[Focus Exhibition]

Take a Peek!

Art of the Afterlife

Outstanding OKAYAMA Treasures of Religious Art Ⅲ
Jul. 16st to Oct. 21th, 2022

・◎: Important Cultural Properties
・□: Important Cultural Properties in Okayama Prefecture

List of Works▶Title▶No.

▶Artist / Author ▶Date▶Format and Material▶Location and Owner

Section 1. Hōnen: Born in Okayama!
1

Portrait of Priest Hōnen

Muromachi Period

One of Pair of Hangingscrolls,
Color on silk

2

Portrait of Master Shàndăo and Priest Hōnen

Muromachi Period

Hanging scroll,
Color on silk

OkayamaPrefectural Museum3Kurodani Shōnin Gotōroku (Biography of Priest Hōnen)Kamakura, published in1321 (Genkō 1)

Seven Books,
Print on paper

Ryukoku University
Library

4

Fragment of Hōnen Shōnin Dempō-e (Illustrated Biographyof Priest Hōnen) “Scene of Kyōgashima ”

Kamakura Period

Hanging scroll,
Color on paper

5

Fragment of Hōnen Shōnin Dempō-e (Illustrated Biographyof Priest Hōnen) “Scene of Shiwaku ”

Kamakura Period

Hanging scroll,
Color on paper

OkayamaPrefectural Museum

6

Fragment of Hōnen Shōnin Dempō-e (Illustrated Biographyof Priest Hōnen) “Scene of Amnesty”

Kamakura PeriodHanging scroll,
Color on paper

OkayamaPrefectural Museum

7

Fragment of Hōnen Shōnin Dempō-e (Illustrated Biographyof Priest Hōnen) "Scene of Donation of Complete
Buddhist Scriptures"

Kamakura Period

Hanging scroll,
Color on paper

OkayamaPrefectural Museum

8

Fragment of Hōnen Shōnin Dempō-e (Illustrated Biographyof Priest Hōnen) “Scene of Higashiyama Ōtani ”

Kamakura Period

Hanging scroll,
Color on paper

OkayamaPrefectural Museum

9

Fragment of Hōnen Shōnin Dempō-e (Illustrated Biographyof Priest Hōnen) “Scene of Hōnen's Dying”

Kamakura Period

Hanging scroll,
Color on paper

OkayamaPrefectural Museum

Nambokuchō,dated 1338
(Kemmu 5)

One of three hangingscrolls,
Color on silk

Kōshō-ji,
Hiroshima Prefectur

Nambokuchō Period

Hanging scroll,
Color on paper

OkayamaPrefectural Museum

Edo Period

Nine books,
Ink on paper

Ryukoku University
Library

Muromachi Period

Four books,
Ink on paper

Ryukoku University
Library

10□Illustrated Biography of Priest Hōnen, Vol.1

By Ryūen

Fragment of Shūi Kotoku Denne （Illustrated Biography of11Priest Hōnen）“Dialogue with Priest Zenshin”

12

Shūi Kotokuden Ekotoba (Biography of Priest Hōnen)13

Shōgen Myōgi Shō (Biography of Priest Hōnen)Calligraphy byJunshōSection 2. Hell and Paradise @ Okayama
14◎

Descent of Amida (Amitābha) Buddha
and the twenty-five Bodhisattvas

Kamakura Period

Hanging scroll,
Color on silk

Hemmyō-in,
Setouchi City

15□

Bodhisattva Masks

Late Heian-Kamakura
Period/Nambokuchō-Muromachi
PeriodWood with lacquer foil

Kibitsu-jinja,
Okayama City16□

Descent of Amida (Amitābha) triad

Nambokuchō Period

Hanging scroll,Color on silk

Gan'on-ji,
Wake County

Descent of Amida (Amitābha) triad

Nambokuchō-Muromachi
PeriodHanging scroll,
Color on silk

Hemmyō-in,
Setouchi City

Kamakura,dated1329(Karyaku 4)

Wood with gold
polychrome, rock crystaleyes, crystal

OkayamaPrefectural Museum

17

Reference１□

Seated Amida Nyorai (Amitābha Tathāgata)with a jeweled crown

By Syūken

18□

Two deities, the ten kings of hell
and the ten Buddhas

Kamakura-Nambokuchō
PeriodHanging scroll,
Color on silk

Kiyama-ji,
Maniwa City19□

Descent of Amida (Amitābha) triad
and the ten Buddhas

Muromachi Period

Hanging scroll,
Color on silk

Kiyama-ji,
Maniwa City

20◎

Jizō Bosatsu (Kṣitigarbha) and the Ten Kings of Hell andguardians

Korean Peninsula,
Goryeo(Koryo) period

Frame,
Color on silk

Nikkō-ji,
Kasaoka City

21◎

Jizō Bosatsu (Kṣitigarbha) and the Ten Kings of Hell andguardians

Muromachi Period

Eleven frames,
Color on silk

Hōfuku-ji,
Sōja City

Descent of Jizō Bosatsu (Kṣitigarbha)

Muromachi Period

Hanging scroll,
Color on silkAnyō-ji,
Wake County

Jūsambutsu (Thirteen Buddhas)

Muromachi Period

Hanging scroll,
Color on paper

Kiyama-ji,
Maniwa City

Reference

Seated One of the Ten Kings of Hell

Kamakura-Nambokuchō
PeriodWood with color, rock
crystal eyes

Reference

Seated Jizō Bosatsu (Kṣitigarbha)

Kamakura Period

Wood with color, rock
crystal eyes

22

23

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２３Onjō-ji,
Shiga Prefecture

Section 3. Kumano Nuns’ Hometown
24□Kumano kanjinjikkai Mandala (Folded Visualization
Mandala of the Heart and Ten-realms of Kumano)

Edo Period

Sheet,
Color on paper

25□Nachi sankei Mandala (Folded Kumano Nachi Pilgrimage
Mandala）

Edo Period

Sheet,
Color on paper

26

Kumano kanjinjikkai Mandala (Visualization Mandala of theHeart and Ten-realms of Kumano)

Edo Period

Hanging scroll,
Color on paper

Anyō-ji,
Wake County

27

Kumano kanjinjikkai Mandala (Folded Visualization
Mandala of the Heart and Ten-realms of Kumano)

Edo Period

Sheet,
Color on paper

Saidai-ji,
Okayama City28□

Illustrated Handscrolls of Kumano Gongen Engi (Legendsof Three Main Kumano Shrines）

Edo Period

Three Hand scrolls,
Color on paper

29□Legends in Shimokasaka Village

Edo, dated 1753
(Hōreki 3)

Hand scroll,Ink on paper

30□

Wooden block of Daikokuten (Mahākāla）

Edo Period

Wood

31

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Wooden blocks of Kunmano Goō (Talisman of KumanoNachi shrine)

Edo PeriodWood

32□

Wooden printing block of Flame Juel (Cintāmaṇi)Edo Period

Wood

33

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Monk staff (Khakkhara)

Edo Period

Gilt bronze, Wood

34□

Amulet box

Edo Period

Cloth-covered with paper

35□

Karabitsu （Black and red lacquered Container )Kamakura,dated 1294
(Einin 2)

Lacquered Wood

Sp1

Permission letter from Three Main Kumano Shrines

Edo,dated1664(Kambun 4)

Sheet,
Ink and print on paper

Sp2

Talisman of Daikokuten （Mahākāla）

Edo Period

Two sheets,
Print on paper

OkayamaPrefectural Museum