The World of Tibetan Buddism
April 19th to June 8th, 2014
RYUKOKU MUSEUM

List of Works
Notes
・The list numbers corespond to the exhibition labels.
・Not all the works of this list will be exhibited at the same time because of the exhibition rotations.
NO. Title

Provenance

Date

Materials

Dimension in cm

Location and owner

Photographic printing(Book)

23.0×28.0

Ryukoku University

51.8×38.0

Ryukoku University

Prologue Toward Tibet
1"Ajia Taikan" (Photo album taken by AOKIBunkyo)Japan

1927 A.D.

2

Draft of the Letter of the Dalai Lama XIIITibetEarly 20th cent. Ink on paper

3

Mandate from Nishi Hongwan-ji to enter Tibet

Japan1913 A.D.

Ink and stamp on paper 25.6×36.4

Gilt bronze (embossed) Overall height: 64.5 Kitamura collection

Akita Prefectural Museum

Chapter 1 Brief History of Tibetan Buddhism
4

Seated Vajradhara

Nepal or Tibet

16th cent.

5

Seated Bodhisattva

Swat or Kashmir

Around 8th cent. Brass

Overall height: 10.5 Kitamura collection

6

Seated bejeweled Buddha

Kashmir

Around 9th cent. Brass

Overall height: 17.0 Kitamura collection

7

Seated Amitābha

Kashmir orWestern Tibet

12th-13th cent.

BrassOverall height: 16.6 Kitamura collection

8

Seated Amitāyus

Eastern Tibet orMongolia

17th cent.

Gilt bronze (embossed) Overall height: 73.0 Kitamura collection

9Śākyamuni with two disciples (Śāriputra andMoggallāna), Brahmā, and Indra

Eastern Tibet

18th cent.

Color on silk

71.5×51.5

Kitamura collection

10

Pure land of Amitābha

Western Tibet

15th cent.

Color on canvas

93.5×78.0

Kitamura collection

11AkṣobhyaCentral Tibet

13th cent.

Color on canvas

84.5×70.0

Kitamura collection

12

Boddhisattva Mañjuśrī

Central Tibet

15th cent.?

Color on canvas

112.0×92.0

Kitamura collection

13

Amoghasiddhi

Central Tibet

15th cent.

Color on canvas

71.0×56.0

Kitamura collection

14

Padmasaṃbhava and his eight incarnations

Central Tibet

19th cent.

Color on cotton

78.0×60.0

Tateyama Museum ofToyama

15

Pure land of Padmasaṃbhava

Central Tibet

19th cent.

Color on cotton

91.2×53.0

16Seated high priest

Tibet

18th cent.

Gilt bronze (embossed) Overall height: 17.7 Kitamura collection

17

Seated Tsoṅ kha paTibet

17th cent.

Gilt bronze

Overall height: 17.3 Kitamura collection

18Tsoṅ kha pa with his two disciples (drawn by theTibet
Dalai Lama XIII)

1920 A.D.

Color on cotton

70.5×47.3

19

Assembly tree (tshog śiṅ ) of the Lamrim
teachingTibet

18th-19th cent.

Color on cotton

72.5×51.5

20

Assembly tree (tshog śiṅ ) for the Lama Chupa

Tibet

19th cent.

Printed ink on cotton

83.1×54.0

Hanamaki City Museum,Iwate

21

Deshin Shekpa (Karmapa V)

Eastern Tibet

18th cent.

Color on silk

105.0×59.5

Kitamura collection

17th cent.

Gilt bronze

Stupa:
H: 60.0 W: 40.5
Buddha:Overall height: 6.0

Kitamura collection

Overall height: 23.0 Kitamura collection

22Chorten (stupa) and the miniature Buddha

Tibet

Hanamaki City Museum,Iwate

Chapter 2 Various Pantheon of Tibetan Buddhism
23

Seated Śākyamuni

Eastern Tibet

17th cent.

Gilt bronze

24Standing Śākyamuni's disciple(allegedly Śāriputra)

Tibet

17th cent.

Gilt bronze (embossed) Overall height: 59.0 Kitamura collection

25

Standing Śākyamuni's disciple(allegedly Moggallāna)

Tibet

17th cent.

Gilt bronze

Overall height: 21.9 Kitamura collection

26

Standing Bodhisattva

China

Yuan dynasty:
13th cent.

