Ryukoku Museum Concept Exhibition

Thought and Culture of Buddhism―From India to JapanFirst half: Jan.9th to Feb. 13th, 2022
Second half: Feb.19th to Mar.21st, 2022▶
＝Collection of Otani Expedition▶ ◎＝Important Curtural Property◆Part I Various Aspects of the Buddhism in Asia
▶No. ▶Title▶Provenance▶Date▶ Format andMaterials▶Location and Owner▶ Exhibition Term

1. What is Buddhism?
1Standing Buddha

Gandhara

2nd-3rd Century

SchistRyukoku University

2

Seated Buddha

Gandhara

3rd-4th Century

SchistRyukoku University

3Standing Maitreya

Gandhara

3rd-4th CenturySchist

4

Square Capital with 4 Seated Buddhas

Mathura2nd Century

Sandstone

Ryukoku University

5

Seated Buddha exhibiting bhūsparśamudrā

East India

10th-11th CenturyStone

Ryukoku University

6Standing Buddha

Myanmar11th-12th Century

Gilt Bronze

7

Buddha protected by Nāga

Cambodia

12th-13th Century

Gilt Bronze

8Standing AvalokiteśvaraCambodia

12th-13th Century

Gilt Bronze

Laurya Nandangarh

3rd Century B.C.

Rubbing on Paper

Ryukoku University

Thailand

1893 A.D.

Print on Paper

Ryukoku University

11 Sarvāstivādavinaya in Chinese (十誦律), vol. 42Nara ;dated 768(Jingo Keiun 2)

Ink on PaperTōshōdai-ji, NaraFirst Half.

12 Mahīśāsaka Vinaya in Chinese (五分律), vol. 20

Kamakura；
dated 1284(Kōan 7)

Ink on Paper

Ryukoku University

Second Half.

China

Qing period, published in
1735-38

Print on paper

Ryukoku University

First Half.

14 Saddharmapuṇḍarīkasūtra in Chinese (妙法蓮華経), vol. 6

Dunhuang

10th Century

Ink on Paper

Ryukoku University

Second Half.

15 Three Robes and a Bowl

Thailand

Modern Age

2. Teaching of Shakyamuni and its Succession
9

Rubbing of the Ashoka Inscription

10 Suttanipāta (Thai Royal Edition)

13

Buddhāvataṃsaka-nāma-mahāvaipulya-sūtra in Chinese(大方広仏華厳経), vol. 62

Ryukoku University

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

Gandhara

2nd-3rd Century

Schist17 Siddhārtha's Competition

Gandhara

2nd-3rd Century

Schist18 Renunciation and the Great Departure

Gandhara

2nd-3rd century

SchistIga City, Mie

Temptation by Māra, Enlightenment
and First Sermon

Gandhara

2nd-3rd Century

SchistRyukoku University

Gandhara

SchistSchist19

20 Defeating Nāga in the Fire Temple and Presentation of it

21 Nirvāna

Gandhara

2nd-3rd Century

Schist22 Head of Buddha (Replica)

Original: Khotan

Original:
Around 3rd Century

Original:
Gilt Bronze

Original:
Tokyo National Museum

23 Seated Buddha on a Lotus Flower

Khadalik (Khotan)

5th-7th Century

StuccoRyukoku University

24 Head of Bodhisattva

Karashahr

5th-6th Century

Clay

Ryukoku University

25 Money Tree

China

2nd-3rd Century

BronzeRyukoku University

26 Buddha Trinity

China

Northern Wei-Westen Wei,
Sandstone
6th century

Iga City, Mie

27 Portraits of Periodical Offering

China

Ming Period,
15th-17th Century

Color and Ink on Silk

Tsu-Kannon Daihō-in,
Mie▶Date

Format and▶Materials▶Location and Owner▶ Exhibition Term

Muromachi periodGilt bronze

Nakano-ku,ShigaFirst half:Vol.1 and 2
Second half:Vol.3 and4

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

1. Introduction of Buddhism to Japan
12Standing Amida Nyorai (Amitābha tathāgata) Zenkō-ji style
Illustrated Legends of Zenkō-ji Temple

Muromachi period

Color on silk

2. The State and Buddhism
3

Portrait of Kōbō-daishi

Muromachi period

Color on silk

4

Portrait of Kōbō-daishi (Zentsū-ji Style)Nambokuchō-Muromachi
PeriodColor on Silk

Jihō-in,Okayama

Second Half.

