Special Exhibition

The Beloved Gods and Buddhasof Northeastern Japan
September 16th - November 19th, 2023
RYUKOKU MUSEUM
List of Works

Notes
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.

Section 1 Buddhas and Gods
ԥNo.

ԥTitleԥArtist / Author

ԥDateԥCollection

ԥLocation of object

ԥDesignation

1

Standing Shintō Deity /Standing Buddha

Heian period,
10th–11th century

Aomori City Board ofEducation

Aomori-shi,
Aomori2Standing Shintō Deity /Standing Buddha

Heian period,
10th–11th century

Aomori City Board ofEducation

Aomori-shi,
Aomori3Standing Buddha

Heian period,
11th century

Tendai-ji

Ninohe-shi,
Iwate

DesignatedCultural Propertyof Iwate
Prefecture4

Allegedly Standing Kichijōten(Lakṣmī)Heian period,
11th century

Tendai-ji

Ninohe-shi,
Iwate

DesignatedCultural Propertyof Iwate
Prefecture

5

Seated Yakṣa (Nilambha /Nilva), replica

Heian period,
11th century(original statue)

Iwate Prefectural Museum Hanamaki-shi,(original statue: Kumano Iwate (originalJinja,Bisyamondō)statue)6

Seated Yakṣa (Vairambha /Bilva), replica

Heian period,
11th century(original statue)

Iwate Prefectural Museum Hanamaki-shi,(original statue: Kumano Iwate (originalJinja, Bisyamondō)statue)

7

Seated Female Shintō Deity

Kamakura period

KeikōinNanbu-chō,
Aomori8Standing Jūichimen Kannon(EkadaśamukhaAvalokiteśvara)

Heian period,
12th century

Private Collection

Nanbu-chō,
AomoriԥDateԥCollection

ԥLocation of object

Edo period

Hirofune Jinja

DesignatedHirakawa-shi,
Cultural Property
Aomoriof Hirakawa-shi

Anigawayamakamisya

Hachimantaishi, Iwate

DesignatedCultural Propertyof AomoriPrefectureSection 2 Mountain and Village Gods
ԥNo.

910

ԥTitleSeated Male Shintō Deity

Guardian Deity of the MountainԥArtist / Author

Edo period

ԥDesignation

DesignatedCultural Propertyof Hachimantaishi

11

Guardian Deity of the Mountain

Edo period

Private Collection

Hachimantaishi, Iwate

12

Guardian Deity of the Mountain

Edo period

Private Collection

Hachimantaishi, Iwate

13

Yamainu (Guardian Wolf)

Meiji period

Private Collection

Hachimantaishi, Iwate

14

Seated En no Gyōja

Edo period

KeikōinNanbu-chō,
Aomori

15

Guardian Deity of Horses

Edo period

Private Collection

Hachimantaishi, Iwate16
17Mayazaru(Guardian Deity of Stables)

Edo period

Ninohe Museum ofHistory and Florklore

Ninohe-shi,
Iwate

DesignatedCultural Propertyof Ninohe-shi

ԥDateԥCollection

ԥLocation of object

ԥDesignation

Section 3 Smiles, Warm and ComfortingԥNo.

ԥTitleԥArtist / Author

18Standing Kannon Bosatsu(Avalokiteśvara)

Edo period,
dated 1688

25 Bosatsu figure
Preservation Committee

Ichinoseki-shi,
Iwate

19

Standing Buddha

Edo period,
dated c.1688

25 Bosatsu figure
Preservation Committee

Ichinoseki-shi,
Iwate

20

Standing Kannon Bosatsu(Avalokiteśvara)

Edo period,
dated 1702

Private CollectionIchinohemachi, Iwate

21

Standing Youthful Deity,
Prince Shōtoku

Edo period

Private Collection

Ichinoseki-shi,
Iwate

22-26 probably Prince Shōtoku

Edo period

Private Collection

Ichinoseki-shi,
Iwate

27

Standing Buddhist Monk,
Prince Shōtoku

Edo period

Chōtokuji

Ichinoseki-shi,
Iwate

28

Standing Buddhist Monk,
Prince Shōtoku

Edo period

Chōtokuji

Ichinoseki-shi,
Iwate

Standing Buddhist Monks,

Section 4 The Figure of Prayer: Housyakuji Roku Kannon Bosatsu
ԥNo.

ԥTitleԥArtist / Author

Standing Roku Kannon Bosatsu
29-34 (Six Manifestations ofAvalokiteśvara)ԥDateԥCollection

ԥLocation of object

ԥDesignation

Edo period

Housyakuji

Kuzumakimachi, Iwate

DesignatedCultural Propertyof Iwate
PrefectureԥDateԥCollection

ԥLocation of object

ԥDesignation

Edo period

Tōenji

Takko-machi,
Aomori

Section 5 Swaggering Bravado
ԥNo.

