal base, *rengeza 蓮華座, for a Buddhist image…

Art History, Sculpture
fukikaeshi 吹返

1 Also written 葺返. A board which projects diagonally out from the top of a statue canopy, *…

Architecture, Accessories, Sculpture, Art History
fukiyose 吹寄

1 The arrangement of muntins, lattice (*fukiyose gōshi…

Art History, General Terms, Sculpture, Architecture
fukiyoseshiki 吹寄式

Also fukiyosebuki 吹寄葺, fukiyose renben 吹寄蓮弁, or *fukiyose…

Art History, Sculpture
fuku-no-kami 福の神

The god of happiness, represented in kyōgen 狂言 plays by a masked figure, *…

Art History, Sculpture
fumigaeshi 踏返

Replica casting. A technique used in metal casting, where a simple, flat metal object was covered with clay to make a mold.…

Art History, Sculpture
funagata kōhai 舟形光背

Also funagatakō 舟形光. Lit. boat-shaped halo. A halo, *kōhai 光背, with a…

Art History, Sculpture
fundami 粉溜

Also read fundame. A technique of coating a statue with gold. Used during and after the Kamakura period. The figure…

Art History, Sculpture
funnusō 忿怒相

Also funnugyō 忿怒形 or shinnusō 瞋怒相. An angry expression found on Buddhist images. The opposite of *…

Art History, Sculpture
funzōe 糞掃衣

Also pronounced funsōe or funsōi. A Buddhist monk's robe made from rags. According to Buddhist tradition,…

Art History, Sculpture
fusakumen 布作面

Lit. cloth masks. Also sakumen 作面. Eighth-century burlap (ramie) pieces with a human face sketched in the…

Art History, Sculpture
fushikizō 節木増

Knotted zō. A noh mask, *nōmen 能面, representing a mature young woman. A…

Art History, Sculpture
fuza 趺坐

Abbreviation of either the *kekka fuza 結跏趺坐 (full-lotus posture) or the *…

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