5Mandala of the Two Realms

Kamakura-Nambokuchō
PeriodColor on Silk

Jihō-in,Okayama

Second Half.

6◎ Mandala of the Two Realms

Muromachi Period

Color on Silk

Chōfuku-ji,Okayama

First half.

7

Seated Amida Nyorai (Amitābha) with a jeweled crown

Kamakura Period；
dated1329(Karyaku 4)

WoodOkayama
Prefectural Museum

8

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

Kamakura Period

Ink on Paper

Ryukoku University

9

Ground plan of "Goshichinichi-no-Mishiho " ritual

Edo Period；
dated1840(Tempō 11)

Ink on Paper

Ryukoku UniversityNambokuchō Period

Color on Silk

Mimuroto-ji, Kyoto

Kamakura period

Ink on Paper

First half: Rākṣasa
Second half:Yama

12 Image of Nyoirin Kannonn Bosatsu (Cintāmanicakra)

Kamakura Period

Color on Silk

First Half.

13 Image of Nyoirin Kannonn Bosatsu (Cintāmanicakra)

Kamakura Period

Color on Silk

OkayamaPrefectural Museum

Second Half.

14 ◎ Image of Fudō Myōō (Acalanātha) and eight attendant children

Kamakura-NambokuchōPeriod

Color on Silk

Chōfuku-ji,Okayama

Second Half.

15 Image of Daiitoku Myōō (Yamāntaka)

Muromachi Period

Color on SilkOkayama
Prefectural Museum

First Half.

10 Images of Twelve Devas

11Images of Rasetsuten (Rākṣasa) and Enmaten (Yama) ofTwelve DevasFirst half.

3. Development and Maturity of Japanese Buddhist Culture
16 Image of Descent of Amida (Amitābha) Trinity

Kamakura period

Color on Silk

17 Image of Descent of Amida (Amitābha) Trinity

Muromachi period

Color on Silk

Muromachi Period

Color on silk

19 Image of Descent of Amida (Amitābha) Trinity

Muromachi Period

Embroidered silk

Seigan-ji, Kyoto

20 Standing Amida Nyorai (Amitābha tathāgata)

Kamakura PeriodWood

Saihō-ji, Hyōgo

Muromachi;
dated1551(Tembum 20)

Wood

Kōshō-ji, Hiroshima

Muromachi Period

Ink on Paper

Hongaku-ji, Fukui

First Half.

Nambokuchō-Muromachi
PeriodColor on silk

Shōken-ji,Toyama

Second Half.

18

Image of Yamagoshi Amida （Amitābha who shows its figure
from the other side of the mountains)

21 Platform in the Form of Mt. Sumeru

By Yūkei

22 Ten-character Name for Amida Nyorai (Amitābha tathāgata)23

Nine-character Name for Amida Nyorai (Amitābha tathāgata)

Second Half.

Nison-in, Kyoto

First Half.

First Half.

Second Half.

24 Six-character Name for Amida Nyorai (Amitābha tathāgata)Endorsedby Jitsunyo(1458~1525)

Nambokuchō Period

Color on silkEnkō-ji,NaraFirst Half.

25 Six-character Name for Amida Nyorai (Amitābha tathāgata)

By Rennyo(1415～99)

Muromachi Period

Ink on Paper

Daikō-ji, Wakayama

Second Half.

26 Portrait of Priest Shinran

Endorsedby Junnyo(1577～1630)

Edo Period;
dated1611(Keichō16)

Color on Silk

Shōkō-ji, Toyama

Muromachi Period;
dated1511(Eishō8)

Color on silk

Fumon-ji, Shiga

Second Half.

Endorsedby Jitsunyo(1458~1525)

Muromachi Period;
dated1520(Eishō17)

Color on silk

Myōan-ji, ShigaFirst Half.

