玉ぎょく眼がん

noun

crystal or glass eyes inserted in a Buddhist statue

Technical term in Buddhist art; refers to the practice of setting realistic eyes made of crystal, glass, or other materials into the head of a statue.

• この仏ぶつ像ぞうの玉ぎょく眼がんは鎌かま倉くら時じ代だいの技ぎ法ほうで作つくられた。

  The crystal eyes of this Buddhist statue were made using a Kamakura-period technique.

noun

beautiful female eyes

Literary or poetic expression likening a woman's eyes to the jewel-like eyes of a Buddhist image; not an everyday description.

• 彼かの女じょの玉ぎょく眼がんのような瞳ひとみに見みつめられると、言こと葉ばを失うしなった。

  When she gazed at me with her jewel-like eyes, I was at a loss for words.