Gold on wood

Overall height: 46.5 Kitamura collection

27

Bodhisattva Maitreya seated on a chair

Eastern Tibet orMongolia

Early 17th cent. Gilt bronze (embossed) Overall height: 40.5 Kitamura collection

NO. Title

Provenance

DateMaterials

Dimension in cm

Location and owner

28Standing Bodhisattva mahākarṅā-Avalokiteśvara
China
with eleven heads

Yuan dynasty:
14th cent.

Dry lacquer

Overall height: 115.0 Kitamura collection

29

Standing Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara with athousand arms

Eastern Tibet

17th cent.

Gilt bronze

Overall height: 42.5 Kitamura collection

30

Seated Boddhisattva MañjuśrīEastern Tibet orChina

17th cent.

Gilt bronze

Overall height: 32.9 Kitamura collection

31Bhaiṣajyaguru

Eastern Tibet

19th cent.

Color on silk

53.2×34.832

Vaiśravaṇa

Eastern Tibet orMongolia

17th cent.

Gilt bronze (embossed) Overall height: 73.0 Kitamura collection

33

Sita-cintamaṇi Mahākāla

Eastern Tibet

18th cent.

Gilt bronze (embossed) Height: 19.3

34GaṇeśaEastern Tibet

18th cent.

Gilt bronze

H: 5.5 W: 12.5
D: 6.835

Palden Lhamo

Eastern Tibet

17th-18th cent.

Gilt bronze

Overall height: 17.3 Kitamura collection

36

Yama

Eastern Tibet

17th cent.

Gilt bronze

Overall height: 17.0 Kitamura collection

37

Vajrayoginī (envisioned by Nāropā)

Tibet

17th cent.

Gilt bronze

Overall height: 17.2 Kitamura collection

38

Guhyasādhana Hayagrīva

Central Tibet

19th cent.

Color on cotton

50.0×33.0

39

Vajrabhairava

Eastern Tibet

19th cent.

Color on cotton

72.7×50.8

40

Mandala of the Womb Realm

Eastern Tibet?

19th cent.

Color on cotton

51.5×52.0

41

HevajraEastern Tibet

19th cent.

Color on cotton

89.2×60.5

42

Cakrasaṃvara

Central Tibet

15th cent.

Color on cotton

73.0×67.0

Kitamura collection

Kitamura collection

Kitamura collection
Kitamura collection

Kitamura collection

Tateyama Museum ofToyama

Chapter 3 Gift from the Dalai Lama XⅢ ―Illustrated biography of Śākyamuni Buddha ―434445
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63

Illustrated biography of Śākyamuni Buddha(Principal image)(1st right)(2nd right)(3rd right)(4th right)(5th right)(6th right)(7th right)(8th right)(9th right)(10th right)(11th right)(12th right)(1st left)(2nd left)(3rd left)(5th left)(6th left)(7th left)(8th left)(9th left)

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

NO. Title

Provenance

Date

Materials

Dimension in cm

Location and owner

64

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

17th-18th cent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Tibet

Around 17thcent.

Color on cotton

78.1×54.1

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

65
6667

(10th left)(11th left)(12th left)(Extra)Ref.
work 1

Assault of Māra and Enlightenment

Gandhara

2nd-3rd cent.

Schist38.0×44.3

Ref.
work 2

Descent from Trāyastriṃśa heaven

Gandhara

2nd-3rd cent.

Schist36.0×34.0

Ryukoku University

1911-1915 A.D. Photographic printing(1)：26.4×17.0(2)：8.0×9.4

National Museum ofEthnology, Osaka

181.0×52.5

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Chapter 4 Tibetan World from the Perspective of the Two Young Monks
68

Picture of the Dalai Lama XIIITibet

69

Handprint and the privy sealing of the Dalai Lama
Tibet
XIII

Early 20th cent. Stamp on silk

70

Tibetan names of AOKI Bunkyo and TADA
TokanTibet

1912 A.D.

Ink and stamp on paper 14.0×41.0

Akita Prefectural Museum

71

Seated ŚākyamuniTibet

19th-20th cent.

Gilt bronze

Overall height: 28.0

National Museum ofEthnology, Osaka

72Seated ŚākyamuniKhotan

18th-19th cent.

