Ryukoku Museum Concept Exhibition

Thought and Culture of Buddhism―From India to Japan

Feb. 20th to Mar. 28th, 2021

◆Part I Various Aspects of the Buddhism in Asia
▶No. ▶Title▶ Collection of Otani▶Provenance▶ Format andMaterials▶Date▶Location and Owner

1. What is Buddhism?
1Standing Buddha

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

2

Seated Buddha

Gandhara

SchistCentury

Ryukoku University

3Standing Maitreya

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

4

Square Capital with 4 Seated Buddhas

MathuraSandstone

2nd Century

Ryukoku University

5

Seated Buddha

SarnathStone

6th-7th Century

Ryukoku University

6Standing Buddha

Myanmar

Gilt Bronze

11th-12th Century

7

Buddha protected by Nāga

Cambodia

Gilt Bronze

12th-13th Century

8Standing AvalokiteśvaraCambodia

Gilt Bronze

12th-13th Century

2. Teaching of Shakyamuni and its Succession
9Rubbing of the Ashoka Inscription

Laurya Nandangarh

Rubbing on Paper 3rd Century B.C.

Ryukoku University

10 Mahīśāsaka Vinaya in Chinese(五分律) , Vol. 20

Ink on Paper

Kamakura,dated 1284(Kōan 7)

Ryukoku University

11 Saṃyukta Āgama in Chinese(雜阿含経), Vol. 40

Gold on Indigopaper

Later Heian Period,
12th Century

Ryukoku UniversityPrint on Paper

Qing Period, published
Ryukoku Universityin 1735-38

12The Mahāvaipulyabuddhāvatamsaka Sūtra inChinese(大方広仏華厳経, Daqing Tripiṭakam)

13 Three Robes and a Bowl

China

Thailand

Modern Age

3. Mahayana Buddhism in Gandhara Region and Central Asia
14 Birth of Siddhārtha

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

15 Four encounters

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

16 Assault of Māra and enlightenment

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

17 First Sermon

Gandhara

Schist

2nd -3rd Century

18 Buddha and the Nursing of the DeadGandhara

Schist

2nd -3rd CenturyRyukoku UniversityExpedition▶ Collection of Otani▶Provenance

Format and▶Materials▶Date▶Location and Owner

Gandhara

Schist

2nd -3rd Century

Iga City, Mie

20 Head of Buddha (Replica)

Original: Khotan

Original:
Gilt Bronze

Original:
Around 3rd Century

Original:
Tokyo National
Museum21 Seated Buddha on a Lotus Flower

Khadalik (Khotan)

Stucco5th-7th Century

Ryukoku University

22 Head of Bodhisattva

KarashahrClay

5th-6th Century

Ryukoku University

23 Money Tree

ChinaBronze

2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

24 Seated Seven Buddhas on One Lotus Branch

China

Gilt Bronze

Tang Dynasty,
7th Century

25 Standing Buddha

Korean Peninsula

Gilt Bronze

Unified Silla Period,
8th-9th Century

26 Portraits of Periodical Offering

China

Color and Ink onSilk

Ming Period,
15th-17th Century

Tsu-Kannon Daihoin, Mie

Format and▶Materials▶Date▶Location and Owner

Ceramic

Asuka-Nara Period

Shitennō-ji, Osaka▶No. ▶Title

19 Nirvāna

4. Buddhism in China◆Part Ⅱ Buddhism in Japan▶No. ▶Title▶Artist

1. Introduction of Buddhism to Japan1

Eaves Tiles Excavated from Shitennō-ji

Excavated fromCeramic
Kamiuekiabandoned temple,Excavated fromCeramic
Minamishiga
abandoned
Excavated from thesite of Daikandai-ji, Ceramic
Nara

Hakuhō Period

2Round Eaves Tiles with lotus design

3

Round Eaves Tiles with lotus design

4Flat Eaves Tiles with arabesque design

5Million miniature pagodas

WoodNara Period

6

Portrait of Prince Shōtoku at the age of sixteen

Color on silk

Muromachi Period

Hakuhō Period

Hakuhō PeriodNakano-ku, Shiga

2. The State and Buddhism
7

Mandala of Butsugen-butsumo (Buddhalocanī)

Ink and color onsilk

Kamakura-Nambokuch
Onjyō-ji, Shigaō Period

8Fudō Myōō (Acalanātha) and two attendant children

Color on Silk

Muromachi Period

Seigan-ji, Kyoto

9Kujaku Myōō (Mahāmāyūrīvidyārājñī)Color on silk

Muromachi Period

Shōgo-in, Kyoto

10

Records of the Buddhist Ceremony"Shingon-in" in every January

Ink on Paper

Kamakura Period

Ryukoku University

Ink on Paper

Edo,1840(Tempo11)

Ryukoku University

11 Ground plan of Goshichinichi-no-Mishiho ritualExpedition▶No. ▶Title▶ArtistFormat and▶Materials▶Date▶Location and Owner

