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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
jidō 慈童

A noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a sprite who possesses the elixir of long life…

Art History, Sculpture
jihatsu 地髪 Hair on the head of a Buddha *nyorai 如来 statue, not including the *… Art History, Sculpture
jihisō 慈悲相

Also bosatsusō 菩薩相. The expression of compassion found on Buddhist images. The opposite is *…

Art History, Sculpture
jimotsu 持物

Also read jibutsu. Sk: lakasana. The hand-held attributes of a Buddhist image. Along with the mudra *…

Art History, Sculpture
jinchū 人中

Also ninchū. A vertical groove between the nose and upper lip of Buddhist images. The jinchū differed…

Art History, Sculpture
jintai 神体

Lit. God body or God style; also written 神容. A noh mask*nōmen 能面 representing a…

Art History, Sculpture
jirenge 持蓮華

An object shaped like a lotus bud and stem used in Buddhist rituals, particularly favored by the Ji 時 sect. Usually made of…

Art History, Sculpture
jissaku 十作

The Ten Greatest Ancient Sculptors of Noh masks *nōmen 能面…

Art History, Sculpture
jitō 耳とう

Also nitō. Round earrings found on sculpted Buddhist images. These were used on Chinese figures, but were extremely…

Art History, Sculpture
Jōchōyō 定朝様

A style of sculpture created by the Buddhist sculptor *busshi 仏師 Jōchō 定朝 (?-…

Art History, Sculpture
jōhachi 丈八

A standard height for a Buddhist statue. A variation of the *jōroku 丈六.…

Art History, Sculpture
jōhaku 条帛

A decorative scarf worn by Buddhist deities and guardian figures. It is draped diagonally across the upper body, usually…

Art History, Sculpture
jōmen 尉面

A mask representing an old man, jō 尉, in particular the old men masks of the *…

Art History, Sculpture
jōroku 丈六

A standard height for a Buddhist statue. Abbreviation of one *jō 丈 and six …

Art History, Sculpture
jōshō 縄床

Also written 縄牀. Also jōton 縄榻. A rough chair, originally from India, with the back or seat wrapped in rope or cord…

Art History, Sculpture
jūroku 十六

Sixteen. A noh mask *nōmen 能面, representing the young Heike 平家…

Art History, Sculpture
jutai 綬帯

A general term for any ornamental band of cloth found on a bodhisattvas *bosatsu…

Art History, Sculpture
juzō 寿像

A portrait, sculpted or painted, made during the lifetime of the subject. The most common was a *…

Art History, Sculpture
wakaonna 若女

Young girl. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a young woman. The mature…

Art History, Sculpture
wakaotoko 若男

Young man. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a young commoner with…

Art History, Sculpture
wansen 腕釧

A wristlet. A decorative ring *kansen 鐶釧 found on the wrists of…

Art History, Sculpture
warabidegata 蕨手形

Short for warabidegata suihotsu 蕨手形垂髪. Strands of hair *suihotsu…

Art History, Sculpture
waraijō 笑尉

Lit. "laughing old man." A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a…

Art History, Sculpture
waranawa 藁縄

1 Rope made by twisting together strands of straw. In clay statuary, the central wooden core *…

Art History, General Terms, Architecture, Sculpture
warihagi 割矧

A sculpture technique used to carve a large hollow space *uchiguri…

Art History, Sculpture
warikubi 割首

A wood statue technique used to join the head and body at the neck. The head and body of a Buddha statue are carved from a…

Art History, Sculpture
washibana akujō 鷲鼻悪尉

Eagle-nosed fierce old man. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面, representing a…

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