Special Exhibition

The World of Shakyamuni
The only person who became BuddhaNotes◎゠Important Cultural Property ◇゠Important Art
Tte list number corespond to exhibition labels.
Not all the works of this list will be exhibited at the same time because of the exhibition rotations.

April 21st to June 17th, 2018
RYUKOKU MUSEUMFirst half: 4/21～5/20 Second half: 5/22～6/17

SECTION 1 : The Period of Shakyamuni№Designation

Title

MaterialRegion, DateLocation and owner

1Bowl with brim-shaped rim

Ceramic

Tilaurakoy (Nepal) /5th-4th century B.C.

Oriental Bell Museum,
Rissho University

2Stone beads

Crystal, agate,
carnelian,jasper, etc.

Tilaurakoy (Nepal) /5th-3rd century B.C.

Oriental Bell Museum,
Rissho University

3

Punch-marked coins of ancient India

SilverIndia and Pakistan /5th-2nd century B.C.

Ancient Orient Museum etc.

4

Pottery of the Mauryan period

Ceramic

Tilaurakoy (Nepal) /ca. 3rd century B.C.

Oriental Bell Museum,
Rissho University

5Black-figure amphora<Hercules / Worriors>

Ceramic

Attika (Greece) / ca. 550-540 B.C.

Hakusasonso
Hahimoto Kansetsu
Museum6Black-figure amphora<Hercules amd Athena / Dionysos>

Ceramic

Attika (Greece) / ca. 490-480 B.C.

Hakusasonso
Hahimoto Kansetsu
Museum

7Red-figure bell krater<Satyr and Maenad / Young men>

Ceramic

Lucania (Italy) / ca. 430 B.C.

Tenri University
Sankokan Museum

8

Silver coins of the ancient
Mediterranean region

SilverGreece and Italy /6th-5th century B.C.

Ancient Orient Museum

9

Horse rhyton

Gildingon silver

Central asia /Achaemenid (4th century B.C.)

MIHO MUSEUM

10Bowl with lotus-shaped protrusions

SilverIran /Okayama OrientAchaemenid (6th-4th century B.C.) Museum

11

PhialeSilverIran /Ancient Orient Museum
Achaemenid (6th-4th century B.C.)

12

Omphalos bowlBronze

Greece? / 8th-5th century B.C.

13

Rhyton with lion-shaped handles

Ceramic

Iran /Okayama Orient
Achaemenid (6th-4th century B.C.) Museum

14

Amphoriskos

Glass

Eastern Mediterranean area /Okayama Orient
Achaemenid (6th-5th century B.C.) Museum

15

Cylindrica bottle

Glass

Eastern Mediterranean area /Ancient Orient Museum
Achaemenid (6th-4th century B.C.)

16

Square kohl bottle

Glass

Iran /Okayama Orient
Achaemenid (6th-4th century B.C.) Museum

17

Necklace

Glass

Iran /Okayama Orient
Achaemenid (6th-4th century B.C.) Museum

18

Pendant with the gold granulation

Gold, Onyx

Iran /
Ancient Orient Museum
Achaemenid (6th-4th century B.C.)

19

Bracelet with the rams’ headGold

Iran /
Ancient Orient Museum
Achaemenid (5th-4th century B.C.)

Ancient Orient Museum

Exhibition
term

№

Designation

Title

MaterialRegion, Date

20

Acinaces sword

Iron

Iran /
Ancient Orient Museum
Achaemenid (6th-4th century B.C.)

21

Arrow head with three edges

BronzeIran /Okayama Orient
Achaemenid (6th-4th century B.C.) Museum

22

Fragments of glazed brickGlazed ceramic

Susa (Iran) /Achaemenid (ca. 520-420 B.C.)

23

Coins of the Achaemenid dinasty

Gold, silver

Iran? /Ancient Orient Museum
Achaemenid (6th-4th century B.C.)

24

Tripod cauldron Ding
with coiling dragon design

BronzeChina / Spring and Autumn-Warring Kurokawa Institutestates (ca. 5th century B.C.)
of Ancient Cultures

25

Spherical food container Dui
with whorl design

BronzeChina / Warring states(5th-4th century B.C.)

Sen-Oku HakukokanMuseum

26

Asymmetrical wine container Huwith a bird-shaped lidBronze

China /Warring states (4th century B.C.)

