Notes
・The exhibition will also be held at Mitsui Memorial Museum Tokyo from September 14 to November 12, 2024.
・The list numbers correspond to the exhibition labels.
・Missing numbers from the list below indicate works exhibited exclusively at the Tokyo venue.
・Key to symbols on illustrations: ◉:National Treasure, ◎:Important Cultural Property.
・Not all the works of this list will be exhibited at the same time because of the exhibition rotations.
First half: 4/20～5/19 Second half: 5/21～6/16▶No.

▶Title▶Format and Material▶Region / Date

▶Location and Owner▶Exhibition termPart 1: Bamiyan and the Sun God of the East Giant Buddha Niche
Wood withJapan /polychromy

Kamakura period (13th-14th century)

1

Seated Xuanzang Sanzang (Genjō Sanzō )2◎ Portrait of Xuanzang Sanzang (Genjō Sanzō )Color on silk

4

Portrait of Xuanzang Sanzang (Genjō Sanzō )Color on silk

Japan / Kamakura period (13th century)

5

Xuanzang Sanzang (Genjō Sanzō) obtaining the sūtras

Color on silk

China / Yuan dynasty (14th century)

Xuanzang Sanzang (Genjō Sanzō)

6and the sixteen guardian deitiesShakyamuni and the sixteen guardian deities of8911Prajñāpāramitā sūtra in Chinese◎Great Tang Records on the Western Regions (Datang xiyuji),
vol.1
Great Tang Records on the Western Regions (Datang xiyuji),
vol.1

Color on silk
Color on silk

Japan /Tokyo

Kamakura period (13th-14th century)

National Museum

Japan /
Nambokuchō period (14th century)
Japan / Kamakura period (14th century)

Gold and Silver
on Indigo

Yakushi-ji, Nara

Japan / Late Heian period (12th century)

paperNara
National Museum

SecondYakushi-ji, Nara

SecondYakushi-ji, NaraFirst

Yakushi-ji, Nara

SecondTokyoNational Museum

China / Qing dynasty, published inRyukoku University

1735-38 (Yongzheng 13-Qianlong 3)

LibraryInk on paper

Japan / 2022

Ryukoku Museum

Print on paper

4/20-5/6

FirstSecondLine drawing of the wall painting of the Bamiyan East Giant
12

Buddha niche, supervised by MIYAJI Akira and illustrated by
SHOGAKI Masako

13

Gold coin of Huvishka

Gold

Around Gandhara / Late 2nd century

14

Silver coin of Menander I

SilverAfghanistan / mid-2nd century BCE

15Silver coin of Maues

SilverPakistan / 1st century BCE

16

Copper coin of Kanishka I

CopperAround Gandhara / Early 2nd century

17

Sūrya

Terracotta

India / 2nd-1st century BCE

18

Cosmetic Plate

Stone

19

Cosmetic Plate

Schist

20

Sūrya

21

Buddhacarita in Tibetan

22◎ Buddhacarita in Chinese, vol. 2

Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum
Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum
Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum
Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum

Gandhara /Hirayama Ikuo

2nd century BCE-1st century CE

Silk Road Museum

Gandhara /Hirayama Ikuo

2nd century BCE-1st century CE

Silk Road Museum

Sandstone

Mathura / 4th-6th century

Ryukoku MuseumPrint on paper

Tibet / published in 1742

Ink on paper

Japan / Late Heian period (12th century)

23

Sūrya capital of column

SchistGandhara / 2nd-3rd century

24

Great departure

SchistGandhara / 2nd-3rd century

25

Miniature votive stūpa

SchistGandhara / 2nd-3rd century

26

First Sermon

SchistGandhara / 2nd-3rd century

27

Sun disk

SchistGandhara / 2nd-3rd century

28

Seated Buddha

Schist29

Wind god

Stucco30

Wind god (Vāyu)

Sandstone

31

Cosmetic PlateStone

32Jīvaṃ Jīvaka (double-headed bird living in Pure Land)

TerracottaGandhara (Allegedly Swabi) /2nd-4th century
Gandhara / 3rd-5th century

Ryukoku University
Library
Nanatsu-dera, Aichi
Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum
Hanzomon Museum
Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum
TokyoNational Museum
Ryukoku Museum
Ryukoku Museum
Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum

Northern India /Hirayama Ikuo

Gupta dynasty, 5th-7th century

Silk Road Museum

Gandhara /Hirayama Ikuo

2nd century BCE-1st century CE

Silk Road Museum

Yortkan (Khotan) / Around 5th century

TokyoNational Museum

SecondFirst▶No.

