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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
Ichiji kinrin mandara 一字金輪曼荼羅

A variety of small, decidated mandala *besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅 centered on…

Art History, Iconography
Ichiji Kinrin 一字金輪

Lit. One-Syllable Golden Wheel. Also read Ichiji konrin and also known as Kinrin Butchō 金輪仏頂 (Golden-…

Art History, Iconography
Idaten 韋駄天

Also written 違駄天. The Indian deity Skanda, son of Shiva and general of his army, who became a protector of the Dharma in…

Art History, Iconography
Ikkyū 一休

An abbreviation of Ikkyū Zenji 一休禅師, the Zen 禅 priest Ikkyū (1394-1481) of the *…

Art History, Iconography
Ippen 一遍

Commonly known as Ippen Shōnin 一遍上人 or St. Ippen (1234-89). The founder of the Ji 時 sect. From Iyo 伊予 Province (modern Ehime…

Art History, Iconography
Izusan Gongen 伊豆山権現

Also called Hashiriyu Gongen 走湯権現. A deity associated with a hot spring which wells up on Izusan 伊豆山, a hill of 166…

Art History, Iconography
Zaō Gongen 蔵王権現

Also Kongō Zaō Bosatsu 金剛蔵王菩薩. The deity of Kinpusen 金峰山 in Nara, one of the most important deities of the Japanese…

Art History, Iconography
Zendō 善導

Commonly known as Zendō Daishi 善導大師 (Ch: Shandao Dashi, 613-81) or Great Master Zendō . The third patriarch of Pure…

Art History, Iconography
Zengetsuyō rakan 禅月様羅漢

Ch: Chanyueyang Luohan. A type of ink painting of arhats or *rakan 羅漢…

Art History, Iconography
Zenmyōshin 善妙神

Also known as Zenmyō nyoshin 善妙女神. A deity that protects the Kegon 華厳 sect of Buddhism. According to the legend, a…

Art History, Iconography
Zennyo Ryūō 善女竜王

Lit. "Dragon King Zennyo." The subject of a painting by one of the disciples of *Kūkai 空海…

Art History, Iconography
Zōchōten 増長天

Sk: Virudhaka. A fierce-looking guardian deity *funnusō 忿怒相, believed to…

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