| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
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| mabisashi 眉庇 | A visor that projected from the front of a soidier's helmet *kabuto 冑. First… |
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| maedachi 前立 | Also omaedachi 御前立. Lit. "standing in front." A Buddhist sculpture, positioned on the altar in front of the shrine… |
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| maedate 前立 | Abbreviation of maedatemono 前立物. Also tatemono 立物. An upstanding decoration found on the front of a… |
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| magaibutsu 磨崖仏 | Also written 摩崖仏. Ch: moyafo. Also known as magai sekibutsu 磨崖石仏 or 摩崖石仏. A Buddhist image carved into the… |
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| magojirō 孫次郎 | A noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a young woman. The gracefully curved mouth… |
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| maijō 舞尉 | Dancing old man. A noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing an old god or… |
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| manbi 万媚 | A noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a young woman in her first bloom. Very similar… |
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| manmōsō 縵網相 | Also shusokushi manmōsō 手足指縵網相. A web-like membrane between the fingers and toes found on sculpted Buddhist… |
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| marubori 丸彫 | A statue completely carved in the round, as opposed to relief *ukibori 浮彫. A… |
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| marubuki 丸吹 | Also *itchū 一鋳. A metal casting technique where the statue is cast in one… |
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| masugami 十寸髪 | Also written 増髪. Long, tangled hair. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面… |
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| megata 雌型 | A type of mould used in metal casting and ceramics. Megata refers to a hollow mould into which molten metal,… |
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| mibu kōhai 壬生光背 | A type of halo *kōhai 光背 found on Buddhist images. A square… |
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| mida-no-jōin 弥陀定印 | Also mida jōin. Lit. "Amida's meditation mudra." Mida is an abbreviation of *… |
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| miei 御影 | Art History, Sculpture | ||
| mikazuki 三日月 | Lit. "crescent: three moons." Noh masks *nōmen 能面 representing a… |
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| mikenkō 眉間光 | Lit. "forehead light." A curl of white hair on the forehead of a Buddha or Bodhisattva. It is said to emit a bright light… |
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| mikkyō hōgu 密教法具 | Utensils used during ritual incantation and prayer in Esoteric Buddhism mikkyō 密教. Introduced to Japan in the… |
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| misogi kaji 御衣木加持 | An incantation in esoteric Buddhism to purify and sanctify *misogi 御衣木, the wood used for… |
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| misogi 御衣木 | A piece of wood out of which a Buddhist statue is carved. Wood that has been struck by lightning is often used, as it is… | Art History, Sculpture | |
| mokakeza 裳懸座 | Lit. "hanging skirt base." A pedestal *daiza 台座 which is covered by the skirt of… |
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| mokoku 模刻 | Also mosaku 模作, mosha 模写, mokosaku 模古作. Works of art such as statues which are copies of… |
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| mokuchō 木彫 | Wooden sculpture. While wooden sculptures are relatively rare in India and China, wood has traditionally been the chief… |
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| mokushin kanshitsu 木心乾漆 | Also mokushin kanshitsuzou 木心乾漆像, mokushin kanshitsu-zukuri 木心乾漆造. Lit. "wood-core dry lacquer." A method… |
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| munagō 胸甲 | Also pronounced kyōkō. A protective breast-plate found on Buddhist guardian deities *… |
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| myōga akujō 茗荷悪尉 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a fierce, old man. The shape of… |
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| nakago 中型 | Also written 中子. Sometimes known as *ogata 雄型. Inner mould. When a metal statue… |
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| namanari 生成 | Lit. "Becoming bestial." A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 used for the wife taking revenge… |
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| nanto busshi 南都仏師 | A general term for Buddhist sculptors *busshi 仏師 working in Nara… |
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| nara busshi 奈良仏師 | Also nankin busshi or nankyō busshi 南京仏師, yamashinadera busshi 山階寺仏師, otera busshi 御寺仏師… |
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| Nasori 納曽利 | A dance piece in *bugaku 舞楽 and the mask *… |
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| natabori 鉈彫 | A type of wooden sculpture characterized by round chisel nata 鉈 marks that are left on the surface. Natabori… |
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| nenju 念珠 | Also juzu 数珠, 誦数. A string of beads or a rosary, used for Buddhist prayer and invocation. Particularly associated… |
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| nerikuyō 練供養 | Also gyōdō 行道, gōshō-e 迎接会, raigō-e 来迎会. A Buddhist ceremony brought to Japan from the… |
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| nerimono 練物 | A modelling material resembling *kokuso-urushi 木屎漆 but harder in… |
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| Ni-no-mai 二ノ舞 | A dance piece in *bugaku 舞楽 performed right after *… |
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| nibutsu heiza 二仏並坐 | A statue or painting depicting the Buddhas *Shaka 釈迦 and Tahō 多宝… |
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| nijū enkō 二重円光 | Also nijū enkōhai 二重円光背, nijū ensō二重円相. Lit. "double round halo." A type of halo *… |
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| nikkei 肉髻 | Also muken chōsō 無見頂相, chōkeisō 頂髻相, *ushitsunisha… |
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| nikkeishu 肉髻珠 | From the late Heian period a small circle carved at the front part of the base of the *nikkei… |
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| nishikigi otoko 錦木男 | Noh mask *nōmen 能面 made for the role of the ghost of the broken-hearted… |
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| noborihige 登髭 | Also written 上り髭, Lit. "climbing beard." The name of a mask used in kyōgen 狂言 plays. Noborihige has the… |
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| nōe 衲衣 | Also 納衣, shinnōe 刺納衣 or 刺衲衣, nōgesa 衲袈裟, nō 衲. |
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| nōmen 能面 | Masks used in the *Noh 能 theater and worn by the main actor shite シテ, and his… |
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| 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… |
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| nyoi 如意 | An implement carried by Buddhist priests at a ceremony or during formal preaching. It has a slightly curved handle about 30-… |
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