Ryukoku Museum Concept Exhibition

Thought and Culture of Buddhism―From India to Japan

List of Works (3rd Floor)

Jan. 9th to Feb. 19th, 2017.

Part I Various Aspects of the Buddhism in Asia
1. What is Buddhism?
No Title

Provenance

Format andMaterials

DateLocation and Owner

1

Square Capital with 4 Seated Buddhas

MathuraSandstone

2nd Century

Ryukoku University

2

Seated Buddha Touching the Earth

East IndiaStone

10th-11th Century

Ryukoku University3

Mural of a head of Buddha

SwatWall Painting

6th-8th century

Ryukoku University

4Standing Buddha

Thailand

Gilt Bronze

7th-8th Century

5Samut Khoi (Folding book manuscript of khoi paper)

Thailand

Folios: Ink and Coloron Paper,Sutra Box: Lacquered Wood

Around 19th Century

Ryukoku University

2. Teaching of Shakyamuni and its Succession
No Title

Provenance

Format andMaterials

DateLocation and Owner

6

Rubbing of the Ashoka Inscription

LumbiniRubbing on Paper

3rd Century B.C.

Ryukoku University

7

Sanskrit Manuscripts of PrajñāpāramitāGilgitInk on Burchbark

Around 7th Century

Ryukoku University

8Sanskrit Manuscripts ofthe Saddharmapundarīka Sūtra

KhotanInk on Paper

Middle of 5th CenturyRyukoku University

9Three Robes and a Bowl

Thailand

Modern Age

Ryukoku University

3. Mahayana Buddhism in Gandhara Region and Central Asia
No Title

Provenance

Format andMaterials

DateLocation and Owner

10 Birth of Siddhartha

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

11 Wedding Ceremony and Life in the Palace

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

12 Great Departure

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Temptation by Māra,
13
Enlightenment and First Sermon

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Carving the Buddha Image
14
by King Udayana

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

15 Parinirvāna

KapisiSchist

Around 3rd Century

Ryukoku University

16 Head of Buddha (Replica)

Original: Khotan

Original: Gilt Bronze

Original: 3rd century

Original:
Tokyo National Museum

17 Seated Buddha on a Lotus Flower

Khadalik (Khotan)

Stucco (Gypsum)

5th-7tn Century

Ryukoku University

18 Head of Bodhisattva

KarashahrClay

5th-6tn Century

Ryukoku University

No Title

Provenance

Format andMaterials

Date

Location and Owner

19 Money Tree

China

Bronze2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

20 Buddha Trinity

China

Sandstone

Northern Wei: 525 C.E.

Ryukoku University

4. Buddhism in China※No. 7 will be replaced with No.8 on January 24.

Part II Buddhism in Japan
1. Introduction of Buddhism to Japan
Format andMaterials

Date

Ceramic

Hakuho period

Ceramic

Hakuho period

Ceramic

Hakuho period

23 Standing Shakyamuni at Birth

Gilt Bronze

Hakuho period

24 Standing Shakyamuni at Birth

Gilt Bronze

25 Biography of Prince Shōtoku

Printed Ink on Paper

26 Portrait of Prince Shōtoku as Regent

Color on Silk

No Title
21-1 Clay Tile with the image of the Buddhist triad
Flame-shaped Clay Tile with the image of21-2
the Buddhist triad
22 Clay Tile with the Images of Twelve Seated Deities

Provenance/Artist
Excavated from
Tachibana-dera, Nara
Excavated from
Tachibana-dera, Nara
Excavated from the siteof Yamada-dera, Nara

Location and Owner

Nara period(8th Century)
Edo Period; dated
1666 (Kanbun 6)
Muromachi Period(14th-16th Century)

Ryukoku University

Format andMaterials

Date

Location and Owner

Printed Ink on Paper

Nambokucho period

Ryukoku University

Onjō-ji, Shiga

2. The State and Buddhism
No Title

Provenance/Artist

27 Kegon-kyō Sutra, vol 1282930

Nihon Ryōi-ki ; Buddhist Talesin Ancient Japan
Rubbing of the Lotus Petals ofthe Great Buddha of Tōdai-ji Temple
Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaisajyaguru) and the Twelve DivineGenerals
Fudō Myōō (Acalanātha) andTwo Attendant Children
Portrait of Kōbō-daishi[the Founder of Shingon-shū]

