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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
Nichiren 日蓮

An abbreviation of Nichiren Shōnin 日連上人 (1222-82). A radical reformer of popular Buddhism and founder of the …

Art History, Iconography
nijūgo bosatsu 二十五菩薩

Lit. "25 bodhisattvas *bosatsu 菩薩." The bosatsu that are…

Art History, Iconography
nijūhachi bushū 二十八部衆

The 28 attendants of *Senju Kannon 千手観音. They protect those who place…

Art History, Iconography
nijūhasshuku 二十八宿

Lit. "28 lunar mansions." In the astronomical theory of both ancient India and China the path of the moon during a single…

Art History, Iconography
nika byakudō-zu 二河白道図

Also read niga byakudō-zu. Lit. "picture of Two Rivers and the White Path." Inspired by a parable taught by the…

Art History, Iconography
Nikkō Gakkō 日光・月光

Solar Radiance and Lunar Radiance.

1 Sk: Suryavairocana and Candravairocana. Two…

Art History, Iconography
Ninnōgyō mandara 仁王経曼荼羅

A variety of *besson mandara 別尊曼荼羅 based on the Ninnō Gokoku Hannya…

Art History, Iconography
Niō 仁王 ✓

Also written 二王. Also called *niten 二天 and Niōson 仁王尊. Lit. "two kings" or "benevolent kings."…

Art History, Iconography
niten 二天

A pair of devas *ten 天 or Buddhist guardian gods, such as *…

Art History, Iconography
Niu Myōjin 丹生明神

Also Niutsuhime Myōjin 丹生都比売明神. A female mountain deity that resides in Mt. Kōya 高野. According to legend *…

Art History, Iconography
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