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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
nyōbōza 女房座

Lit. "wife's seat." Also frequently called kakaza 嬶座. One of the seats around the edge of the sunken hearth *…

Architecture, Folk Dwellings
nyoi hōju 如意宝珠

Also nōsashō hōju 能作性宝珠, mani hōju 摩尼宝珠. A sacred jewel, said to remove suffering, and capable of granting…

Art History, Sculpture
nyoi 如意

An implement carried by Buddhist priests at a ceremony or during formal preaching. It has a slightly curved handle about 30-…

Art History, Sculpture
Nyoirin Kannon 如意輪観音

Sk: Cintamanicakra. A form of *Kannon 観音, most often six armed and…

Art History, Iconography
nyorai 如来

Lit. "the thus-come one." Sk: tathagata. One who has realized true enlightenment. In order to reach this state of…

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