| 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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