Gilt bronze

Overall height: 17.8

Hanamaki City Museum,Iwate

73

Seated ŚākyamuniTibet

19th cent.

Gilt bronze

Overall height: 22.8

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

74

Seated Boddhisattva MañjuśrīTibet

18th-19th cent.

Gilt bronze

Overall height: 15.2

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

75

Seated Vajradhara

Tibet

18th-19th cent.

Gilt bronze

Overall height: 18.5

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

76

Śākyamuni and thirty five Buddhas

Tibet

19th-20th cent.

Color on cotton

65.0×46.6

Ryukoku University77

Pure land of AmitābhaCentral Tibet

19th cent.

Color on cotton

61.5×43.1

Hanamaki City Museum,Iwate

78

Pure land of AmitābhaCentral Tibet

19th cent.

Printed ink on cotton

61.0×71.0

National Museum ofEthnology, Osaka

79

Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara with a thousand arms
Tibet
and eyes

19th cent.

Color on cotton

62.9×47.4

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

80

Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvara with four arms

Central Tibet

19th cent.

Color on cotton

69.2×47.4

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

81

Vajrasattva

Central Tibet

19th cent.

Color on cotton

57.4×39.9

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

82

Sita TārāCentral or Eastern
19th cent.
Tibet

Color on cotton

59.5×42.7

National Museum ofEthnology, Osaka83Śyāma TārāCentral Tibet

Embroidery on cotton,
silver

61.6×42.0

Hanamaki City Museum,Iwate

84UṣṇīṣavijayāCentral or Eastern
20th cent.
Tibet

Color on cotton

61.3×41.7

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

85

Mandala of the thirty two deities based on the
Guhyasamāja Tantra

Central Tibet

19th cent.

Printed ink on cotton

64.0×51.0

National Museum ofEthnology, Osaka

86

Kālacakra

Central Tibet

19th cent.

Color on cotton

68.3×45.0

National Museum ofEthnology, Osaka87Aṣṭasāhasrikā Prajñāpāramitā in TibetanTibet

14th-15th cent.

Gold on indigo paper

30.0×70.0 each

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

88

Kangyur of Tibetan Buddhist canon(Derge version)

Tibet

Wood Block:1742 A.D.

Print on paper

12.3×63.6 etc.

Ryukoku University

89

Bodhisattvacaryāvatāra

Tibet

19th-20th cent.

Printed ink on paper

8.0×32.0

Ryukoku University

90

Five-pointed vajra

Tibet

19th-20th cent.

Brass

Length: 12.0

National Museum ofEthnology, Osaka

91

Seven cups

Tibet

19th-20th cent.

Brass

Height: 3.0
Dia: 8.0

National Museum ofEthnology, Osaka

92

Standing cup for offerings

Tibet

19th-20th cent.

Brass

Height: 11.5
Dia: 9.3

National Museum ofEthnology, Osaka

93

Standing cup for offerings with a lid

Tibet

19th-20th cent.

Brass

Height: 12.0
Dia: 9.6

National Museum ofEthnology, Osaka

94

Water pitcher

Tibet

20th cent.

Brass, silver, coral,turquoise, etc.

Height: 30.0

National Museum ofEthnology, Osaka95

Prayer wheel (Mani 'khor la )Tibet

Early 20th cent. Bronze, wood

Length: 29.0
Dia: 8.3

Hanamaki City Museum,Iwate

96

Prayer beads (Japa-māla )Tibet

19th-20th cent.

Nut

Dia: 45.0

National Museum ofEthnology, Osaka

97

Crown for the Buddhist ceremony (Mukuṭa )Tibet

19th-20th cent.

CottonHeight: 21.0
Width: 28.0

National Museum ofEthnology, Osaka

19th cent.

NO. Title

Provenance

Date

Materials

Dimension in cm

Location and owner

98

Tibetan scarf (Khatā )Tibet

19th-20th cent.

Silk

59.0×219.0

National Museum ofEthnology, Osaka

99

Drum (Paṇava )Nepal

18th cent.

Wood, leather

Length: 124.0 Diaof drumhead: 55.0

Kitamura collection

100 Tibetan oboe (Rgyaling )Nepal

18th cent.

Wood, brass, coral, etc. Length: 63.0

Kitamura collection101 Cymbal (Vādya )Ladakh17th cent.

