Special Exhibition

Shin Buddhism and Prince Shōtoku
April 1st - May 28th, 2023 First Half : 4/1-30

Second Half : 5/2-28

RYUKOKU MUSEUM
List of WorksNotes◎：Important Cultural Property ○：Important Art Object
The list numbers correspond to the exhibition labels.
Not all the works of this list will be exhibited at the same time because of the exhibition rotations.
Part 1: Shinran Shōnin and Prince Shōtoku
▶No.

▶Title▶Artist / Author

1Portrait of Shinran

Endorsed byRennyo(1415-99)

2

Portrait of Shinran

3◎Illustrated Biography of Shinran(Hongwan-ji Shōnin Shinran Denne ) Vol. 1

4Illustrated Biography of Shinran Vol. 1

5Biography of Shinran(Hongwan-ji Shōnin Shinran Denne )6Oral Transmission of theLife and Words of Shinran (Kuden-shō )7Dream of Ren’i

8

Illustrated Biography of Hōnen and Shinran

9

Illustrated Biography of Shinran

Inscription by
Zonkaku(1290-1373)

By Kakunyo(1270-1351)

By Ryūen
Endorsed byZonkaku▶Format & Material▶Date▶Location & Owner▶Exhibition term

Color on silk

Muromachi, dated 1475
(Bummei 7)

Fukuden-ji, ShigaFirst Half

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Hiken-ji, Fukui

Second Half

Color on paper

Nambokuchō period

Temma Jōsembō,Osaka

Second Half

Color on paper

Edo period

Kyōsō-ji, ShigaFirst Half

Ink on paper

Muromachi
periodRyukoku University
Library

Ink on paper

Nambokuchō, dated 1344
(Kōei 3)

Ryukoku University
Library

Color on silk

Edo period

Zōkyō-ji, Aichi

Second Half

Color on silk

Nambokuchō,dated 1338 (Kemmu 5)

Kōshō-ji, Hiroshima

First Half

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Honsei-ji, Ishikawa

Second Half

Color on silk

Muromachi, dated
1514 (Eishō 11)

Honzen-ji, NaraFirst Half

Color on silk

Momoyama, dated
1588 (Tenshō 16)

Shōgaku-ji, Osaka

Second Half

Kamakura period

Ryukoku University
Library

Second Half

Second Half

Illustrated Biography of Shinran

Endorsed by
Jitsunyo(1458-1525)

11

Illustrated Biography of Shinran

Endorsed by
Kennyo(1543-92)

12

Fragment of Hymns of Prince Shōtoku
(Kōtaishi Shōtoku Hōsan) , the 16th verse

By Shinran(1173-1263)

13

Fragment of Hymns of Prince Shōtoku
(Kōtaishi Shōtoku Hōsan ) , the 30th verse

By Shinran

Ink on paper

Kamakura period

Otani UniversityMuseum, Kyoto

14

Fragment of the Poem ofPrince Shōtoku's Mausoleum (Byōkutsu Ge )By Shinran

Ink on paper

Kamakura period

Senkō-ji, Ishikawa

First Half

15

Fragment of the Poem ofPrince Shōtoku's Mausoleum (Byōkutsu Ge)
and an Extract from Mahāparinirvāṇa Sūtra

By Shinran

Ink on paper

Kamakura period

Honshō-ji, Aichi

First Half16

Hymns of Prince Shōtoku (Kōtaishi Shōtoku Hōsan )Transcrived byKakunyo

Ink on paper

Kamakura, dated
1318 (Bumpō 2)Jōraku-dai, Kyoto

17

Hymns of the Buddhist Dharma-Ages(Shōzōmatsu Wasan )(One of Three Hymns Books "Sanjō Wasan" )Print on paper

Muromachi, publishedin 1473 (Bummei 5)

Ryukoku University
Library10

Ink on paper18

Nine-Character Name [for Amitābha] withSix Masters of Pure Land Buddhism

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Anraku-ji, Aichi

19

Images of Prince Shōtoku in His Youth with
Seated Hōnen and Shinran

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Kaifuku-ji, Aichi

Second Half

20

Images of Prince Shōtoku in His Youth with
Seated Shinran and Zonnyo

Color on silk

Muromachi, dated
1461 (Kanshō 2)Jigan-ji, Osaka

First Half

21

Images of Prince Shōtoku Lecturing on ŚrīmālādevīSiṃhanāda Sūtra and Pure Land Masters ofChina and Japan

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Fukuden-ji, Shiga

Second Half

22

Images of Prince Shōtoku Lecturing onŚrīmālādevī Siṃhanāda Sūtra andPure Land Masters of Japan

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Jōsei-ji, Kanagawa

First Half

23

Images of Amitābha, Prince Shōtoku atAge Two and Pure Land Masters of China and Japan

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Jōgen-ji, Gifu

Second Half

24

Images of Prince Shōtoku andPure Land Masters of Japan

Color on silk

Muromachi periodAn-yō-ji, Gifu

First Half

25

Images of Prince Shōtoku andPure Land Masters of JapanBy Hōgen Ryōen

Color on silk

Nambokuchō,
dated 1381 (Shitoku 1)