3. Development and Maturity of Japanese Buddhist Culture
By Hakuin Ekaku(1685–1768)

Ink on paper

Edo Period

Illustrated of Totō Tenjin [SUGAWARA no Michizane Traveling to By Hakuin EkakuChina](1685–1768)

Ink on paper

Edo Period

14 Descent of Amida (Amitābha) Trinity

Embroidered silk

Muromachi Period

Seigan-ji, Kyoto

15 Descent of Amida (Amitābha) Trinity

Color on Silk

Muromachi PeriodOkayama Prefectural
Museum12 Illustrated of Bodhidharma

1316

Taima Mandala (Pure Land of Amitābha Buddha Based on theGuan wu liang shou jing)

Color on Silk

Nambokuchō PeriodSeigan-ji, Kyoto

17

Illustrated of an Encounter in the Dream withPriest Shàn-Dăo and Hōnen

Color on Silk

Muromachi PeriodOkayama PrefecturalMuseum

18 Smaller Sukhavativyuha translated by Xuan Zang

Ink on paper

Late Heian Period

Seigan-ji, Kyoto

19 Buddhist Votive Stele with Sanskrit Character Symbolizing Amitābha

Stone

Nambokuchō,dated1382(Eitoku 4)

20

Textbook for the Jodo Shin-shū(Kyō-gyō-shin-shō )Ink on Paper

Muromachi Period

Ryukoku University

21

Illustrated Lineage ofMeikō's Jōdoshin-shū Community

Color on Paper

Nambokuchō Period

Hōkō-ji, Hiroshima

Color on Silk

Muromachi,dated 1524(Daiei 16)

Temma Jōsen-bō,
Osaka

Color on Silk

Muromachi Period

Temma Jōsen-bō,
Osaka

Color on Silk

Muromachi Period

Honshō-ji, Osaka

Colors on Silk

Muromachi Period

Senshō-ji, Gifu

Color on paper

Nambokuchō PeriodOkayama PrefecturalMuseum

22 Portrait of Jitsunyo

23 Portrait of Shōnyo

24Endorsedby Jitsunyo(14581525)
Endorsedby Shōnyo(151654)

Images of Prince Shōtoku and Pure Land Masters ofJapan

25 Image of Amitābha (Hōbenhosshin Sonzō )Endoesed byRennyo(1415-99)

26 Fragment of Illustrated Biography of Priest Shinran

27 Illustrated Biography of Priest Hōnen

By Ryūen

Color on Silk

Nambokuchō,Kōshō-ji, Hiroshima
dated 1338(Kemmu 5)

28 Illustrated Biography of Priest Shinran

By Ryūen

Color on Silk

Nambokuchō,dated 1338(Kemmu 5)

Kōshō-ji, Hiroshima

Wood

Muromachi,dated 1551(Tembum20)

Kōshō-ji, Hiroshima

Wood

Kamakura Period

Saihō-ji, Hyōgo

29 Platform in the Form of Mt. Sumeru

By Yūkei

30 Standing Amida Nyorai (Amitābha Tathāgata)31

Nine-character Name for Amida Nyorai(Amitābha Tathāgata)

Colors on silk

NambokuchōMuromachi Period

Shōken-ji, Toyama

32

Six-character Name for Amida Nyorai(Amitābha Tathāgata)

Colors on silk

Muromachi Period

Sinjō-ji, Gifu

33 Self-guide Map of Kantō Disctrict for Pilgrims

Printed Ink andcolors on Paper

Edo Period

Ryukoku University

Printed Ink andcolors on Paper

Edo Period

Ryukoku University

34

Landscape of Yoshizaki-gobō Temple
in Echizen

Illustrated byYoshimura Kōichi

▶ArtistFormat and▶Materials▶DateGandharaStucco

3rd-5th CenturyGilt bronze

Kamakura Period

Wood

Liao Period,
10th-11th Century

Tsukiji Hongwan-ji,
Tokyo

38 Seated Jizō Bosatsu (Bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha)

Wood

Kamakura Period

Onjō-ji, Shiga

39 Seated Fudō Myōō (Acalanātha)Wood

Early Heian Period

Onjō-ji, Shiga

Schist2nd-4th Century

Wood

Late Heian Period

Yakushi-ji, Nara

Stucco4th-5th Century

Ryukoku University

Wood

Edo period-Meiji era▶No.

▶Title▶Location and Owner

Characters of the Buddhist World
35 Seated Buddha

36Standing Amida Nyorai (Amitābha tathāgata)(Zenkō-jistyle)

37 Seated Bodhisattva

40 Standing Kārttikeya

China

Gandhara

41 Standing Kisshōten （Mahāśrī）

42 Standing Buddhist Monk

43

Priest Shinran and Buddha's Disciples and Arhats ofModels for Buddhist sculptures

Gandhara