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nakago 中型

Also written 中子. Sometimes known as *ogata 雄型. Inner mould. When a metal statue…

Art History, Sculpture
namanari 生成

Lit. "Becoming bestial." A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 used for the wife taking revenge…

Art History, Sculpture
nanto busshi 南都仏師

A general term for Buddhist sculptors *busshi 仏師 working in Nara…

Art History, Sculpture
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…

Art History, Sculpture
Nasori 納曽利

A dance piece in *bugaku 舞楽 and the mask *…

Art History, Sculpture
natabori 鉈彫

A type of wooden sculpture characterized by round chisel nata 鉈 marks that are left on the surface. Natabori…

Art History, Sculpture
nenju 念珠

Also juzu 数珠, 誦数. A string of beads or a rosary, used for Buddhist prayer and invocation. Particularly associated…

Art History, Sculpture
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…

Art History, Sculpture
nerimono 練物

A modelling material resembling *kokuso-urushi 木屎漆 but harder in…

Art History, Sculpture
Ni-no-mai 二ノ舞

A dance piece in *bugaku 舞楽 performed right after *…

Art History, Sculpture
nibutsu heiza 二仏並坐

A statue or painting depicting the Buddhas *Shaka 釈迦 and Tahō 多宝…

Art History, Sculpture
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 *…

Art History, Sculpture
nikkei 肉髻

Also muken chōsō 無見頂相, chōkeisō 頂髻相, *ushitsunisha…

Art History, Sculpture
nikkeishu 肉髻珠

From the late Heian period a small circle carved at the front part of the base of the *nikkei…

Art History, Sculpture
nishikigi otoko 錦木男

Noh mask *nōmen 能面 made for the role of the ghost of the broken-hearted…

Art History, Sculpture
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…

Art History, Sculpture
nōe 衲衣

Also 納衣, shinnōe 刺納衣 or 刺衲衣, nōgesa 衲袈裟, nō 衲.

1 A Buddhist priest's…

Art History, Sculpture
nōmen 能面

Masks used in the *Noh 能 theater and worn by the main actor shite シテ, and his…

Art History, Sculpture
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

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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