| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| rahotsu 螺髪 | Spiral-shaped curls of hair, like snail-shells, on the head of a *nyorai… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| raigō-in 来迎印 | Lit. "welcoming mudra." A mudra or hand gesture *in 印 in which the forefinger,… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ramō 羅網 | A net-like ornament strung with jewels or precious metals and hung from the canopy *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| renben 蓮弁 | Lit. "lotus petal." |
Architecture, Roofing Tiles, Art History, Sculpture | |
| rengeza 蓮華座 | ✓ | Also renza 蓮座. Lit. "Lotus base" (Sk: padmasana). A dais for a Buddhist image *… |
Art History, Sculpture |
| renniku 蓮肉 | The central section of a lotus flower pedestal *rengeza 蓮華座 on which a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| renpashiki emon 漣波式衣文 | A manner of representing drapery folds in Buddhist sculpture. It consists of either 1) a high… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Rikishi 力士 | ✓ | Ch: Lishi. A gigaku mask *gigakumen 伎楽面… |
Art History, Sculpture |
| Rin Nasei 林和靖 | Ch: Lin Hejing (967-1028). A noted poet, calligrapher, and scholar of the Northern Song dynasty. Rin Nasei's real name was… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| rinkō 輪光 | A type of halo *kōhai 光背 used on Buddhist images, forming a free-… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| rinnōza 輪王坐 | ✓ | The royal ease position (Sk: Maharajalilasana). A seated position used for a Buddhist image with one knee (usually… |
Art History, Sculpture |
| rōgata 蝋型 | Also rōgata chūzō 蝋型鋳造, rōgata imono 蝋型鋳物. A method of metal casting known as the lost-wax… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| rōjo 老女 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing the aged, yet beautiful face of… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Rokujō Madenokōji Bussho 六条万里小路仏所 | A Buddhist sculpture workshop *bussho 仏所, active from the 11th-14th century and… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ryō-onna 霊女 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing the suffering spirit of a woman… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Ryōō 陵王 | Also Raryōō 羅陵王, Ranryōō 蘭陵王 (King Lanling), and Ryūō 龍王 (Dragon King, see *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| ryūzō 立像 | Also read ritsuzō. A Buddhist image which is standing, as opposed to seated (see *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yakan 野干 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a small Chinese fox. Its thin-lipped, slightly… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yakuko 薬壷 | A medicine jar, found on the palm of the left hand in figures of *Yakushi 薬師, the… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Yakushi keka 薬師悔過 | Keka 悔過 is a term used in Buddhism meaning repentance of one's sins, and refers to the chanting of prayers to… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Yamauba 山姥 | Also read Yamanba. Oni-onna 鬼女 (demonic woman) or yama-onna 山女 (mountain woman) are used occasionally.… |
Art History, Painting, Sculpture | |
| yase-onna 痩女 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing the suffering spirit of a woman who dies from… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yase-otoko 痩男 | Emaciated man. Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a ghost suffering in hell. Lean… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yogan-in 与願印 | Lit. "wish-granting mudra (Sk: varada mudra)"; also segan-in 施願印. A mudra or hand gesture *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yōraku 瓔珞 | 1 A string of beads or lacework used to decorate Buddhist statues and objects. Often found on Bodhisattva… |
Art History, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorations | |
| Yorimasa 頼政 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a 12th-century warrior-poet of the Seiwa Genji… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yoroboshi 弱法師 | Priest with faltering step. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a blind young boy… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yoseki-zukuri 寄木造 | Also read yosegi zukuri. Formerly called kiyose zukuri 木寄造 or yoseai zukuri 寄合造. Antomym of *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yūgeza 遊戯坐 | ✓ | Also read yūgiza (Sk: lalitasana). A seated position for a Buddhist image, usually a bodhisattva *… |
Art History, Sculpture |
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