| 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 | |
| jidō 慈童 | A noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a sprite who possesses the elixir of long life… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jihatsu 地髪 | Hair on the head of a Buddha *nyorai 如来 statue, not including the *… | Art History, Sculpture | |
| jihisō 慈悲相 | Also bosatsusō 菩薩相. The expression of compassion found on Buddhist images. The opposite is *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jimotsu 持物 | Also read jibutsu. Sk: lakasana. The hand-held attributes of a Buddhist image. Along with the mudra *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jinchū 人中 | Also ninchū. A vertical groove between the nose and upper lip of Buddhist images. The jinchū differed… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jintai 神体 | Lit. God body or God style; also written 神容. A noh mask*nōmen 能面 representing a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jirenge 持蓮華 | An object shaped like a lotus bud and stem used in Buddhist rituals, particularly favored by the Ji 時 sect. Usually made of… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jissaku 十作 | The Ten Greatest Ancient Sculptors of Noh masks *nōmen 能面… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jitō 耳とう | Also nitō. Round earrings found on sculpted Buddhist images. These were used on Chinese figures, but were extremely… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Jōchōyō 定朝様 | A style of sculpture created by the Buddhist sculptor *busshi 仏師 Jōchō 定朝 (?-… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jōhachi 丈八 | A standard height for a Buddhist statue. A variation of the *jōroku 丈六.… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jōhaku 条帛 | A decorative scarf worn by Buddhist deities and guardian figures. It is draped diagonally across the upper body, usually… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jōmen 尉面 | A mask representing an old man, jō 尉, in particular the old men masks of the *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jōroku 丈六 | A standard height for a Buddhist statue. Abbreviation of one *jō 丈 and six … |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jōshō 縄床 | Also written 縄牀. Also jōton 縄榻. A rough chair, originally from India, with the back or seat wrapped in rope or cord… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jūroku 十六 | Sixteen. A noh mask *nōmen 能面, representing the young Heike 平家… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jutai 綬帯 | A general term for any ornamental band of cloth found on a bodhisattvas *bosatsu… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| juzō 寿像 | A portrait, sculpted or painted, made during the lifetime of the subject. The most common was a *… |
Art History, Sculpture |
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