▶Title▶Format and Material▶Region / Date33

Semicircular plaqueStone

Obtained at Xi'an, China / 7th-8th century

34

Silver plate with royal hunting scene

Gilt silver

Allegedly Iran / 7th-8th century

35

RoyaltySchistGandhara / 2nd-4th century

36

Seated bejeweled Buddha

BrassKashmir / Around 9th century▶Location and Owner▶Exhibition term

TokyoNational Museum
Tenri University
Sankokan Museum
Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum
Kyoto
National Museum

Part 2: Tuṣita Heaven and Maitreya of the West Giant Buddha Niche
Line drawing of the wall painting of the Bamiyan West Giant37

Buddha niche, supervised by MIYAJI Akira and illustrated byInk on paper

Japan / 2023

Ryukoku Museum

The West Giant Buddha niche mural “Bodhisattvas andColor on

Original: Bamiyan / 2007

Museum of Ethnology

Heavenly Beings” (Reproduction), by MATSUMURA Kota

earthen wall

（Original: End of 6th-Early 7th century） Art, Chubu University

Measured drawing of the Bamiyan caves,

Pencil on

by KOTERA Takehisa

paperLine drawing of the wall paintings of the Bamiyan caves,

Pencil on

by MIYAJI Akira

paper

SHOGAKI Masako
38394041

Research Notebooks, by MIYAJI Akira

Pencil onpaper

Japan / 1969
Japan / 1960-70Kyoto University etc.

Japan / 1960-70

Pencil on
42

Materials related to the survey of the Bamiyan main cliffpaper,

Japan / 1970's

Kyoto University

Print on paper

Part 3: The Spread of Maitreya Beliefs and Practices in Asia
43

Sutta Nipāta

Print on paper

44

Dīrga Āgama in Chinese, vol.18

Print on paper

45

Madhyama Āgama in Chinese, vol.13 (No. 66)

Print on paper

46

Alternative translation of Madhyama ĀgamaNo. 66 in Chinese (Gu lai shi shi jing)

Thailand / Printed in 1893

Ryukoku University
LibraryJapan / Edo period,

Ryukoku University

published in 1669 (Kambun 9)

Library

China / Ming dynasty,Ryukoku University

published in 1589 (Wanli 17)

Library

Ink on paper

Japan / Kamakura period (13th century)

Kongō-ji, Osaka

47

Divination by Brahmin Asita

SchistGandhara / 2nd-3rd century

Hanzomon Museum

48

Death Robe

SchistSwat / 1st-2nd century

Ryukoku Museum

China / Ming dynasty,

Ryukoku University

published in 1589 (Wanli 17)

Library

China / Qing dynasty, published in

Ryukoku University

1735-38 (Yongzheng 13-Qianlong 3)

Library

49

50

5152

Sūtra on the Ocean-Like Samādhi of the Visualization ofBuddha (Guan fo san mei hai jing)
Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sūtra in Chinese, vol. 6(translated by Dharmarakṣa)Print on paper
Print on paper

Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sūtra in Chinese, vol. 5Gold on Indigo(translated by Kumārajīva)

paper

Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sūtra in Chinese, vol. 7(translated by Kumārajīva)

Ink on paper

53Dīpaṃkara Jātaka and Bodhisattva Shakya in Tuṣita HeavenSchist54

Mahāparinirvāṇasūtra in Chinese, last volume

Print on paper

55

Battle over the relics, distribution of the relics,
and their transportation

Japan / Late Heian period (12th century)

Gandhara / 2nd-3rd century

Hanzomon Museum

China / Qing dynasty, published inRyukoku University

With page

1735-38 (Yongzheng 13-Qianlong 3)

Librarychanges

CopperAround Gandhara / Early 2nd century

57

Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya

SchistGandhara / 3rd-4th century

58

Brahmā and Indra entreating Buddha to preach

SchistGandhara / 2nd-3rd century

59

Bodhisattva Maitreya and Worshipers

SchistGandhara / 3rd-4th century

60

Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya with crossed legs

SchistKapisi / 3rd-4th century

61

Shakyamuni with the Eight Great Bodhisattvas

StoneIndia / Pala dynasty, 9th century

62

Guan mi le pu sa shang sheng dou shuai tian jing

Print on paper

Maitreyavyākaraṇa in chinese (Mi le lai shi jing)

