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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
fudō 不動

Noh mask *nōmen 能面, representing *Fudō …

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
yakan 野干

A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a small Chinese fox. Its thin-lipped, slightly…

Art History, Sculpture
yakuko 薬壷

A medicine jar, found on the palm of the left hand in figures of *Yakushi 薬師, the…

Art History, Sculpture
Yakushi keka 薬師悔過

Keka 悔過 is a term used in Buddhism meaning repentance of one's sins, and refers to the chanting of prayers to…

Art History, Sculpture
Yamauba 山姥

Also read Yamanba. Oni-onna 鬼女 (demonic woman) or yama-onna 山女 (mountain woman) are used occasionally.…

Art History, Painting, Sculpture
yase-onna 痩女

A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing the suffering spirit of a woman who dies from…

Art History, Sculpture
yase-otoko 痩男

Emaciated man. Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a ghost suffering in hell. Lean…

Art History, Sculpture
yogan-in 与願印

Lit. "wish-granting mudra (Sk: varada mudra)"; also segan-in 施願印. A mudra or hand gesture *…

Art History, Sculpture
yōraku 瓔珞

1 A string of beads or lacework used to decorate Buddhist statues and objects. Often found on Bodhisattva…

Art History, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorations
yorimasa 頼政

A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a 12th-century warrior-poet of the Seiwa Genji…

Art History, Sculpture
yoroboshi 弱法師

Priest with faltering step. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a blind young boy…

Art History, Sculpture
yoseki-zukuri 寄木造

Also read yosegi zukuri. Formerly called kiyose zukuri 木寄造 or yoseai zukuri 寄合造. Antomym of *…

Art History, Sculpture
yūgeza 遊戯坐 ✓

Also read yūgiza (Sk: lalitasana). A seated position for a Buddhist image, usually a bodhisattva *…

Art History, Sculpture

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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