Printed Ink on Paper
Rubbing on Paper

Edo Period; dated
1714 (Shōtoku 4)
Original Drawing:
Nara Period

Ryukoku University
Ryukoku University

Color on Silk

Muromachi Period

Ryukoku University

Color on silk

Muromachi Period

Eikandozenrin-ji, Kyoto

Color on silk

Muromachi Period

33 Mandala of BuddhalocaniColor on silk

Kamakura-Nambokuchō
Period34 Five Wisdom Kings

Color on Silk

Nambokuchō Period

Format andMaterials

DateLocation and Owner

Book on Kam-muryōju-kyō
35Sutra written by Shandao

Ink on Paper

Muromachi Period

Ryukoku University

Yamagoshi Amida ; Amitābha showing its figure
36
from the other side of the mountains

Color on Silk

Muromachi Period

37 Portraits of Five Pure Land Masters

Color on Silk

Edo Period

Nison-in, Kyoto

38 Descent of Amida (Amitābha) Triad

Color on Silk

Nambokuchō Period

Shōzō-ji, Fukui

Image of Amitābha Tathagata(Principal image of Shinnyo-dō temple)

Color on Silk

Muromachi Period

Ryukoku University

40 Six-character Name [for Amitābha Buddha]

Ink on Paper

Muromachi Period

Shinjo-ji,gifu

41 Nine-character Name [for Amitābha Buddha]

Color on Silk

Edo Period

Monmyo-ji, Toyama

42 Standing Amida (Amitābha) Buddha

Wood

Kamakura Period

Saihō-ji, HyōgoWood

Muromachi Period ;dated
1551 (Tenbun 20)

Kosho-ji, Hiroshima

Color on Silk

Muromachi Period

Koga-shrine, Kyoto

45 Illustrated History of Hōgon-ji Temple

Color on paper

Edo Period

Hōgon-ji,Kyoto

Plaque with the Image of Elenven-Headed
46Kannon (Ekadaśamukha Avalokiteśvara)

BronzeNambokuchō Period

Hōgon-ji,Kyoto

47 Seated Japanese Male Deity

Wood

Late Heian Period

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

Gilt Bronze

Kamakura Period

Ryukoku University

31
32

Onjō-ji, Shiga

3. Development and Maturity of Japanese Buddhist Culture
No Title

39

43 Platform in the Form of Mt. Sumeru
44

Provenance/Artist

By Yukei

Shakyamuni and the Sixteen Guardian Deitiesof Daihannya-kyō

From the Buddhist Pantheon
48 Standing BuddhaGandhara

49 Seated Amida (Amitābha) Buddha
50 Seated Buddha

Gandhara

Schist3rd-4th Century

Ryukoku University

51 Standihg Bodhisattva

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

Wood

Late Heian Period

Yakushi-ji, Nara

Schist2nd-4rd Century

Ryukoku University

54 Seated Fudō Myōō (Acalanātha)Wood

Early Heian Period

Onjo-ji, Shiga

55 Standing Taishakuten (Indra)

Wood

Early Heian Period

Tōshōdai-ji,Nara

Stucco4th-5th Century

Ryukoku University

Wood

Edo - Meiji Period

52 Standing Kannon (Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara)
53 Standing Skhanda

56 Seated Bhikshū
57

Models for Buddhist Sculptures(Buddha's Disciples and Arhats)

Gandhara

Gandhara

Ryukoku Museum Special Exhibition

The life work ofLady Takeko Kujyo

List of Works (2nd Floor)
NoTitleLocation and Owner

1

Dresses of Takeko Kujo (Replica)

Kyoto Women's University

2

Photographs of Takeko Kujo

Japan Buddhist Wome's Federation
Kakusho-ji, Oita
Sho'on-ji, Fukui
Shogaku-ji, Yamaguchi
Private collection

3

Picture postcard (to Myosen Asakura, dated the 20th
January of Meiji 43 (1910), witten at Colombo)

Sho'on-ji, Fukui

Picture postcard (to Myosen Asakura, dated the 8thMarch of Meiji 43 (1910), witten at Egypt)

Sho'on-ji, Fukui

Picture postcard (to Myosen Asakura, dated the 29th
July of Meiji 43 (1910), witten at England)

Sho'on-ji, Fukui

4"Takeko-dono tsuzuri"(official documents concerning Takeko, edited in 1907)

Hongwanji Shiryo Kenkyusho(Research Institute for the Hongwanji History)

5"Gotanjo no ki"(commentaries about Takeko's birth and her childhood, edited in 1887)

Hongwanji Shiryo Kenkyusho(Research Institute for the Hongwanji History)