Print on paper

65

Ekottarika Āgama in Chinese, vol. 44

Print on paper

66

Maitreyavyākaraṇa in chinese, translated by Kumārajīva(Mi le xia sheng cheng fo jing)

Ink on paper

SecondMuseumGandhara / 2nd-3rd century

64

Seconddated 676 (Shangyuan 3)

SchistPrint on paper

First

Mitsui Memorial

Copper coin of Kanishka I

Guan mi le pu sa shang sheng dou shuai tian jing

ArtFirstDunhuang / Tang dynasty,

5663

Kosetsu Museum ofSecondFirst

Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road MuseumHirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum

Hanzomon Museum
Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum
Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum
TokyoNational Museum

Japan /Kyoto

Kamakura period (13th-14th century)

National Museum

Japan / Edo period,

Ryukoku University

published in 1669 (Kambun 9)

Library

China / Ming dynasty,

Ryukoku University

published in 1589 (Wanli 17)

Library

China / Ming dynasty,

Ryukoku University

published in 1589 (Wanli 17)

LibraryJapan /Tokyo

Nara period, dated 730 (Tempyō 6)

National Museum

4/20-5/12
5/14-6/16,
With pagechangesSecondFirst
4/20-5/6

▶No.

67

▶Title◎Maitreyavyākaraṇa in chinese, translated by Kumārajīva(Mi le da cheng fo jing)▶Format and Material▶Region / Date

Ink on paper

Japan / Late Heian period (12th century)

SchistGandhara / 2nd-3rd century

69

Bodhisattva Maitreya in Tuṣita Heaven

SchistGandhara / 2nd-3rd century

70

Preaching Buddha

SchistGandhara / Around 3rd century

71

Child on a lotus flower

SchistGandhara / 1st-3rd century

73◎

Catalog of Chinese Buddhist texts(Chu san zang ji ji), vol.10
Biography of Xuanzang

74(Da tang Da ci’en si Sanzang fashi zhuan), vol. 3
Biography of Xuanzang

75(Da tang Da ci’en si Sanzang fashi zhuan)

Print on paper
Print on paper
Ink on paper
Print on paper

China /First

China / Ming dynasty,

Ryukoku University

published in 1589 (Wanli 17)

Library

China / Qing dynasty, published in

Ryukoku University

1735-38 (Yongzheng 13-Qianlong 3)

Library

Gandhara / 2nd-3rd century

SchistGandhara / 3rd-4th century

80

Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya with crossed legs

Stone

Seated pensive Bodhisattva with one leg pendent

81

Seated Maitreya Buddha with attendant deities

82

Preaching Bodhisattva (Reproduction) by NAKAMURA Hideo

83

84◉ Bodhisattva Maitreya, by Gao Wenjin (original picture)
Scene of the Descent of Maitreya Budddha

85

StoneStone

Original:
Wall painting
Print on paper
Color on silk

National Museum

Kongō-ji, Osaka

Schist

Stone

Tokyo

Japan / Kamakura period (13th century)

Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya with crossed legs

Seated pendent Bodhisattva with one leg pendent

Shitenno-ji, Osaka

SecondSouthern Song dynasty (13th century)

77

79

National Museum

Iwaya-ji, Aichi

China /Print on paperwith one leg pendentTokyoFirst

Record of Faxian's journey (Fo guo ji)

Seated pensive Bodhisattva AvalokiteśvaraWith page

Iwaya-ji, Aichi

Southern Song dynasty (13th century)

76

78

Nanatsu-dera, Aichi

changesBodhisattva Maitreya in Tuṣita Heaven◎ Biographies of Eminent Monks (Gao seng zhuan), vol. 5▶Exhibition term

5/8-6/16,

68

72▶Location and Owner

Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum
Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum

China / Eastern Wei dynasty,

Taito Calligraphy

dated 544 (Wuding 2)

MuseumChina / Northern Wei period,

Hamamatsu Municipal

Early 6th century

Museum of Art

China / Northern Qi period,
dated 557 (Tianbao 8)
China / Tang dynasty,dated 750 (Tianbao 9)

SecondThe University Art
Museum, Tokyo
University of the ArtsThe University Art
Museum, Tokyo
University of the Arts

