April 23 to June 19th, 2022

RYUKOKU MUSEUM

Notes◉：National Treasure◎：Important Cultural Property• 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.
First half: 4/23～5/22 Second half: 5/24～6/19

Chapter1: The first Buddhist disciples and various lay followers
No.

12

Exhibition term

Catalog

Title

No.

Artist, Author

Format and Material

Region / Date

Standing Buddha

1-1

SchistBuddhist Wheel of Existence

1-2

Print on paper

Gandhara / 2nd-3rd century
Nepal / 19th-20th century

1-3

Buddhist Wheel of Existence

Print on paper

Nepal / 19th-20th century

41-4

First Sermon

SchistGandhara / 2nd century

6789

First: First half
Second: Second half

35Location and Owner

1-5

Samantapāsādikā (Buddhaghosa’s

Two bundles,commentary on the Pāli Vinaya)

ink on palm leaves

Brāhmā and Indra entreating Buddha

1-6

Schistto preach
Descent from Trayastrimsha heaven

1-7

Ekottarika Āgama in Chinese, vol. 28

1-8
1-9

10 1-10Gandhara / 2nd-3rd century

Book,Japan / Edo, published in1669 (Kambun 9)

vinaya in Chinese, vol. 31

print on paper

Hārītī

SchistGandhara / 2nd-3rd century

Hand scrooll,

China / Qing, dated 1665

color on silk

(Kang xi 4)

By Li Sen

SchistSchistParinirvana
Sanghavedavastu of

14 1-13

Swat /1st-2nd century

Book,

King worshipping Buddha and13 1-12

Burma: 18th-19th century

Schistprint on paper

Pacification of a Mad Elephant

12 1-11

Khom: 17th-18th centuryKṣudrakavastu of Mūlasarvāstivāda-Raising the alms-bowl

11 S1

Thailand /Bundle,
color on paperMūlasarvāstivādavinaya in Tibetan

China / Ming, published in1589 (Wanli 17)

Gandhara / 2nd-3rd century
Gandhara / 2nd-3rd century

Tibet / Published in 1733

Ryukoku Museum,
Ryukoku University
Ryukoku Museum,
Ryukoku University
Hanzōmon Museum,Tokyo
Otani University

Khom: FirstMuseum

Burma: Second

Ryukoku Museum,
Ryukoku University
Ryukoku Museum,
Ryukoku University
Ryukoku University
Library
Ryukoku University
Library

Ryukoku Museum,
Ryukoku University
Hanzōmon Museum,Tokyo
Ryukoku University
Library

Illustrated by15 1-14

Life of Shakyamuni Buddha

Katsushika

Six books,(Shaka go-ichidaiki zue )Hokusaiprint on paper

Japan / Edo, published in
1845 (Kōka 2)

Ryukoku University
Library(1760-1849)

Tonsured Nanda

16 1-15

Offering of dust

17 1-16

20 S2

Schist◎◎indigo paper

Vimalakīrtinirdeśa Sūtra in Chinese,

Folding book,vol. 1

ink on paper
Hanging scrooll,

Vimalakīrti

ink on silk
Inscription by

21 1-20

Vimalakīrti

Gandhara / 2nd-3rd century
Gandhara / 2nd-3rd century

Ryukoku Museum,
Ryukoku University

Handscroll, gold on Japan / Later HeianMadhyama Āgama in Chinese, vol. 6

18 1-17
19 1-18

SchistKohō Kakumyo(1271-1361)

Hanging scroll,ink on silkFirst(12th century)
Japan / Later Heian(12th century)
China / Southern Song
(13th century)

Nanatsu-dera, AichKyoto National
MuseumFirst

China / Yuan (14th century)
or Japan / Kamakura

Second(14th century)

Chapter2: Disciples who witnessed the Buddha’s parinirvana
No.

CatalogNo.