27 Hōbenhosshin-sonzō (Image of Amida Nyorai )28 Hōbenhosshin-sonzō (Image of Amida Nyorai )29

Images of Prince Shōtoku at theAge of Sixteen and Seven Masters of Pure Land

Endorsedby Junnyo(1577～1630)

Momoyama Period;
dated1613(Keicho18)

Color on silk

Shōkō-ji, Toyama

First Half.

30

Images of Prince Shōtoku at theAge of Sixteen and Seven Masters of Pure Land

Endorsedby Junnyo(1577～1630)

Edo Period;dated1616(Genna2)

Color on silk

Shōkō-ji, Toyama

Second Half.

31 Portrait of Rennyo

Endorsedby Jitsunyo(1458~1525)

Muromachi;
dated1522(Daiei 2)

Color on Silk

Shōkō-ji, Toyama

First Half.

32 Portrait of Jitsunyo

Endorsedby Jitsunyo(1458~1525)

Muromachi;
dated1524(Daiei 4)

Color on Silk

Temma Jōsen-bō,
Osaka

Second Half.

33 Portrait of Kennyo

Endorsedby Junnyo(1577～1630)

Momoyama Period, dated
1596(Bunroku 5)

Color on Silk

Shōkō-ji, Toyama

First half

34 Portrait of Junnyo

Endorsedby Ryōnyo(1612~1662)

Edo period ;dated1631(Kan’ei 8)

Color on Silk

Shōkō-ji, Toyama

Second Half.

Muromachi period

Color on silk

Ampuku-ji, Gifu

Second Half.

36 Images of Prince Shōtoku and Pure Land Masters of Japan

Muromachi Period

Color on Silk

Ampku-ji,Gifu

First half

37 Standing Image of Prince Shōtoku

Nambokuchō period

Wood

Kōshō-ji, Hiroshima

Illustrated Lineage ofMeikō's Jōdoshin-shū Community

Nambokuchō Period

Color on Paper

Kōshō-ji, Hiroshima

39 Biography of Priest Rennyo

Edo Period

Printed ink on paper

Ryukoku University

40 ﻿Historic Sites of related to 24 Shinran 's Disciples

Edo Period;
dated1803(Kyōwa3)

Printed ink on paper

Ryukoku University

41 Image of Yōryū Kannon (Willow Avalokiteśvara)

Muromachi Period

Ink on Silk

By Hakuin Ekaku(1686~1768)

Edo Period

Ink on paper

By Hakuin Ekaku(1686~1768)

Edo Period

Ink on paper

By Hakuin Ekaku(1686~1768)

Edo Period

Ink on paper

3538

Selected Scenes from Illustrated Biography ofPrince Shōtoku

42 Image of Bodhidharma
43Image of Totō Tenjin[SUGAWARA no Michizane Traveling to China]

44 Image of Budai(Hotei )▶Artist▶DateFormat and▶Materials

Gandhara

3rd-5th Century

StuccoLate Heian Period

Wood

Myōkō-ji, Okayama

Liao Period,
10th-11th Century

Wood

Tsukiji Hongwan-ji,
Tokyo

48 Seated Shō Kannon Bosatsu (Avalokiteśvara)

Late Heian Period

Wood

Myōtoku-ji, Okayama

49 Seated Fudō Myōō (Acalanātha)

Early Heian Period

Wood

Onjō-ji, Shiga

2nd-4th Century

SchistRyukoku University

Kamakura Period

Wood

Byōdō-ji,Kyoto

4th-5th Century

StuccoRyukoku University

Edo period-Meiji era

Wood

▶No.

▶Title▶Location and Owner

Characters of the Buddhist World
45 Seated Buddha

46 Seated Yakushi nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru)

47 Seated Bodhisattva

50 Standing Kārttikeya

ChinaGandhara

51 Standing Bishamon-ten (Vaiśravaṇa)52 Standing Buddhist Monk

53

Priest Shinran and Buddha's Disciples and Arhats(Buddhist statue models )Gandhara