Original: Dunhuang Mogao Caves,
Cave 390 / 2003

Taito-ku, Tokyo(Original: Sui-early Tang, 7th century)
China / Northern Song dynasty,
published in 984 (Taipingxingguo 1)

Seiryō-ji, Kyoto

Korean Peninsula / Koryo dynasty,

Gobōjakujō-in,

dated 1350 (Zhizheng10/ Chungjeong2)

Wakayama

Japan / Edo period,

Ryukoku University

published in 17th century

Library

4/20-5/6
SecondPart 4: Maitreya in Japan
86

Chronicles of Japan (Nihon shoki ), vol. 20

Print on paper

87

Biography of Prince Shōtoku (Shōtoku-taishi Den ), vol. 3

Print on paper

88

Illustrated biography of Prince Shōtoku, scroll 2 and scroll 4

Color on silk

89

Seated Bodhisattva with one leg pendent

Gilt bronze

90◎ Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya with one leg pendent

Gilt bronze

91

Seated Bodhisattva with one leg pendent

Gilt bronze

92

Tales of the origins of Kasagidera temple (Kasagi-dera engi )Ink on paper

93◎Selections on spiritual communion with Buddha Maitreya(Miroku nyorai kannōshō ), vol. 1

Japan / Edo period,published in 1666 (Kambun 6)
Japan / Muromachi period (15th century)
Korean Peninsula /Three Kingdoms period (7th century)
Japan /Hakuhō period, dated 666 (Tenji 5)
Korean Peninsula, Three Kingdoms period/Japan, Hakuhō period(7th century)
Japan / Muromachi period,dated 1538 (Tembun 7)

Ink on paper

Japan / Kamakura period (13th century)

94

Bodhisattva Maitreya

Color on silk

Japan / Kamakura period (13th century)

96

Mandala of the divinities of Mii-dera (Mii Mandara )Color on silk

Japan / Edo period (17th century)

9798

99

100

101

Miscellaneous Records of Classified Sacred Images(Besson zakki ), vol.18

Ink on paper

Japan / Nambokuchō period,dated 1321 (Genkō 1)

Ryukoku Museum
Kōshō-ji, Hiroshima

FirstSecondscroll 2: Firstscroll 4: Second

Yase Myōden-ji, Kyoto
Yachū-ji, Osaka
Enryaku-ji, Shiga
Kasagi-dera, Kyoto
Tōdai-ji, NaraKyoto
National Museum

With pagechangesWith pagechanges
FirstOnjō-ji, Shiga

SecondShitenno-ji, Osaka

First

Seated Cintāmaṇicakra (Nyoirin Kannon )Wood withwith his legs half-crossed

lacquer

Illustrated biography of Prince Shōtoku, scroll 3

Color on silk

Japan / Muromachi period (16th century)

Color on silk

Japan / Kamakura period (14th century)

Kōfuku-ji, NaraFirst

Color on silk

Japan / Kamakura period (14th century)

Masaki Art Museum

SecondMandala of the precincts of Kasuga Shrine
and Kōfuku-ji temple
Mandala of the precincts of Kasuga Shrine
and Kōfuku-ji temple

Japan / Late Heian period (11th century)

Shitenno-ji, Osaka
Kumata Shrine,Osaka

Second▶No.

▶Title▶Format and Material▶Region / Date

▶Location and Owner▶Exhibition term

103

Mandala of the Hossō school, by Kakujō

Color on silk

Japan /Kamakura period (13th century)

Hōryū-ji, NaraFirst106

Mandala of the Hossō school

Color on silk

Japan / Muromachi period (15th century)

Kōfuku-ji, Nara

Second108

Mandala of the Hossō school

Color on silk

Yakushi-ji, Nara

Second109

Bodhisattva Maitreya

Color on silk

Hōryū-ji, Nara

Second110◎ Bodhisattva Maitreya

Color on silk

Japan / Late Heian period (12th century)

Jison-in, WakayamaSecond112◎ Mandala of the Maitreya in Esoteric Buddhism

Color on silk

Japan / Kamakura period (13th century)

Daigo-ji, Kyoto

First

113

Mandala of the Maitreya in Esoteric Buddhism

Color on silk

Tōritenjō-ji, Hyogo

First

114

Image of Bodhisattva Maitreya

Ink on paper

115

116

117

Ci shi pu sa lue xiu yu e nian song fa(Jishibosatsu ryakushu yuga nennjuhō )Miscellaneous Records of Classified Sacred Images(Besson zakki ), vol. 28 (Maitreya and others)
Iconography in Ten Fascicles (Jikkanshō ), vol. 5