22 2-1
23 2-224 2-325 2-4

Exhibition term
Title

Artist, Author

Format and Material

Region / Date

Location and OwnerFirst: First half
Second: Second halfParinirvana
Transportation of the Shakyamuni’scoffin
Dīrgha Āgama in Chinese, vol. 4Schist

Kapisi / Circa 3rd century

SchistSwat / 1st-2nd century

Book,

Japan / Edo, published inprint on paper

1671 (Kambun 11)

Mahāparinirvāna Sūtra in Chinese,Book, print on

China / Ming, published invol. 1paper

1589 (Wanli 17)

Ryukoku Museum,
Ryukoku University

Ryukoku University
Library
Ryukoku University
LibraryBy Department

Parinirvana (Reproduction)

26 2-5of JapaneseHanging scroll

style painting,Original:

Aichi University color on silkof the Arts
27 2-6◎Hanging scroll,Parinirvana

color on silk

Japan / Heisei 26-29(2014-17)
Original: Japan / Heian,
dated 1086 (Ōtoku 3)
Japan / Later Heian(12th century)

Art Museum, Aichi
University of theArts
Original: Kongōbuji,
Wakayama
Fun’yō-ji, Gifu

Chapter3: Ten great disciples of Shakyamuni BuddhaNo.

Exhibition term

Catalog

Title

No.

Format and Material

Region / Date

29 3-2◎

Worship of Tri-ratna

SchistAṅguttara Nikāya,Book,vol. 1 (Thai Royal edition)

print on paper
Handscroll,

Ekottarika Āgama in Chinese, vol. 3

ink on paper

Rubbing of the carved Shakyamuni
Rubbing

Buddha and ten great disciples

31 3-5on paper(Guyangdong cave of Longmen)

Swat / 3rd-4th century
Thailand / published in 1893
Japan / Later Heian(12th century)
Original: China /Northern Wei(5th-6th century)

great disciples (cave of bao shan ling

32 S3

Rubbing on paper

Original: China / Sui,

Standing ten great disciples

polychrome, rock
crystal eyes
Wood with gold

Standing ten great disciples

34 3-8polychromy,
cut gole leaf, rock◎

Two hanging

Ten great disciples

scrolls, color on silk

Principal image of the ceremony for
36 3-10

Hanging scroll,chanting “Mahāprajñāpāramitāsūtra

ink and colorin Chinese”

on linen
Hanging scroll,

Shakyamuni Buddha’s sermon

37 3-11Maudgalyāyana and Rāhula:

LibraryFirst

Nanatsu-dera, Aichi Second

Ryukoku Museum,
Ryukoku University

Research inJapan / Kamakura(14th century)
Japan /Kamakura(13th-14th century)
Korean Peninsula / Joseon,
dated 1570 (Longqing 4)
Korean Peninsula /color on silk
Hanging scroll,color on silk

Kyoto NationalMuseum

Japan / Edo (17th century)

two great disciples
Teaching Bhaiṣajyaguru

40 S6(13th century)

Shakyamuni Buddha and(based on Mile xia sheng jing)

39 3-12

Ryukoku University

Japan / Kamakura

gold on red silk
Joseon (16th century)
Hanging scroll, gold
Korean Peninsula / Joseonand color on red
dated, 1568 (Longqing 2)
silkFrame,Thailand / Rattanakosin

Scene of the Descent of Maitreya

38 S5

Ryukoku University

University
Wood with◎

Ryukoku Museum,dated 589 (Kaihuang 9) Humanities, Kyoto

quan si shiku da zhu)

35 3-9First: First half

Institute for

Rubbing of the carved twenty four

33 S4

Location and Owner

Second: Second half

28 3-130 3-3Artist, Author(19th century)
China / Wudai, dated 929(Tian cheng 4)

