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Title	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
zahō 坐法	Also referred to as zasei 坐勢 (Sk: asana). A seated position for a Buddhist image. Ancient Indian ascetics used…	Art History, Sculpture
zazō 坐像	A Buddhist image which is seated, as opposed to standing *ryūzō 立像. The…	Art History, Sculpture
Zen-pa 善派	A school of Buddhist sculptors *bussho 仏所, who often used the character 'Zen' 善…	Art History, Sculpture
zengo hagi-awase 前後矧合	Also abbreviated to zengohagi 前後矧. A method of making a wooden statue where the statue is carved in two separate…	Art History, Sculpture
zenjō-in 禅定印	Lit. "meditation mudra." A mudra or hand gesture *in 印, formed by placing the palms…	Art History, Sculpture
Zenkōji shiki Amida sanzon 善光寺式阿弥陀三尊	Images of the *Amida 阿弥陀 trinity made in the style of the Amida trinity at Zenkōji 善光寺 in…	Art History, Sculpture
zō-onna 増女	A Noh mask *nōmen 能面, representing a young angel, goddess or enlightened woman.…	Art History, Sculpture
Zō Tōdaiji Zōbussho 造東大寺造仏所	Also Tōdaiji Zōbussho 東大寺造仏所. A workshop which made statues for Tōdaiji 東大寺 in Nara. In 748, the government set up a…	Art History, Sculpture
zōbussho 造仏所	Government-run workshops making Buddhist statues during the Nara period. Post-9th-century independent and temple-run…	Art History, Sculpture
zokutaizō 俗体像	A portrait of a lay person in formal secular dress. This contrasts with the more numerous portraits of Buddhist priests…	Art History, Sculpture
zōmen 蔵面	Offertory mask. Cloth or paper masks used in *bugaku 舞楽 in the pieces *…	Art History, Sculpture
zōnai nōnyūhin 像内納入品	Also nōnyūhin 納入品, tainai nōnyūhin 胎内納入品, tainai nōnyūbutsu 胎内納入物. Objects found in the…	Art History, Sculpture
zōshu 像主	A patron. A person who requests the building of a Buddhist temple or work of art.	Art History, Sculpture
zōzōki 造像記	Also zōzōki daiki 造像題記, zōzōmei 造象銘. A record that keeps track of the completion and repair dates of a…	Art History, Sculpture
zuizō 瑞像	A name given to a sandalwood statue of Shaka Nyorai 釈迦如来 (in the same style as the figure in Seiryōji 清涼寺, Kyoto). See *…	Art History, Sculpture
zukō 頭光	Lit. head light. A nimbus or halo that encircles the head of an image of a Buddhist deity. In the case of sculpture it is…	Art History, Sculpture