Print on paperInk on paper

Japan / Nambokuchō-Muromachi period(14th-15th century)
Japan / Kamakura period (13th century)
Japan / Edo period,

Ryukoku University

printed in 1740-44 (Gembun5-Enkyō 1)

LibraryJapan / Kamakura period,dated 1329-30 (Gentoku1-2)

Kongō-ji, Osaka

Hōryū-ji, Nara

Japan / Early Heian period (9th century)

Hōryū-ji, Nara

Wood withJapan / Kamakura,Tōdai-ji Chūshō-in,lacquerduring 1190-99 (Kenkyū era)

Nara

Wood withJapan /

lacquer

Kamakura period (12th-13th century)
Japan / Kamakura period (13th century)

121Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya

122Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya

Wood123

Seated Maitreya Buddha, by Shūben and Chōben

Wood

polychromy
Wood withpolychromy

Wood with goldandpolychromy
Wood with gold

Japan / Nambokuchō period, dated 1340
(Ryakuō 3)Japan /
Nambokuchō period (14th century)
Japan / Nambokuchō-Muromachi period(14th-15th century)
Excavated from the sutra mound at

Talc

Hachigatamine, Nagasaki, Japan / Late
Heian period, dated 1071 (Enkyū 3)With pagechanges

Japan / Heian period (10th century)

Wood with

4/20-5/6

Second,Library◎ Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya◎ Seated Maitreya Budddha, by Keiin and Raien

National Museum

dated 1702 (Genroku15)

120

126

Tokyoon paper◎ Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya

Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya

Nambokuchō period (14th century)

Ryukoku University

119

125

Japan /Japan / Edo period,◎ Seated Maitreya Buddha

Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya(16th century)

Ink and color

118

124

Japan / Muromachi-Momoyama periodFirst

4/20-5/6

Reigen-ji, Wakayama

Rakuya-ji, Shiga

Kannon-ji, Shiga

Hōryū-ji, NaraNara
National Museum

Sūtra case:bronze,
127

Objects excavated from the sutra mound at Kokawa

Outer case:(Sūtra case, Outer case and Lotus sūtra)ceramics,Lotus sūtra:Excavated from the sutra mound atKokawa, Wakayama, Japan /Late Heian period, dated 1125 (Tenji 2)

NaraNational Museum

ink on paper

129

Wellcoming descent of Bodhisattva Maitreya (Reproduction),by UMEHARA Yukio

The University Art
Color on silk

Wellcoming descent of Bodhisattva Maitreya

Color on silk

131

Bodhisattva Maitreya

Color on silk

132

Wellcoming descent of Amitābha triad and Maitreya Buddha

Color on silk

133

Wellcoming descent of Amitābha and the deities

Color on silk

134

Mandala of Tuṣita Heaven

Color on silk

135

◎ Mandala of Tuṣita Heaven

Color on silk

137

138

The Pure Land of Amitābha Buddha(allegedly Chikō Mandara )The Pure Land of Amitābha Buddha
The Pure Land of Amitābha Buddha based on the Guan wu
liang shou jing (Taima Mandara )Color on silk
Color on silk
Color on silk

Reference
Exhibit

Deity on a lotus flower

Museum, Tokyo

SecondUniversity of the Arts

130

136

Japan / 1980

StuccoJapan /Nara

Nambokuchō period (14th century)

National Museum

Japan /
Nambokuchō period (14th century)
Japan /
Nambokuchō period (14th century)

FirstYūfuku-ji, Aichi

FirstSeigan-ji, Kyoto

SecondJapan /Kosetsu Museum ofNambokuchō period (14th century)

Art

Japan / Kamakura period (14th century)

Mitsuzō-in, Aichi

SecondSeigan-ji, Gifu

4/20-5/6

Nōman-in, Nara

SecondJapan / Kamakura-Nambokuchō period(14th century)
Japan / Muromachi period(15th-16th century)
Japan / Kamakura period

Nara(12th-13th century)

National Museum

Japan / Kamakura period (14th century)

Seigan-ji, Gifu

Western regions of China /Tokyo

5th-7th century

National MuseumFirst

4/20-5/6
5/8-5/19