| 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 | |
| rahotsu 螺髪 | Spiral-shaped curls of hair, like snail-shells, on the head of a *nyorai… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| raigō-in 来迎印 | Lit. "welcoming mudra." A mudra or hand gesture *in 印 in which the forefinger,… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ramō 羅網 | A net-like ornament strung with jewels or precious metals and hung from the canopy *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| renben 蓮弁 | Lit. "lotus petal." |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles, Art History, Sculpture | |
| rengeza 蓮華座 | ✓ | Also renza 蓮座. Lit. "Lotus base" (Sk: padmasana). A dais for a Buddhist image *… |
Art History, Sculpture |
| renniku 蓮肉 | The central section of a lotus flower pedestal *rengeza 蓮華座 on which a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| renpashiki emon 漣波式衣文 | A manner of representing drapery folds in Buddhist sculpture. It consists of either 1) a high… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Rikishi 力士 | ✓ | Ch: Lishi. A gigaku mask *gigakumen 伎楽面… |
Art History, Sculpture |
| Rin Nasei 林和靖 | Ch: Lin Hejing (967-1028). A noted poet, calligrapher, and scholar of the Northern Song dynasty. Rin Nasei's real name was… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| rinkō 輪光 | A type of halo *kōhai 光背 used on Buddhist images, forming a free-… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| rinnōza 輪王坐 | ✓ | The royal ease position (Sk: Maharajalilasana). A seated position used for a Buddhist image with one knee (usually… |
Art History, Sculpture |
| rōgata 蝋型 | Also rōgata chūzō 蝋型鋳造, rōgata imono 蝋型鋳物. A method of metal casting known as the lost-wax… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| rōjo 老女 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing the aged, yet beautiful face of… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Rokujō Madenokōji Bussho 六条万里小路仏所 | A Buddhist sculpture workshop *bussho 仏所, active from the 11th-14th century and… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ryō-onna 霊女 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing the suffering spirit of a woman… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Ryōō 陵王 | Also Raryōō 羅陵王, Ranryōō 蘭陵王 (King Lanling), and Ryūō 龍王 (Dragon King, see *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ryūzō 立像 | Also read ritsuzō. A Buddhist image which is standing, as opposed to seated (see *… |
Art History, Sculpture |
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