| 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 | |
| zahō 坐法 | Also referred to as zasei 坐勢 (Sk: asana). A seated position for a Buddhist image. Ancient Indian ascetics used… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zazō 坐像 | A Buddhist image which is seated, as opposed to standing *ryūzō 立像. The… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Zen-pa 善派 | A school of Buddhist sculptors *bussho 仏所, who often used the character 'Zen' 善… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zengo hagi-awase 前後矧合 | Also abbreviated to zengohagi 前後矧. A method of making a wooden statue where the statue is carved in two separate… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zenjō-in 禅定印 | Lit. "meditation mudra." A mudra or hand gesture *in 印, formed by placing the palms… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Zenkōji shiki Amida sanzon 善光寺式阿弥陀三尊 | Images of the *Amida 阿弥陀 trinity made in the style of the Amida trinity at Zenkōji 善光寺 in… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zō-onna 増女 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面, representing a young angel, goddess or enlightened woman.… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Zō Tōdaiji Zōbussho 造東大寺造仏所 | Also Tōdaiji Zōbussho 東大寺造仏所. A workshop which made statues for Tōdaiji 東大寺 in Nara. In 748, the government set up a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zōbussho 造仏所 | Government-run workshops making Buddhist statues during the Nara period. Post-9th-century independent and temple-run… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zokutaizō 俗体像 | A portrait of a lay person in formal secular dress. This contrasts with the more numerous portraits of Buddhist priests… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zōmen 蔵面 | Offertory mask. Cloth or paper masks used in *bugaku 舞楽 in the pieces *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zōnai nōnyūhin 像内納入品 | Also nōnyūhin 納入品, tainai nōnyūhin 胎内納入品, tainai nōnyūbutsu 胎内納入物. Objects found in the… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zōshu 像主 | A patron. A person who requests the building of a Buddhist temple or work of art. |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zōzōki 造像記 | Also zōzōki daiki 造像題記, zōzōmei 造象銘. A record that keeps track of the completion and repair dates of a… |
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| zuizō 瑞像 | A name given to a sandalwood statue of Shaka Nyorai 釈迦如来 (in the same style as the figure in Seiryōji 清涼寺, Kyoto). See *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| zukō 頭光 | Lit. head light. A nimbus or halo that encircles the head of an image of a Buddhist deity. In the case of sculpture it is… |
Art History, Sculpture |
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