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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

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

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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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