ԥTitleԥArtist / Author

Standing Fudō Myōō

35-37 (Acalanātha) and Two Children
Attendants

38

Standing Fudō Myōō(Acalanātha)Edo period

Private Collection

Gonohemachi, Aomori

39

Standing Fudō Myōō(Acalanātha)Edo period

Bansyōji

Hirakawa-shi,
Aomori40Standing Kongara Dōji(Kiṃkara)

By Aizu Kyūbei Edo period

Rensyōin

Itayanagimachi, Aomori

41Standing Seitaka Dōji (Ceṭaka) By Aizu Kyūbei Edo period

Rensyōin

Itayanagimachi, Aomori

42Standing Bishamonten(Vaiśravaṇa)Edo period

Private Collection

Gonohemachi, Aomori

43

Standing Bishamonten(Vaiśravaṇa)Edo period

Private Collection

Gonohemachi, Aomori

44

Standing Kichijyōten (Lakṣmī)Edo period

Private Collection

Gonohemachi, Aomori

45Standing Tamonten(Vaiśravana)

Edo period,
dated c. 1790

Hongakuji

Imabetsumachi, Aomori

46

Bodhidharma

Edo period

Private Collection

Nanbu-chō,AomoriԥDateԥCollection

ԥLocation of object

47-50 Seated Ten Kings of HellEdo period

Kokusekiji

Ooshu-shi,
Iwate

51-56 Seated Ten Kings of HellEdo period

Sanzugawa Village
Residents’ Association

Yuzawa-shi,
Akita

DesignatedCultural Propertyof Yuzawa-shi

57-62 Seated Datsueba (Hag of Hell)Edo period

RyūzōinDaisen-shi,
Akita

DesignatedCultural Propertyof Daisen-shi

63-68 Seated Ten Kings of HellEdo period

SaishōinHirosaki-shi,
Aomori69-74 Seated Ten Kings of HellEdo period,
dated c. 1643

Asahian Jizōdō

Oosyu-shi,
Iwate
DesignatedCultural Propertyof Kuzumakimachi

Section 6 Gentle Admonishment
ԥNo.

ԥTitleԥArtist / Author

Ten Kings of Hell andԥDesignation

75

Seated Ten Kings of HellEdo period

Shōfukuji

Kuzumakimachi, Iwate

76

Seated Ten Kings of HellEdo period

Shōfukuji

Kuzumakimachi, Iwate

DesignatedCultural Propertyof Kuzumakimachi

77
78

Standing Shimei and Shiroku(Two Attendants of Yamarāja)

Edo period

Shōfukuji

Kuzumakimachi, Iwate

DesignatedCultural Propertyof Kuzumakimachi

Edo period

Shōfukuji

Kuzumakimachi, Iwate

DesignatedCultural Propertyof Kuzumakimachi

ԥDesignationDemons and Hell’s Torture

79-85 Devices

Section 7 The Carpenter EmonshirōԥNo.

ԥTitleԥArtist / Author

ԥDateԥCollection

ԥLocation of object

By Emonshirō

Edo period,late 18th century

Seiganji

Shichinohemachi, Aomori

103- Standing Sanjūsan Kannon
114 (Thirty-three Manifestations of

By Emonshirō

Edo period,late 18th century

HōrenjiTowada-shi,
Aomori

115Seated Ten Kings of Hell117

By Emonshirō

Edo period,late 18th century

HōrenjiTowada-shi,
Aomori86- Standing Jizō Bosatsu
102 (Kṣitigarbha)
Seated andAvalokiteśvara)By Emonshirō

Edo period,late 18th century

HōrenjiTowada-shi,
AomoriBy Emonshirō

Edo period,late 18th century

HōrenjiTowada-shi,
AomoriBy Emonshirō

Edo period,late 18th century

HōrenjiTowada-shi,
Aomori121 (Kṣitigarbha)

By Emonshirō

Edo period,late 18th century

HōrenjiTowada-shi,
Aomori

122 Seated Buddhist Monk

By Emonshirō

Edo period,late 18th century

HōrenjiTowada-shi,
Aomori123 Seated Ebisu

By Emonshirō

Edo period,late 18th century

Seiganji

Shichinohemachi, Aomori

124 (Mahākāla)

By Emonshirō

Edo period,late 18th century

SeiganjiShichinohemachi, Aomori

125 Seated En no Gyōja

By Emonshirō

Edo period,late 18th century

Seiganji

Shichinohemachi, Aomori

ԥArtist / Author

ԥDateԥCollection

ԥLocation of object

By EnkūEdo period,
dated c. 1666

Shōbōin

DesignatedYomogitaCultural Property
mura, Aomori of Aomori
Prefecture

127 Seated Buddha

Edo period

Shōbōin

Yomogitamura, Aomori

128 Seated Buddha

Edo period

Shōbōin

Yomogitamura, Aomori

129 Seated Buddha

Edo period

Shōbōin

Yomogitamura, Aomori

130 Standing Buddha

Edo periodKannonjiAomori-shi,Aomori

131 Seated BodhisattvaEdo period

Kannonji

Aomori-shi,
Aomori132 Standing Bodhisattva

Edo period

Fukushōji

Sotogahamamachi, Aomori

Edo period

Jigenji

Goshogawarashi, Aomori

Edo period

RyūzōinDaisen-shi,
Akita

118 Standing Demon
Kneeling Youthful Deity

119 (The Repentant Dead)
Standing Jizō Bosatsu

120 (Kṣitigarbha)

Standing Jizō Bosatsu

Standing Daikokuten

Sectionn 8 Loveable
e andd Sad
ԥNo.

ԥTitleSeated Kankon Bosatsu
126 (Avalokiteśvara)

Seated Avalokiteśvara133 Holding a Child

Seated Avalokiteśvara

134 Holding a Child

ԥDesignation