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Title Contains Image(s) Description Keywords
wakaonna 若女

Young girl. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a young woman. The mature…

Art History, Sculpture
wakaotoko 若男

Young man. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a young commoner with…

Art History, Sculpture
wansen 腕釧

A wristlet. A decorative ring *kansen 鐶釧 found on the wrists of…

Art History, Sculpture
warabidegata 蕨手形

Short for warabidegata suihotsu 蕨手形垂髪. Strands of hair *suihotsu…

Art History, Sculpture
waraijō 笑尉

Lit. "laughing old man." A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a…

Art History, Sculpture
waranawa 藁縄

1 Rope made by twisting together strands of straw. In clay statuary, the central wooden core *…

Art History, General Terms, Architecture, Sculpture
warihagi 割矧

A sculpture technique used to carve a large hollow space *uchiguri…

Art History, Sculpture
warikubi 割首

A wood statue technique used to join the head and body at the neck. The head and body of a Buddha statue are carved from a…

Art History, Sculpture
washibana akujō 鷲鼻悪尉

Eagle-nosed fierce old man. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面, representing a…

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