Also ebigatakote 海老形篭手. A shrimp-shaped gauntlet *kote 篭手. Armor worn to…

Also written 夷, 戎, or 蛭子.

1　One of the seven gods of good fortune *…

Also ei 影, *shin-ei 真影, *miei…

Folds in a garment, or the pattern made by these folds. 

In Buddhist statues, the style of drapery folds changed…

A Buddhist sculpture school *bussho 仏所, active in Kyoto from the 11th century…

An imaginary type of gold which, according to Buddhist scriptures, was the most precious of metals. It was said to be found…

A round nimbus. A round halo on a Buddhist statue, attached to the back of the head. Enkei kōhai are further…

A type of round nimbus *kōhai 光背 or halo, found on a Buddhist image. The…

Lit. Lengthened life Kaja. A noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a cheerful young…

Also written 焔髪. Upstanding hair in the shape of flames. This accompanies an expression of anger *…

Also ensō kōhai 円相光背. A large circular halo *kōhai 光背 found on…

A technique used to hollow out the interior of a wooden statue. The hollow produced is also called uchiguri.…

Lit. "planting." A technique used to make wooden statues, where the hair and beard are made separately, and then attached to…

Also written 請花, 受華, 請華; sometimes pronounced ukehana. Flower-shaped support. A support in the shape of an open,…

Formerly known as hanshutsuzō 半出像. A relief, or a method used to carve a relief on a flat surface. Halfway…

See *nikkei 肉髻. A hemispherical protuberance emerging from the head of a…

Also usofuki, sometimes written 嘯吹. Lit. "bluffer or whistler"; a humorous mask used in kyōgen 狂言 plays.…

Also asanikubori 浅肉彫, asaukibori 浅浮彫, teiukibori 低浮彫, usuukibori 薄浮彫. A type of…