An Assembly of Buddhas and Gods
Outstanding OKAYAMA Treasures of Religious Art

First half: November 21st to Desember 20th, 2020
Second half: Desember 22nd to 27th, 2020 / January 6th to 24th, 2021
List of Works
Explanatory Notes・T his is the complete list of the objects for the exhibition, An Assembly Buddhas and Gods: Outstanding OKAYAMA Treasures of Religious Art held in Ryukoku Museum in 2020.
・The item numbers in this catalogue and exhibit numbers in the gallery are identical.
The order of display, however, may be different from the serial order in the catalogue.

・T he exhibits will be partly changed during the exhibition. Consequently, some items in the catalogue may not be on display on certain days.

・In the list, data are given in the following order: Catalog number, Designation, Title, Artist / Author, Format and Material, Date, Owner and Location.

・T he mark of◎ indicates objects designated by the Japanese Government as Important Cultural Properties. The mark of □ indicates objects designated by Okayama Prefecture as
Important Cultural Properties.

・E
 nglish translation of this list is by KISHIDA Yūri.
No.

Title

Artist / Author

Format and Material

Date

Owner and Location

Two hanging scrolls,
Color on Silk

Kamakura Period(13-14th Century)

Hōkō-ji,
Setouchi City

Chapter 1: Arts of Esoteric Buddhism
1◎ Mandala of the Two Realms

2□ Mandala of the Two Realms

3□ Mandala of the Two Realms

4◎ Mandala of the Two Realms

Two hanging scrolls,
Color on Silk

Two hanging scrolls,
Color on Silk

Two hanging scrolls,
Color on Silk

Two hanging scrolls,
Color on Silk

Seed Mandala of the Two Realms

5

Head of Buddha(Traditionally identified as Mahāvairocana)

6

□

7

□

8□ Seated Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru)

Wood

9□ Seated Shō Kannon Bosatsu (Avalokiteśvara)

Wood

10

Nyoirin Kannon Bosatsu (Cintāmanicakra)

11

Fudō Myōō (Acalanātha)and two attendant children

12

◎

13

◎

Seated Amida Nyorai (Amitābha)with a jeweled crown

Wood
SyūkenWood

Hanging scroll,
Color on Silk

Hanging scroll,
Color on Silk

Fudō Myōō (Acalanātha)and 8 attendant children

Hanging scroll,
Color on Silk

Kamakura-Nambokucho
Period (14th Century)

Kamakura-Nambokucho
Period (14th Century)

Muromachi Period(15th Century)

Kamakura Period(13-14th Century)

Kamakura Period(13th Century)

Kamakura Period,
dated 1329 (Karyaku 4)

Late Heian Period(12th Century)

Late Heian Period(10-11th Century)

Kamakura Period(14th Century)

Muromachi Period(15th Century)

Kamakura-Nambokucho
Period (14th Century)

Honzan-ji,
Kume County

Jihō-in,Kasaoka City

Chōfuku-ji,
Mimasaka City

Chōhō-ji,
Bizen City

Hōtō-ji,
Kurashiki City

OkayamaPrefectural Museum
Myōkō-ji, Sōja City
Myōtoku-ji,
Maniwa City

OkayamaPrefectural Museum

Hōkō-ji,
Setouchi City

Chōfuku-ji,
Mimasaka City

Fudō Myōō (Acalanātha),
two attendant children and 48 messengers

Hanging scroll,
Color on Silk

Nambokucho Period(14th Century)

Hōkō-ji,
Setouchi City

14Daiitoku Myōō (Yamāntaka)

Muromachi Period(15th Century)

OkayamaPrefectural Museum

15

Godairiki Bosatsu(Five Bodhisattvas of great strength)

Hanging scroll,
Color on Silk

Reference Fudō Myōō (Acalanātha) andImage
36 attendant children

Hanging scroll,
Color on Silk

Hanging scroll,
Color on Silk

16◎ Aizen Myōō (Rāgarāja)

Color on Silk17◎ Aizen Myōō (Rāgarāja)

Color on Silk18

◎ Twelve Devas

19

Indra and his attendants

20

Zuzoushō (Iconography in ten fascicles)

21

Three thousand Buddhas

Attributed to Zōun

Twelve hanging scrolls,
Color on Silk

Hanging scroll,
Color on Silk

Hand scroll,
Color on Paper

Three hanging scrolls,
Color on Silk

Nambokucho Period(14th Century)

Muromachi Period(16th Century)

Kamakura-Nambokucho
Period (14th Century)

Nambokucho Period(14th Century)

Nambokucho-Muromachi
Period (14-15th Century)

Joseon dynasty(16th Century)

Kamakura Period(13-14th Century)

Muromachi Period(15-16th Century)

Ryukoku Museum,
Ryukoku University

Hōkō-ji,
Setouchi City

Bōtaku-ji,
Oda County

Bōtaku-ji,
Oda County

Chōfuku-ji,
Mimasaka City

Saidai-ji,
Okayama City

OkayamaPrefectural Museum

Chōhō-ji,
Bizen City

No.