Shōmyō-ji,Kanagawa
Eikandō Zenrin-ji,
KyotoFirstHase-dera, Nara

SecondKōnin-ji, NaraFirst

Nyoirin-ji,Wakayama

SecondKyoto NationalMuseum
Hakutsuru Museumof ArtFirst

Three figures, wood

Seated Shakyamuni Buddha,

41 3-14standing Ānanda and Mahākāśapa

By Kōshunwith polychromy,
cut gold leaf, rock

Japan / Nambokuchō,dated 1347 (Jōwa 3)

Kaiun-ji, Wakayama

cryatal eyes
Tokyo National

Mahākāśapa (Reproduction of the42 3-15

mural of Kizil cave 60)

By Morita
Kametaro

Hanging scroll,color on paper

Original: Kucha (China) /7th centuryMuseumOriginal:Museum fürFirst

Asiatische Kunst

43 3-16
44 3-17

Ekottarika Āgama in Chinese,Book,

vol. 44

print on paper

Preaching Maitreya

SchistGandhara / 2nd-3rd century Shitennō-ji, Osaka

Hanging scroll,Japan / Kamakura

China / Ming, published in1589 (Wanli 17)

Ryukoku University
Library

Scene of the Descent of Maitreya
45 S7

◎

and Landscape of Kasagidera
temple(Kasagi Mandala )46 3-19
47 3-20

Jiu ba yan kou e gui tuo luo ni jingcolor on silkBook, print onpaper

Suffering spirits with Flaming

Hanging scroll,

Mouthscolor on silk(13th century)
Japan / Edo, published in1669 (Kambun 9)
China / Ming, dated 1643
(Chongzhen 16)

The Museum
Yamato Bunkakan
Ryukoku University
LibraryRokudō Chinnō-ji,
Kyoto

First

SecondSecondChapter4: The Sixteen arhats entrusted with the Buddha’s teachings
No.

Exhibition term

Catalog

Title

No.

48 4-151◎53

54

Record of Faxian’s journey

Handscroll,(Hokkenden )Record of the Western region of theink on paper

S1055 4-8◎◉◉◎

LibraryCh.Datang xiyuji), vol. 4
Legend of King Ashoka in Chinese,

Folding book,

China/ Southern Song

Shōmyō-ji,

vol. 3print on paper(12th century)

Kanagawa

By Sakurai

Ink and light color on Japan / Meiji (19th century)

Kōun

paper （Original:（1840-1902）

Wall Painting）(7th century)

Folding book,

Japan / Later Heian

Nandimitrāvadāna in Chinese

ink on paper
Four of sixteen hanging

Sixteen arhats

scrolls, color on silk
Two of sixteen hanging

Sixteen arhats

scrolls, color on silk

Sixteen hanging

Sixteen arhats
Pindola Bhāradvāja

56 4-9(12th century)

1589 (Wanli 17)of Hōryū-ji temple)

4-7First: First half

Nanatsu-dera, Aichi First

print on paper

great Tang (Daitōsaiiki-ki ,◎Japan / Later HeianRyukoku University

S8S9Location and Owner

China / Ming, published inArhats (Reproduction of the mural

4-6

Region / DateBook,4-4

52 4-5

Format and Material

Second: Second half

49 4-250 4-3Artist, Authorscrolls, color on silk

By Cai Shan

Hanging scroll,color on silk

Original: Japan Hakuhō(12th century)
China / Northern Song(11th-12th century)
Japan / Later Heian(11th century)

Tokyo NationalMuseum

Second

No.1: Second
No.2: FirstNo.3: Second

Nanatsu-dera, Aichi
Seiryō-ji, Kyoto

No.1, 14: Second
No.2 ,9: FirstTokyo National

No.9: SecondMuseum

No.10: First

China / Yuan (13th century) Myōkō-ji, Aichi
China / Yuan (14th century)

No.1-8: First
No.9-16: SecondFirst

Eight of Sixteen
hanging scrolls,

Embroidered Sixteen arhats

57 4-10

embroidery in areas

China / Ming
(15th-16th century)