Junshō-ji, Nara

Second Half

26

Images of Prince Shōtoku andPure Land Masters of Japan

By Kaga-no-kami
Rien

Color on silk

Muromachi, dated
1415 (Ōei 22)

Shinjō-ji, Gifu

Second Half

27

Images of Prince Shōtoku andPure Land Masters of Japan

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Ampuku-ji, Gifu

First Half

28

Images of Prince Shōtoku andPure Land Masters of Japan

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Kōkyō-ji, ShigaFirst Half

29

Images of Prince Shōtoku andPure Land Masters of Japan

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Unzen-ji, Aichi

First Half

30

Images of Prince Shōtoku andPure Land Masters of Japan

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Ekō-ji, Toyama

Second Half

31

Images of Prince Shōtoku andPure Land Masters of Japan

Color on silk

Muromachi periodTokyoNational Museum

First Half

32

Manifestation of Amitābha's Light with Line ofSuccession in Pure Land Buddhism
from India to Japan

Color on silk

Muromachi,dated 1398 (Ōei 5)

Butsudō-ji, ShigaFirst Half

33

Manifestation of Amitābha's Light with Line of
Succession in Pure Land Buddhism
from India to Japan

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Tokushō-ji, Kyoto

Second Half

34

Manifestation of Amitābha's Light with Line of
Succession in Pure Land Buddhism
from India to Japan

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Kōfuku-ji, Hyogo

Second Half

35

Manifestation of Amitābha's Light with Line ofSuccession in Pure Land
Buddhism from India to Japan

Color on silk

Muromachi periodShōtoku-ji, ShigaFirst Half

36

Discourse on the Nature of the Name
(Benjutsu Myōtaishō )Ink on paper

Muromachi period

Sensyō-ji, Gifu

Endorsed byRennyo

By Kaga-gon-nokami Nyūdō Rien

Part 2: The Image of Prince Shōtoku Created by Shin Buddhism
▶No.

37

▶TitleStanding Prince Shōtoku at Age Two▶Artist / Author▶Format & Material▶Date▶Location & Owner

Wood

Kamakura Nambokuchō period

Gōshō-ji, Fukui

Shōmyō-ji, Fukui

38

Standing Prince Shōtoku at Age Two

WoodNambokuchō Muromachi period

39Standing Prince Shōtoku at Age Two

Wood

Nambokuchō period

Tonju-ji, Aichi

Wood

Nambokuchō, dated
1341 (Ryakuō 4)

Saikō-ji, Tokyo

40

Standing Prince Shōtoku in His Youth▶Exhibition term

4142

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Standing Prince Shōtoku in His YouthWood

Nambokuchō period

Kōshō-ji, Hiroshima

Standing Prince Shōtoku at Age Sixteen

Wood

Kamakura period

Shōkō-ji, Ishikawa

Shōzen-ji, Aichi

43

Standing Prince Shōtoku at Age Sixteen

Wood

Momoyama, dated
1597 (Keichō 2)44Image of Prince Shōtoku
in His Youth (Kyōyō no Miei )Color on silk

Muromachi period

Jōraku-ji, Shiga

45

Image of Prince Shōtoku
in His YouthColor on paper

Muromachi, dated
1404 (Ōei 11)

Anjo City
Museum of History

Second Half

46

Images of Prince Shōtoku in His Youthand His Six Attendants

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Jōgen-ji, Gifu

First Half

47

Images of Prince Shōtoku in His Youthand His Six Attendants

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Enjō-ji, Fukui

First Half

Color on silk

Muromachi,
dated 1532(Tembun 1)

Hiken-ji, Fukui

Second Half

Color on silk

Muromachi, dated
1500 (Meiō 9)

Honzen-ji, NaraFirst Half

Color on silk

Muromachi, dated
1513 (Eishō 10)

Gangyō-ji, Nara

Second Half

Color on silk

Muromachi, dated
1503 (Bunki 3)

Hontoku-ji, Hyogo

Second Half

Color on silk

Muromachi, dated
1532 (Kyōroku 5)

Hontoku-ji, Hyogo

Second Half

Color on silk

Momoyama, dated
1613 (Keichō 18)

Shōkō-ji, Toyama

First Half

Print on paper

Edo period

Ryukoku University
Library

Color on silk

Nambokuchō,dated 1372 (Ōan 5)

Jōraku-dai, Kyoto

Ink on paperNambokuchō period

Jōraku-dai, Kyoto

Ink on paper

Muromachi, transcribedin 1551 (Tembun 20)

Ryukoku University
Library

Ink on paper

Momoyama period

Ryukoku University
Library

Print on paper

Edo, publishedin 1819 (Bunsei 2)

Ryukoku University
Library

Ink on paper

Edo, transcrived
in 1785 (Temmei 5)

Ryukoku University
Library

48

Images of Prince Shōtoku in His Youthand His Six Attendants

49

Images of Prince Shōtoku at Age Sixteen,
Hōnen and Seven Masters ofPure Land Buddhism

