| 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. |
Art History, Sculpture |
| eizō 影像 | 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 | 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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