Tsukannon Daihōin,
MieFirst

on plain weave silk
Eight of Sixteen

58 4-11◎Sixteen arhats

hanging scrolls,
color on silk
Eight of Sixteen

Sixteen arhats

59 S11hanging scrolls,
color on silk

Japan / Kamakura(13th-14th century)
Japan / Nambokuchō(14th century)

Eikandō Zenrin-ji,
KyotoFirstChōbō-ji, Okayama

SecondTōkō-ji, Hyōgo

SecondTwelve ofSixteen arhats

60 4-12thirteen pieces,

Tibet / 18th-19 century

color on cotton
Three hanging

Shakyamuni triad and the eighteen

61 4-15

scrolls,

arhatscolor on silk
Three hanging

Shakyamuni triad and the sixteen

62 4-16

scrolls,

arhats63 S1264 4-17color on silk

Shakyamuni triad and the eighteen

Hanging scroll,arhats
Shakyamuni triad and the sixteen

color on silk

arhats
Ceremonial rituals for worshippingcolor on silk

Hanging scroll,

Folding book,and repenting to Amitābha Buddha

65 S13gold on red paper(Raibutsumidasembō )Japan / Muromachi(15th century)
Japan / Muromachi

First(14th-15th century)
China / Yuan (13th century)
Japan / Muromachi(15th century)

Okazaki CityMuseumShitennō-ji, Osaka

SecondFirst

China / Ming (15th century) Saikyō-ji, Shiga

Two of eighteen

Seated eighteen arhats

66 4-19figures, wood withJapan / Nambokuchō-polychromy, rockMuromachi (14th century)

Enryaku-ji, Shiga

cryatal eyes

Seated two arhats

67 S14No.1:
By Kōchin

Wood with fadedcolor, rock crystaleyes

No.1: Japan / Muromachi,dated 1490 (Entoku 2）
No.2: Japan / Muromachi

Sennyū-ji, Kyoto(15th century）
Śāriputra and Maudgalyāyana:

Statue models of Buddhist disciples

68 4-20Three figures,Japan / Edo (18th century),wood

Pindola Bhāradvāja: Japan /Edo, dated 1795(Kansei7)

Chapter5: Monks’ lives as seen in arhat images
No.

69

Exhibition term

Catalog

TitleNo.

5-1
S15

70 5-2Artist, Author

Format and MaterialRegion / Date

Location and OwnerFirst: First half
Second: Second half

By Lin Tinggui◎

Five hundred arhats

andChina / Southern Song,
Color on silk

Zhou Jichang◎

dated 1178-88(Chunxi 5-15）

No.44: 6/7-19

Daitoku-ji temple,

No.45: 5/24-6/5

Kyoto

No.48: 5/10-22
No.52: 4/23-5/8

Dharmagputaka vinaya in Chinese,

Folding book,

China / Southern Song

Shōmyō-ji,

vol. 50

print on paper(12th century)

KanagawaFirst71 5-372 5-4Mahāratnakūta sūtra in Chinese,

Handscroll,vol. 114

ink on paper

Concerning the Bodhisattva śīla(Bommō-kyō )Folding book,
By Xinxuan

gold and silver
on indigo paper

Japan / Nara, dated 740(Tempyō 12)
Korean Peninsula / Joseon,
dated 1412 (Yung lo 10)

Kōsetsu Museumof Art, Hyōgo
Sennyū-ji, Kyoto

First

SecondRecord of Buddhist monastic
73 S16

traditions of Southern Asia andBook,

China / Ming, published inRyukoku University

Southeast Asia (Ch. Nanhai jigui

print on paper

1589 (Wanli 17)

