| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| mabisashi 眉庇 | A visor that projected from the front of a soidier's helmet *kabuto 冑. First… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| maedachi 前立 | Also omaedachi 御前立. Lit. "standing in front." A Buddhist sculpture, positioned on the altar in front of the shrine… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| maedate 前立 | Abbreviation of maedatemono 前立物. Also tatemono 立物. An upstanding decoration found on the front of a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| 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… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| magojirō 孫次郎 | A noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a young woman. The gracefully curved mouth… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| maijō 舞尉 | Dancing old man. A noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing an old god or… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| manbi 万媚 | A noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a young woman in her first bloom. Very similar… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| 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… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| marubori 丸彫 | A statue completely carved in the round, as opposed to relief *ukibori 浮彫. A… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| marubuki 丸吹 | Also *itchū 一鋳. A metal casting technique where the statue is cast in one… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| masugami 十寸髪 | Also written 増髪. Long, tangled hair. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| megata 雌型 | A type of mould used in metal casting and ceramics. Megata refers to a hollow mould into which molten metal,… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| mibu kōhai 壬生光背 | A type of halo *kōhai 光背 found on Buddhist images. A square… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| mida-no-jōin 弥陀定印 | Also mida jōin. Lit. "Amida's meditation mudra." Mida is an abbreviation of *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| miei 御影 | Art History, Sculpture | ||
| mikazuki 三日月 | Lit. "crescent: three moons." Noh masks *nōmen 能面 representing a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| 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… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| mikkyō hōgu 密教法具 | Utensils used during ritual incantation and prayer in Esoteric Buddhism mikkyō 密教. Introduced to Japan in the… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| misogi kaji 御衣木加持 | An incantation in esoteric Buddhism to purify and sanctify *misogi 御衣木, the wood used for… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| 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… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| mokoku 模刻 | Also mosaku 模作, mosha 模写, mokosaku 模古作. Works of art such as statues which are copies of… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| mokuchō 木彫 | Wooden sculpture. While wooden sculptures are relatively rare in India and China, wood has traditionally been the chief… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| 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… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| munagō 胸甲 | Also pronounced kyōkō. A protective breast-plate found on Buddhist guardian deities *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| myōga akujō 茗荷悪尉 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a fierce, old man. The shape of… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tachikibutsu 立木仏 | Lit. "standing tree Buddha." A Buddhist image carved on a living tree or on wood that retains the form of the original tree… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tagane 鏨 | Graver. A sharp, pointed steel tool used in metalwork and stone carving. Used for engraving, carving, and chiselling,… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| taiko 太孤 | Old Persian man taikofu 太孤父 and young Persian boy taikoji 太孤児, two types of gigaku masks *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tainaibutsu 胎内仏 | A small Buddhist image that is placed inside a larger one as an offering. In most cases, older images were placed inside… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| taishōtoku 退走禿 | "Running in retreat," a *bugaku 舞楽 dance and mask *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| takama bussho 高間仏所 | Also takaya bussho 高矢仏所. A guild of Buddhist sculptors active in Nara *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tamen kōhi 多面広臂 | An image that has more heads, eyes, or limbs than the human figure. |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tamen tahi 多面多臂 | Also *tamen kōhi 多面広臂. A Buddhist image with more heads, eyes, or limbs than… |
Architecture, Sculpture | |
| tankei 単髻 | A single topknot. Hair tied on top of the head in a simple round topknot *hōkei… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tekkō 手甲 | Also tekō, yubitsugai 指番. A protective piece of leather or metal used to protect the back of a soldier's… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ten 捻 | Also *shō 摂. Clay statue. An old term used in the Nara period to… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tenbōrin-in 転法輪印 | Lit. "mudra for turning the Dharma-wheel." A mudra or hand gesture *in 印… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tenchigan 天地眼 | Also tenchigen. A facial expression found on *Fudō Myōō 不動明王, where the right… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tendō 天童 | Lit. "heavenly youth," also warabemai 童舞 (dancing child). A dance mask representing a young boy with parted hair… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tengai 天蓋 | 1 Also sangai 傘蓋, hōgai 宝蓋, kagai 華蓋, kengai 懸蓋. Sk: chatra… |
Architecture, Decorations, Art History, Sculpture | |
| tenjin 天神 | Lit. "heaven people." |
Art History, Iconography, Sculpture | |
| tenkandai 天冠台 | Also hōkandai 宝冠台. A decorative band around the head found on *bosatsu… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tenne 天衣 | Also tenne 纏衣. A long, narrow strip of ornamental cloth, found on images of *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tetsubutsu 鉄仏 | A Buddhist statue made of cast iron. Cast iron statues were not as common in Japan as bronze (see *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| togō 東江 | Art History, Sculpture | ||
| tokin 鍍金 | Gilding. A decorative technique used in metalwork, where an object was coated with a thin layer of gold. In Japan, this… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tokkosho 独鈷杵 | A pestle with a single sharp blade at each end, found as an attribute *jimotsu… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tokusajō 木賊尉 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing an old, plebeian man used only… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tonoko 砥の粉 | Powdered burnt clay or pulverized whetstone. Used for polishing swords and coloring wood. Tonoko was mixed with… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Tori yōshiki 止利様式 | A style of sculpture represented by the work of the 7th-century sculptor known as Tori busshi 止利仏師. Tori was believed to be… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tōshin 等身 | Lit. "life-size." A standard unit of measurement for Buddhist statues *hōryō… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tōshoku 頭飾 | Decoration found on the head of a Buddhist sculpted figure. This includes hairstyles *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tōza 榻座 | A cylindrical seat or round pedestal *daiza 台座 for a Buddhist image. Many images… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tsubai bussho 椿井仏所 | Also written 津波井仏所. A guild of Buddhist sculptors *busshi 仏師 active in Nara *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tsūen 通円 | Also 通圓. A mask of an old man, used in the kyōgen 狂言 play Tsūen (The Tea Priest, Tsūen… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tsūken 通肩 | An abbreviation of tsūryō kenpō 通両肩法. A style of wearing a Buddhist robe covering both shoulders. The robe… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tsuriago 吊顎 | Dangling chin, a gimmick used on some bugaku masks *bugakumen… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tsurimanako 釣眼 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing the God of Thunder. Great… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| tsutsumi nakago 包み中型 | Enclosed inner mould. The *nakago 中型 was a term used in metal… |
Art History, Sculpture |
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