6

Photograph of Kinka-den (Western-style house ofKozui Otani, an older brother of Takeko)

Private collection

7

Elevation plan of the east side of Kinka-den(Western-style house of Kozui Otani, an older brother of Takeko)

Hongwanji Shiryo Kenkyusho(Research Institute for the Hongwanji History)

Plan of Kinka-den (Western-style house of Kozui Otani, an olderbrother of Takeko) showing the location of the use of marble

Hongwanji Shiryo Kenkyusho(Research Institute for the Hongwanji History)

8

Buddhist alter

Tsuyuguchi Family

9Tanka (Japanese poem of thirty-one syllables) "Shiki"("Four Seasons"), and its draft for reading aloud(including a letter to Eizaburo Nomura)

Ryukoku University Library

10

Letter written by Takeko Kujo (to Takeko (different peson ofthe same name), dated the 13th September of Taisho 4 (1915))

Ryukoku University Library

11

Draft of a poem anthology written by Fujiko Otani

Ryukoku University Library

12"Eiso" (Drafts of Tanka (Japanese poem of thirty-one syllables))written by Takeko Kujo

Seijo Kikuzuki

13"Kikue shoga-cho" (Autograph album written by Takeko Kujo, etc.)

Ryukoku Museum(donated by Chieko Nakajima and Akiko Tada)

14

Letter written by Takeko Kujo (to Yuko Ando, dated the 26th December of Taisho 14(1925))

Kyoto Women's University Library

15"Beauty at a window" painted by Takeko Kujo

Hongwanji, Kyoto

16"Beauty viewing the moon" painted by Takeko Kujo

Hongwanji, Kyoto

17"Deliverer of letters" painted by Takeko Kujo

Hongwanji, Kyoto

18"Beauty under the willow tree" painted by Takeko Kujo

Kyoto Women's University Library

19"Ancient beauty" painted by Takeko Kujo

Kyoto Women's University Library

NoTitle

Location and Owner

20"Beauty" painted by Takeko Kujo

Private collection

21"Little girl" painted by Takeko Kujo

Private collection

22

Pipe case made from old clothes (kimono) of Takeko Kujo

Yamada Besso, Oita

23

Hakoseko (ornamental small bag)made from old clothes (kimono) of Takeko Kujo

Yamada Besso, Oita

24

Alter mat (floral cars and dogs) made from old clothes (kimono)of Takeko Kujo

Yamada Besso, Oita

25

Alter mat (presented to Masuo Hori from Kujo family)

Ryukoku University Library

26

Alter mat (Wisteria and Japanese clover) made from old clothes (kimono)of Takeko Kujo

Hongwanji, Kyoto

27

Alter mat (fans) made from old clothes (kimono) of Takeko Kujo

Hongwanji, Kyoto

28

Documents of the inauguration ceremony of the Buddhist Women's
Association in the Aki region and a letter of gratitude

Zenkyo-ji, Hiroshima

29

Letter written by Takeko Kujo (to Zen'o Kamine, dated the 10th
July of Meiji 38 (1905))

Zenkyo-ji, Hiroshima30"Muyu-ge" (collection of poems by Takeko Kujo)

Private collection

31"Kinrei" (collection of poems by Takeko Kujo)

Private collection

32"Kunsen" (collection of poems by Takeko Kujo)

Private collection

33"Shiro-Kujaku" (collection of poems by Takeko Kujo)

Private collection

34"Kujo Takeko fujin shokan-shu"(collection of letters of Takeko Kujo edited by Nobutsuna Sasaki)

Private collection

35"Kujo Takeko fujin"(biography of Takeko Kujo by Minetaro Yamanaka)

Private collection

36"Reijin Kujo Takeko"(biography of Takeko Kujo by Nobutsuna Sasaki)

Private collection

37"Zansho" (collection of eulogies for Takeko Kujo)

Private collection

38"Tsuibo-sho" (collection of eulogies for Takeko Kujo)

Private collection

39"Fujin" (magazines published by the Buddhist Women's Association)

Private collection

40"Fujin Sekai" (magazine with an article of Takeko Kujo)

Private collection

41"Fujin Kurabu" (magazine with an article of Takeko Kujo)

Private collection

42"Shufu no Tomo" (magazine with an article of Takeko Kujo)

Private collection

43

Rubbing of a stone monument inscribed with a poem by Takeko Kujo

Seijo Kikuzuki

44

Documentary film of the great earthquake of the Kanto region in 1923
(screened at the Museum Theater on the 3rd floor)Tsukiji Hongwanji, Tokyo