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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
gaki 餓鬼

Hungry ghosts. One of the types within the group *rokudō-e 六道絵 (paintings of…

Art History, Iconography
gakuten 楽天

Heavenly musicians. Heavenly beings *hiten 飛天, playing musical instruments,…

Art History, Iconography
Genjō 玄奘

Ch: Xuanzhuang/Xuanzang (600/2-664). A Chinese monk of the Tang Dynasty and the founder of the Hossō sect (see *…

Art History, Iconography
Genzu mandara 現図曼荼羅

Genzu mandala. A version of the *Taizōkai mandara 胎蔵界曼荼羅 that is…

Art History, Iconography
Gigeiten 技芸天

Goddess of the Arts. A minor Buddhist deity revered in Japan as patroness of the arts. According to the Gigei tennyo…

Art History, Iconography
giki 儀軌

Sk: kalpa. Regulations prescribing Esoteric Buddhist mikkyō 密教 ceremonies, incantations and services, and the…

Art History, Iconography
gobu shinkan 五部心観

A collection of iconographical line drawings *hakubyō 白描 in handscroll form…

Art History, Iconography
gochi nyorai 五智如来

Lit. Five Wisdom *nyorai 如来 (Sk: Tathagatas); this refers to the Five Buddhas…

Art History, Iconography
Godai Myōō 五大明王

Also sometimes called godaison 五大尊. Lit. five great *myōō 明王. Myōō…

Art History, Iconography
godairiki bosatsu 五大力菩薩

Lit. five great bodhisattvas of strength. Also godairikiku 五大力吼 (five roars of great strength) or godairikison…

Art History, Iconography
gohyaku rakan 五百羅漢

Ch: wubai luohan. Five hundred arhats *rakan 羅漢, a Buddhist art subject…

Art History, Iconography
gokōshii Amida 五劫思惟阿弥陀

Also read gokōshiyui Amida. Lit. *Amida 阿弥陀 Meditating for Five Kalpas, a kalpa…

Art History, Iconography
Goso 五祖

Ch: Wuzu. The Chinese priest Kōnin 弘忍 (Ch: Hongren, 601-75). The fifth patriarch of the Zen (Ch: Chan) sect. Representations…

Art History, Iconography
Gōzanze Myōō 降三世明王

Also Shōzanze Myōō 勝三世明王. Lit. *myōō 明王 who subjugates the three worlds…

Art History, Iconography
Gozu Tennō 牛頭天王

Also called Butō 武塔, Gion Tenjin 祇園天神, or simply Tennō 天王. The deity of Yasaka Jinja 八坂神社 in Gion 祇園, Kyoto, also called…

Art History, Iconography
guhari-no-Amida 紅玻璃阿弥陀

Lit. *Amida 阿弥陀 with Red Skin. An image of Amida depicted in red, or less commonly…

Art History, Iconography
Gundari Myōō 軍荼利明王

Also Kanro Gundari 甘露軍荼利 (Sk: Amrtakundalin); also known as Kirikiri Myōō 吉里吉里明王. One of the five great myōō *…

Art History, Iconography
Guze Kannon 救世観音

A name often used for *Shōkannon 聖観音, it refers to the simple (non-esoteric) form of…

Art History, Iconography
Yakushi 薬師

The name of the Buddha associated with healing. Sino-Japanese rendering of Sanskrit Bhaisajyaguru, meaning "Medicine Master…

Art History, Iconography
Yamagoe no Amida 山越阿弥陀

Also read Yamagoshi no Amida; Amida yamagoe (yamagoshi) raigō 阿弥陀山越来迎. Lit. "Amida…

Art History, Iconography
yasha 夜叉

Also yakusha 薬叉 (Sk: yaksa), a class of semi-divine beings usually considered to be of a benevolent and…

Art History, Iconography
Yōryū Kannon 楊柳観音

Also called Yakuō Kannon 薬王観音. Lit. "Willow Kannon" or "*Kannon 観音 with a willow branch…

Art History, Iconography
Yoshino mandara 吉野曼茶羅

Devotional paintings of the deities and landscape of Mt. *Yoshino 吉野. Yoshino…

Art History, Iconography
Yuima 維摩

Sk: Vimalakirti (pure reputation); Ch: Weimo. Indian Buddhist layman (Ch: jushi, Jp: koji 居士) famous for…

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