LibraryHanging scroll,

China / Southern Song toSecondneifa zhuan), vol. 1
74 S1775 S1876 S19Arhats

color on silk
Two of three hanging

Sixteen arhats

scrolls, color on silk
Three hanging scrolls,

Sixteen arhats

color on silk

Two of six
77 5-6

Eighteen arhats

hanging scrolls,
color on silk

SecondYuan (13th century)
China / Ming to Qing
(17th century)
Japan / Kamakura(13th-14th century)
Japan / Nambokuchō(14th century)

Hōtō-ji, Kyoto

SecondGekkyōin, Kyoto

First

Kōsei-in, Kyoto

First

Description and attributes of five78 5-7Book,

hundred arhats (Gohyakurakan

print on paper

jimotsu myōki )79 S2080 5-882 S211695 (Genroku 8)

Collected Paintings ofFive handscrolls,

Five houndred Arhats
Woodblock of rules for Buddhist

ink on paper(Temmei 1)

Three wood

Japan / Edo, dated 1650

monk’s tools (Bussei biku

Japan / Edo, dated 1781

blocks(Keian 3)

Rules for Buddhist monk’s tools

Book,

Japan / Edo, published in(Bussei biku rokumotsuzu )Incense Burner with handle

print on paper

rokumotsuzu hangi )81 5-9Japan / Edo, published inBronze

in the shape of a magpie tail1650 (Keian 3)
China / Sui to Tang(6th-7th century)

Tokyo NationalMuseum

Seigen-ji, Okayama

Sennyū-ji, Kyoto

Shinzenkō-ji, Kyoto
Kosetsu Museum ofArt

Japan / Kamakura to
83 S22

Water pitcher

Gilt bronze

Muromachi(14th-15th century)

84 5-1085 5-12

Buddhist ceremonial Scepter (Nyoi )By Tamura(Sessōbako )InabaChair

87 5-14

Thurible in the shape of octopus

89 5-16

90 5-17

91 5-18

Lacquered wood withtortoiseshell and gilt

Japan / Edo (17th century)

Sennyū-ji, Kyoto

Japan / Edo (17th century)

Sennyū-ji, Kyoto

bronze and gold leaf

Toiseshell andlacquered woodand gold leaf
Wood,lacquered
BronzeIncense clockBronze

Japan / Edo, dated 1648
(Keian 1)
Japan / Edo(17th-18th century)
Japan / Edo, dated 1814
(Bunka 11)

Commentary on various illustrated

By Ugai Tetsujō

Three books,

Japan / Edo, published inarhats(1814-91)

print on paper

1862 (Bunkyū 2)Tairano Nobunori’s Diary

Copied by Asukai(Hyōhanki ), vol. 7

Masatake(1758-1810)

Book,
ink on paper

Records of Arhat’s Miraculous

By Menzan Zuihō Two books,

Responses (Rakan ōgen den )(1683-1769)

Revised version of Dogen’s
92 5-19

Inaba

Box for buddhist utensils

86 5-13

88 S23

By Tamuraprint on paper

Japan / Edo, dated 1786
(Tenmei 6)Japan / Edo, published in
1761 (Hōreki 11)

Sennyū-ji, Kyoto
Sennyū-ji, Kyoto
Shinzenkō-ji, Kyoto
Ryukoku University
Library
Ryukoku University
Library
Ryukoku University
Library

enlarged by
Menzan Zuihō,(Teiho kenzeiki zue )painted by

Two books,
print on paper

Japan / Edo, published in1806 (Bunka 3)

Ryukoku University
Library

DaikenImage of the five mountains and ten93

Jiangnan “Wushan shisha tu”

Two handscrolls

Original:China /Original:

Southern Songink on paper(13th century)

Ryukoku University
Library(photographic facsimile)
Personal notations concerning the94

Nanzan hokugi rituals andTwo books,

procedures

ink on paper(Nanzan hokugi kemmon shiki )SecondFirst

Revised anddescription by Kenzei

monasteries in Southern Song

SecondJapan / Edo (17th century)

Sennyū-ji, KyotoFirst