| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| ōakujō 大悪尉 | Also akujō 悪尉. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ōbeshimi 大べし見 | Also simply beshimi べし見; formerly written 閉歯見. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| obikui 帯喰 | A decoration in the form of a lion's head *shigami 獅噛, found on… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ogata 雄型 | A projecting mould used in metalwork. Moulds used for metalwork were divided into two types: ogata (convex or… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ōhi 横被 | 1 A mounting for paintings and calligraphy which originated in China. It consists of a scroll with rollers… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ōji 祖父 | Lit. "old man." A type of mask used in kyōgen 狂言 plays to represent an old man. The term ōji usually… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| okina 翁 | Also hakushikijō 白色尉. The white faced mask of a happy old man used in *Noh… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| okinamen 翁面 | Proto-Noh masks *nōmen 能面 used in the three-piece ritual Shikisanba 式三番… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ōmionna 近江女 | Woman of ōmi. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a young-to-… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Ōnintei 皇仁庭 | Art History, Sculpture | ||
| onnamen 女面 | Noh masks *nōmen 能面 representing women. This category divides broadly into three… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| onohajime 斧始 | Sometimes written 斧始め. Also te-onohajime 手斧始, katanahajime 刀始. A ceremony performed when an artist is… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| onryōmen 怨霊面 | Noh masks *nōmen 能面 of ghosts and spirits. Although all the … |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| oshidashibutsu 押出仏 | Also tsuichōbutsu 鎚ちょう仏. A repose relief depicting Buddhist deities (and the technique involved). Usually small,… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| oto 乙 | Also otogoze 乙御前. A mask of a young woman, used in kyōgen 狂言 plays. Oto has a fat, dimpled face… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ōtobide 大飛出 | Also tobide 飛出. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing the God of… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| otoko masugami 男十寸髪 | Also masugami otoko 十寸髪男. Noh masks *nōmen 能面 of male… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| otokomen 男面 | Noh masks *nōmen 能面 representing men. These realistic portrayals… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| uchiguri 内刳 | A technique used to hollow out the interior of a wooden statue. The hollow produced is also called uchiguri.… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| uetsuke 植付け | Lit. "planting." A technique used to make wooden statues, where the hair and beard are made separately, and then attached to… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ukebana 受花 | ✓ | Also written 請花, 受華, 請華; sometimes pronounced ukehana. Flower-shaped support. A support in the shape of an open,… |
Architecture, Sculpture, Decorations, Art History |
| ukibori 浮彫 | Formerly known as hanshutsuzō 半出像. A relief, or a method used to carve a relief on a flat surface. Halfway… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ushitsunisha 烏瑟に沙 | See *nikkei 肉髻. A hemispherical protuberance emerging from the head of a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| usobuki 空吹 | Also usofuki, sometimes written 嘯吹. Lit. "bluffer or whistler"; a humorous mask used in kyōgen 狂言 plays.… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| usunikubori 薄肉彫 | Also asanikubori 浅肉彫, asaukibori 浅浮彫, teiukibori 低浮彫, usuukibori 薄浮彫. A type of… |
Art History, Sculpture |
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