Title

22

Portrait of Kōbō-Daishi (Priest Kūkai)Artist / Author

Format and Material

Hand scroll,
Color on Silk

23

◎ Gokorei (Five-pronged Vajra bell)

Gilt bronze

24

Gokosho (Five-pronged Vajra)

Gilt bronze

Gokorei (Five-pronged Vajra bell) andGokosho (Five-pronged Vajra)

Gilt bronze

25□

Two folding books,
Color on Paper

26-1 □Folding book,
Color on Paper

26-2 □Taira no Suketsuna

26-3

Calligraphy by
Karasumaru Mitsuhide Hand scroll,
Pictures byColor on Paper
Okabe Chōzaemon

Illustrated Legends of Saidai-ji Temple

Two hand scrolls,
Color on Paper

26-4

Calligraphy byHand scroll,Karasumaru Mitsuhide Color on Paper

26-5

Date

Nambokucho-Muromachi
Period (14-15th Century)

Nambokucho Period,
dated 1338(Kenmu 5)

Nambokucho-Muromachi
Period (14th Century)

Kamakura Period(13-14th Century)

Muromachi Period(16th Century)

Owner and Location

Jihō-in,Kasaoka City

Anyō-ji,
Wake County

Anyō-ji,
Wake County

Kinzan-ji,
Okayama City

Edo Period,dated 1661 (Kanbun 1)
Edo Period(17th Century)

Saidai-ji,
Okayama City

Edo Period,dated 1688 (Jōkyō 5)

Edo Period(18th Century)

Chapter 2: Arts of the Syncretism of Japanese Shinto and Buddhism
27□ Seated Japanese Male Deity

Wood

28

Seated Japanese Male Deity

Wood

29

Seated Japanese Male Deity (Traditionallyidentified as Sugawara no Michizane)

Wood

30

□ Seated Japanese Female Deities

31□ Seated Child Deity (Monju Daimyōjin)

Wood
Jōnin

Wood

32

Seated Deity

Wood

33

Japanese Male Deity

Color on Silk

34

Japanese Female Deity

Color on Wood Board

35

Four Guardian Deities of Mt. Kōya

Hanging scroll,
Color on Silk

36

Four Guardian Deities of Mt. Kōya

37

Kokūzō Bosatsu and Myōjō Tenshi(Ākāśagarbha and Aruṇa)

Hanging scroll,
Color on Silk

Hanging scroll,
Color on Silk

Kṣitigarbha (Manifestation of Shinto Deity
Hachiman as a Buddhist Monk)

Color on Silk

39

Mirror incised with Zaō GongenBronze

40

Plaque with Image of Bishamonten (Vaiśravana)

38◎Nambokucho Period,
dated 1370 (Ōan 3)

Magata-jinja,
Kume County

Muromachi Period(15th Century)

Shōrin-ji,
Okayama City

Late Heian Period(10-11th Century)

Late Heian Period(10-11th Century)

Muromachi Period(15th Century)

Muromachi Period(14-15th Century)

Momoyama Period(16th Century)

Muromachi Period(15th Century)

Nambokucho-Muromachi
Period(14th Century)

Takano-jinja,
Tsuyama City

Jihō-in,Kasaoka City

Jihō-in,Kasaoka City

Hōkō-ji,
Setouchi City

Bōtaku-ji,
Oda County

Kamakura Period(13th Century)

BronzeMomoyama Period,
dated 1607 (Keichō 12)
Late Heian Period(12th Century)

Ashimorihachimangū,Okayama City◎ Frame of the Title given to Deity

Wood

43

◎ Guardian Lions

Wood
Stone

45

□ Bugaku Mask (Ōnintei Type)

46

□47

□ Demon Mask (Nuo Folk Religion Mask)

Wood

48

□ Shishi (Lion) Mask

Wood

Shishi (Lion) Mask and
Hanataka (Shinto Deity) Mask

Kashino-jinja,
Setouchi CityBronze

42

Lion

Nambokucho-Muromachi
Period (13-14th Century)

Kamakura Period(13th Century)

OkayamaPrefectural Museum□ Mirror44

Unan-ji,Maniwa City

Late Heian Period(12th Century)

41

Kise Jōami

Late Heian Period(10-11th Century)

Wood
Wood

Late Heian Period(12th Century)

Kamakura Period(12-13th Century)

Kamakura Period(13-14th Century)

Momoyama Period,
dated 1592 (Tenshō 20)

Nambokucho Period,
dated 1362 (Kōan 2)

Edo Period,
dated 1685 (Jōkyō 2)Takano-jinja,
Tsuyama City

Takano-jinja,
Tsuyama City

Kumano-jinja,
Akaiwa City

Fukuda-jinja,
Maniwa City

Amatsu-jinja,
Maniwa City

Honzan-ji,
Kume County

Hachiman-jinja,
Kume County