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Sanpaku. J. Paul Getty, one of the twelve famous people George Ohsawa claimed were suffering from sanpaku because of visible sclerae under their irises. [ 1] Sanpaku gan (三白眼; Chinese: 三白眼; pinyin: Sānbáiyǎn) or sanpaku (三白) is a Japanese term meaning "three whites", most often used in English to refer to a folk belief ...
Ishūretsuzō (夷酋列像), also known as or A Series of Paintings of Ainu Chieftains [1] : 5 or Portraits of Ezo Chieftains, [2] : 9 is a series of twelve painted portraits, dating to 1790, of Ainu elders in the aftermath of the Menashi–Kunashir rebellion. They are by the Japanese artist and Matsumae Domain retainer Kakizaki Hakyō (1764 ...
George Ohsawa (born Nyoichi Sakurazawa (櫻澤 如一); October 18, 1893 – April 23, 1966) was a Japanese author and proponent of alternative medicine who was the founder of the macrobiotic diet. When living in Europe he went by the pen names of Musagendo Sakurazawa, Nyoiti Sakurazawa, and Yukikazu Sakurazawa. He also used the French first ...
Seppuku (切腹, lit. 'cutting [the] belly'), also called harakiri (腹切り, lit. 'abdomen/belly cutting', a native Japanese kun reading), is a form of Japanese ritualistic suicide by disembowelment. It was originally reserved for samurai in their code of honour, but was also practised by other Japanese people during the Shōwa era [ 1][ 2 ...
An epicanthic fold or epicanthus[ 6] is a skin fold of the upper eyelid that covers the inner corner (medial canthus) of the eye. [ 3] However, variation occurs in the nature of this feature and the possession of "partial epicanthic folds" or "slight epicanthic folds" is noted in the relevant literature. [ 7][ 8][ 9] Various factors influence ...
Kunekune. A long, slender strip of paper that wiggles on rice or barley fields during hot summers, this yōkai is actually a recent invention. Kuzuryū. A nine-headed dragon deity associated with water. Kyōkotsu. A skeletal figure that emerges from a well where someone died a violent death. Kyonshii.
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The Eyes of Buddha (also called Buddha eyes or Wisdom eyes [1]) is a symbol used in Buddhist art. The symbol depicts two half-closed eyes, a style sometimes referred to as the Adamantine View ( Sanskrit: Vajradrsti ). [2] In between and slightly above the eyes is a circle or spiral which represents the urna, [3] one of the thirty-two ...