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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
e-ingakyō 絵因果経

Lit. Illustrated Scripture of Cause and Effect. Also known as Kako genzai ingakyō emaki 過去現在因果経絵巻. 

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Art History, Iconography
En no Gyōja 役行者

Also known as En no Ozunu 役小角 (also read En no Shōkaku) and En no Ubasoku 役優婆塞.

A semi-…

Art History, Iconography
Enmaō 閻魔王

Also Enraō 閻羅王; Sk: Yamaraja. The name whereby *Enmaten 焔魔天 is more commonly known…

Art History, Iconography
Enmaten mandara 焔魔天曼荼羅

A variety of mandala *mandara 曼荼羅, centered on *…

Art History, Iconography
Enmaten 焔魔天

Also written 閻摩天, 焔摩天, 炎摩天. Enma is a transliteration of Sk: Yama, which in Indian mythology is the name of the…

Art History, Iconography
Uhō dōji 雨宝童子

An abbreviation of Kongō sekishō zenshin uhō dōji 金剛赤精善神雨宝童子. A manifestation of the Buddha *…

Art History, Iconography
Ususama Myōō 烏枢沙摩明王

Ususama also Usushima 烏芻渋摩 is a transliteration of the Sanskrit Ucchusma, originally an epithet of Agni, the Indian…

Art History, Iconography
Uten'ō 優填王

Also read Udennō. Lit. "King Udayana." An Indian king, reportedly the first person to commission a statue of the Buddha. The…

Art History, Iconography

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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