| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| jūgyū 十牛 | Ch: jiuniu. Lit. ten bulls. A Zen 禅 (Ch: chan) allegory in which Buddhist training, from first initiation to final… |
Art History, Painting | |
| jūhozo 重ほぞ | ✓ | Also called kasanehozo 重ねほぞ; also ryōhozo 両ほぞ. Lit. a stacked tenon. A tenon with a 2-stepped broad… |
Architecture, Joints |
| Jūichimen Kannon 十一面観音 | Sk: Ekadasamukha. Eleven-headed Kannon; a form of *Kannon 観音 with eleven miniature faces… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Jūjūtō 十重塔 | A unique, ten-story stone pagoda *sekitō 石塔 at Injōji 引接寺(1386) in Kyoto.… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures | |
| juka bijin 樹下美人 | ✓ | Ch: shuxia meiren. A painting theme of a beautiful woman under a tree. The subject found throughout Asia may have… |
Art History, Painting |
| jūkenmon 重圏文 | A pattern composed of concentric circles on a pendant *gatō 瓦当 and parallel… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles | |
| jukōgata tōrō 珠光形灯籠 | Also read shukōgata tōrō. Also written shikōgata 四光形. A type of lantern with a gently rounded canopy… |
Architecture, Lanterns | |
| jūkomon nokihiragawara 重弧文軒平瓦 | ✓ | A pattern of parallel lines decorating the pendant *gatō 瓦当 of a broad,… |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles |
| jun'yokoya 順横矢 | Lit. regular side arrow. |
Architecture, Castles | |
| jūni shinshō 十二神将 | Also jūni yakusha taishō 十二薬叉大将, jūni shinshō 十二神王. The twelve protective deities *… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| jūniten 十二天 | Twelve Deities. A group of tutelary deities consisting of various Hindu gods, which was incorporated into Esoteric Buddhism… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Juntei 准胝 | Sk: Cundi. Also Juntei Butsumo 准胝仏母, Shichigutei Butsumo 七倶胝仏母, or Butsumo Juntei 仏母准胝. … |
Art History, Iconography | |
| jūō 十王 | Ten Kings. The ten kings of hell who preside at the gates of the underworld, assigning souls to heaven or hell. The Buddhist… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| Jurōjin 寿老人 | ✓ | Ch: Shou laoren. A Chinese Taoist god known as the immortal of the Northern Song and also considered the personification of… |
Art History, Iconography |
| jūroku musashi 十六武蔵 | A kind of table game played with one king and 16 round, pawn-like piece of paper on each side of a divided board. The board… |
Art History, Painting | |
| jūroku rakan 十六羅漢 | Sixteen arhats *rakan 羅漢. The saintly ascetics who gathered at the death and… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| jūroku 十六 | Sixteen. A noh mask *nōmen 能面, representing the young Heike 平家… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jūroku zenshin 十六善神 | Also read jūroku zenjin. Abbreviation of Shaka jūroku zenshin 釈迦十六善神 or Shaka sanzon jūroku… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| jūsanbutsu 十三仏 | Thirteen Buddhas. A set of thirteen Buddhist deities, including *myōō 明王 (Sk… |
Art History, Iconography | |
| jūsanjū-no-tō 十三重の塔 | ✓ | A thirteen-storied pagoda. The only wooden thirteen-storied pagoda extant is located at Danzan Jinja 談山神社 (1532) in Nara.… |
Architecture, Buildings, Structures |
| jūsōmon 重層門 | Lit. a gate of more than one story. Jūsōmon is a gate with a large roof over the entire structure. A balcony,… |
Architecture, Gates | |
| jutai 綬帯 | A general term for any ornamental band of cloth found on a bodhisattvas *bosatsu… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| jūyōsoben rengemon 十葉素弁蓮華文 | The decorative pattern of a ten-petalled flower which is used on roof tiles, particularly on round eaves tiles *… |
Architecture, Decorations | |
| juzō 寿像 | A portrait, sculpted or painted, made during the lifetime of the subject. The most common was a *… |
Art History, Sculpture |
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