Endorsed byJitsunyo

50

Images of Prince Shōtoku at Age Sixteenand Hōnen

Endorsed by
Jitsunyo

51

Images of Prince Shōtoku at Age Sixteen
and Hōnen

Endorsed by
Jitsunyo

52

Images of Seven Masters ofPure Land Buddhism

53

Images of Prince Shōtoku at Age Sixteen andSeven Masters of Pure Land Buddhism

54

Notes on the Inscriptions on Sacred Scrolls(Songō-shinzō-meimon )Endorsed by
Junnyo(1577-1630)

55

Portrait of Zonkaku

Inscription by
Zonkaku,
Illustrated by
Ryōen

56

Zonkaku's Diary Written between Paper Margin(Zonkaku sode-nikki )By Zonkaku

57

A Life of Elderly Master of Jōraku-dai Temple(Jōrakudaishu Rōnō Ichigoki )58

The Solicitation Book for Cnstruction ofYamashina-Bukkō-ji Temple(Yamashina-Bukkō-ji Zōryu Kanjin-chō )59

Notes Assailing Heresy and Revealing Truth(Hajakenshō-gi)

60

Discorse on the Procedure of Revealing Truth(Kenshōryūgi-shō )Part 3: Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku and Their Surroundings
▶No.

61

62

▶Title○▶Format & Material▶Date▶Location & Owner▶Exhibition term

Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku

Color on silk

Nambokuchō periodZuisen-ji, ToyamaFirst Half:1〜4
Second Half:5〜8

Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku

Color on silk

Kamakura period

Shitennō-ji, Osaka

Second Half

Color on silk

Scroll 1-3: Muromachi period
Scroll 4: Nambokuchō period

Shōmankō-ji,Aichi

Second Half

Ink on paper

Kamakura period

Kōkyū-ji, Toyama

63

Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku

64

Biography of Prince Shōtoku
(Shōbōrinzō )65▶Artist / Author

Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku

By Senkū(1292-1343)

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Shōmyō-ji, Fukui

First Half:1〜3
Second Half:4〜6

Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku

66

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Kōshō-ji, Hiroshima

First Half

Color on silk

Scroll 1･4: Muromachi period
Scroll 2･3: Edo period

Mantoku-ji, Aichi

First Half:1・2
Second Half:3・4

Ink on paper

Muromachi, dated
1462 (Kanshō 3)Mantoku-ji, Aichi

67

Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku

68

Biography of Prince Shōtoku
(Shōtoku-taishi Den )69

Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Shōun-ji, Ishikawa

First Half70

Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku
with Eight-Character Name [for Amitābha]Color on silk

Muromachi period

Shōun-ji, Ishikawa

Second Half

71

Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku
(Summarized Version)

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Ampuku-ji, Gifu

First Half

72

Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku
(Summarized Version)

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Kōkyū-ji, Toyama

First Half

73

Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku
(Summarized Version)

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Shitennō-ji, Osaka

First Half

Color on silk

Nambokuchō Muromachi period

Kanagawa Prefectural
Museum ofCultural History

First Half

Color on silk

Nambokuchō Muromachi period

Shitennō-ji, Osaka

First Half

Color on silk

Nambokuchō Muromachi period

Shitennō-ji, Osaka

First Half

Ink on paper

Kamakura, dated 1303
(Kengen 2)

Hongan-ji,
Tokushima

74

Fragment of Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku
(Fighting Moriya's Troops)

75

Fragment of Illustrated Biography ofPrince Shōtoku (Construction of Shitennō-ji Temple)

76

Fragment of Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku
(Meeting with Prince Asa of Paekche/ Sending inJapanese Troops to Silla)

77

Biography of Prince Shōtoku
(Shōtoku-taishi Denryaku )◎By Gentai

By Egen78

Illustrated Biography of Hōnen Scroll 5Color on silk

Nambokuchō period

Honshō-ji, Aichi

First Half

79

Illustrated Biography of Hōnen Panel 4・6Color on silk

Nambokuchō period

Kōmyō-ji, Aichi

Second Half80

Fragment of Illustrated Biography of Hōnen(Shūi Kotoku Denne )Nambokuchō period

Tokyo
National Museum

Second Half81

Fragment of Illustrated Biography of Hōnen(Shūi Kotoku Denne )Color on paperNambokuchō period

Kitamura Museum,
Kyoto

Second Half

82

Standing Amitābha and Two Avalokiteshvaras(Zenkō-ji Style)

Gilt bronze

Kamakura period

Ryukoku Museum

83

Image of the Amitābha Triad
Enshrined in Zenkō-ji

Color on silk

Nambokuchō period

Hongaku-ji, Shiga

Second Half

84

Image of the Amitābha Triad
Enshrined in Zenkō-ji

Color on silk

Nambokuchō Muromachi period

Nagano City Museum

First Half

85

Illustrated Legend of the Statue ofAmitābha Triad Enshrined in Zenkō-ji

Muromachi periodNakano-ku, ShigaFirst Half:1・2
Second Half:3・486

Illustrated Legend of the Statue ofAmitābha Triad Enshrined in Zenkō-ji

Edo period

Zenkō-ji-Daikanjin,
NaganoColor on paper

Color on silk
By Baiō-kenEishun

Color on silk