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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
yakan 野干

A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a small Chinese fox. Its thin-lipped, slightly…

Art History, Sculpture
yakuko 薬壷

A medicine jar, found on the palm of the left hand in figures of *Yakushi 薬師, the…

Art History, Sculpture
Yakushi keka 薬師悔過

Keka 悔過 is a term used in Buddhism meaning repentance of one's sins, and refers to the chanting of prayers to…

Art History, Sculpture
Yamauba 山姥

Also read Yamanba. Oni-onna 鬼女 (demonic woman) or yama-onna 山女 (mountain woman) are used occasionally.…

Art History, Painting, Sculpture
yase-onna 痩女

A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing the suffering spirit of a woman who dies from…

Art History, Sculpture
yase-otoko 痩男

Emaciated man. Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a ghost suffering in hell. Lean…

Art History, Sculpture
yogan-in 与願印

Lit. "wish-granting mudra (Sk: varada mudra)"; also segan-in 施願印. A mudra or hand gesture *…

Art History, Sculpture
yōraku 瓔珞

1 A string of beads or lacework used to decorate Buddhist statues and objects. Often found on Bodhisattva…

Art History, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorations
yorimasa 頼政

A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a 12th-century warrior-poet of the Seiwa Genji…

Art History, Sculpture
yoroboshi 弱法師

Priest with faltering step. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a blind young boy…

Art History, Sculpture
yoseki-zukuri 寄木造

Also read yosegi zukuri. Formerly called kiyose zukuri 木寄造 or yoseai zukuri 寄合造. Antomym of *…

Art History, Sculpture
yūgeza 遊戯坐 ✓

Also read yūgiza (Sk: lalitasana). A seated position for a Buddhist image, usually a bodhisattva *…

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