BronzeDia: 24.2

Kitamura collection

102 Birds-eye view of Lhasa

Tibet

1905-1915 A.D. Color and ink on paper

168.0×134.0

Ryukoku University

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

103 Three Robes

Tibet

19th-Early 20thSilk, cottoncent.

25-panel：
118.0×280.0
7-panel：116.0×294.0
5-panel：
128.0×220.0

104 Leather boots for monks

Tibet

Early 20th cent. Leather, wool

Length: 25.0
Height: 25.0

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

105 Iron bowl (Pātra )Tibet

Early 20th cent. Iron, brass

Height: 20.0
Dia: 30.0

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

106 Inner robe

Tibet

Early 20th cent. Wool

Length: 93.0

Hanamaki City Museum,Iwate

107 Overcoat

Tibet

Early 20th cent. Wool

Length: 140.0

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

108 Monk staff (Khakkhara )Tibet

1913-1922 A.D. Iron, brass

Length: 160.0

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

109 Yellow hat with long flaps

Tibet

Early 20th cent. Wool

110 Portable desk

Tibet

Early 20th cent. Bamboo, cotton

111 Pen case and bamboo pens

Tibet

Early 20th cent. Wood, bamboo

5.0×31.0×4.0

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

112 Ink potTibet

Early 20th cent. Bronze, wood

Height: 11.5
Dia: 6.0

Hanamaki City Museum,Iwate

Tibet

1913-1922 A.D. Stamp on silk

139.0×43.0

Hanamaki City Museum,Iwate

114 Small votive stupa models

Tibet

19th-20th cent.

Ash, clay

Height: 7.6 Dia: 2.0 National Museum ofetc.
Ethnology, Osaka

115 Amulet of wind horse (rlung rta )Tibet

19th-20th cent.

Printed ink on cotton

90.0×73.4

National Museum ofEthnology, Osaka

Tibet

Early 20th cent. Printed ink on paper

21.0×18.0

Tsu-kannon Daiho-in, Mie

Tibet

Early 20th cent. Printed ink on paper

36.5×26.0

Tsu-kannon Daiho-in, Mie

Tibet

Early 20th cent. Printed ink on paper

14.4×11.6 etc.

Tsu-kannon Daiho-in, Mie

1911-1916 A.D. Ink on paper

13.7×7.9 etc.

Ryukoku University

113

116

Handprint of the principal Śākyamuni image in
the Jokhang temple

Amulet of the rnam bcu dbang ldan monogramwith the Rañjanā script

117 Amulet of Stupa
118

Amulet of Buddhas in the wheel of life
(Bhavacakra )119 Adversarias and notepads of AOKI Bunkyo

Head circumference:
Hanamaki City Museum,
58.0
Iwate
Length: 47.0Hanamaki City Museum,Table top: 30.0×70.0
Iwate

120 Field notes of AOKI Bunkyo

Tibet

1912-1916?
A.D.

Ink on paper

20.8×15.5

National Museum ofEthnology, Osaka

121 Template of Tibetan letters

Tibet

19th-20th cent.

Ink on paper

17.0×11.0

National Museum ofEthnology, Osaka

122 Vocabulary cards of Tibetan words

Tibet

20th cent.

Ink on paper

8.9×15.4 etc.

Ryukoku University

123 Diploma in the Tibetan study

Tibet

1915 A.D.

Ink and stamp on paper 65.5×61.7

124 Map of the whole Tibet

Tibet

1904-1914 A.D. Printed ink on paper68.0×137.0

National Museum ofEthnology, Osaka

National Museum ofEthnology, Osaka

125"Himitsu no Kuni. Chibetto Yuki "(The secret country. Stay in Tibet)

Japan

1920 A.D.

Print on paper (Book)

19.2×13.5

Ryukoku University

126"Chibetto Butsuga Syakuson-den "(Biography of Śākyamuni in Tibetan paintings)

Japan

1958 A.D.

Print on paper (Book)

34.5×26.0

Ryukoku University

127 Photographic glass platesJapan

1941 A.D.

Glass

9.0×12.0 each

Hanamaki City Museum,
Iwate

Draft of "Chibetto Zenshi "(The whole record of Tibet)

Japan

1946 A.D.

Ink on paper

25.7×18.3 each

National Museum ofEthnology, Osaka128