Sen-Oku Hakukokan
Museum27

Ash glazed wine warmer He

Glazed ceramic

China / Spring and Autumn-Warring Tenri University
states (5th-4th century B.C.)
Sankokan Museum

28

Bi disk with grain pattern

Jade

China / Spring and Autumn-Warring Tenri University
states (5th-4th century B.C.)
Sankokan Museum

29

Huan disk with cloud pattern

Jade

China / Spring and Autumn-Warring Tenri University
states (5th-4th century B.C.)
Sankokan Museum

30

Huang segment with feather pattern

Jade

China / Spring and Autumn-Warring Tenri University
states (5th-4th century B.C.)
Sankokan Museum

31

Bronze sword

BronzeChina / Spring and Autumn-Warring Tenri University
states (6th-4th century B.C.)
Sankokan Museum

32

Bronze halberd GeBronze

China / Spring and Autumn-Warring Tenri University
states (6th-5th century B.C.)
Sankokan Museum

33

Coins of the Spring and Autumn period
and the Warring States period

BronzeChina / Spring and Autumn-Qin(5th-3th century B.C.)

Tenri University
Sankokan Museum

34

Pottery of the early Yayoi period

Ceramic

Saragun-Jori site (Osaka) /Early Yayoi (ca. 6th century B.C.)

Osaka Centerfor Cultural Heritage

Nara National Museum

Location and owner

Exhibitionterm

Okayama OrientMuseum

SECTION 2 : The Life of Shakyamuni
35

Carved bipgraphy of Shakyamuni

SchistGandhara / 2nd-3rd century

36

Four encounters

SchistGandhara / 2nd-3rd century

37

Assault of Mara and enlightenment

SchistGandhara / 2nd-3rd century

Yōtaku-ji, Hyogo

38

First sermon

SchistGandhara / 2nd-3rd century

Tokyo National Museum

39

Descent from Trayastrimsha heaven

SchistGandhara / 2nd-3rd century

Yōtaku-ji, Hyogo

40

Vinaya PitakaInk onpalm leaf

Thailand / 18th-19th century

Otani University Museum

First41Sańghavedavastu ofMūlasarvāstivādavinaya in Tibetan

Color print
on paperTibet / Published in 1733

Ryukoku University Library

Second42

Dharmagputaka Vinaya in Chinese,
vol. 32

Ink on paper

Japan / Later Heian (12th century)

Kōshō-ji, Kyoto

SecondInk on paper

Japan / Later Heian (12th century)

Nanatsu-dera, Aichi

First

44

Shi er men jing（十二門経）
Ink on paper[with An ban shou yi jing (安般守意経)]Japan / Kamakura (13th century)

Kongō-ji, Osaka

45

Mahāvastu-avadānaNepal / 19th century

Ryukoku University Library

43 ◎ Ekottarika Āgama in Chinese, vol. 28

Ink on paper

TitleMaterialRegion, Date

Location and owner

Exhibition
term

46 ◇

Buddhacaritasangraha Sūtrain Chinese, vol. 33

Ink on paper

Japan / Nara (8th century)

Nezu Museum

Second47

Buddhacarita in Chinese, vol. 3

Ink on paper

Japan / Later Heian (12th century)

Kōshō-ji, Kyoto

First

48

Chinese versions of the Buddha’s
Biography

Ink on paper

Japan / Kamakura (13th century)

Kongō-ji, OsakaFirstInk on paper

Japan / Later Heian (12th century)Nanatsu-dera, Aichi

Second50

Four important scenes from the life ofShakyamuni (Reproduction of the muralof Kizil caves)
By Hasegawa Roka

Color on paper

Original: Kucha (China) / 1924-25(Original mural: 7th-8th century)

Office of Aesthetics andArt History,
Kyoto University

51

Rubbing of the scene of“four encounters” (Yungang cave no. 6)

Rubbingon paper

China / Northern Wei(end of the 5th century)

Otani University Museum

52

Rubbing of the scene of“great departure” (Yungang cave no. 6)

Rubbingon paper

China / Northern Wei(end of the 5th century)

Otani University Museum

53

Rubbing of the carved biography ofShakyamuni(Guyangdong cave of Longmen)

Rubbingon paper

China / Northern Wei(beginning of the 6th century)

Yakushi-ji, Nara

54

Buddha triad

Stone

China / Northern Wei,dated 472 (Yanxing 2)

The Museum
Yamato Bunkakan

55

Two Buddhas seated side by sideStone

China / Northern Wei,dated 526 (Xiaochang 2)

The Museum
Yamato Bunkakan

56

Bodhisattva mounted on an elephantin niche

Stone

China / Northern Wei(early 6th century)

Osaka City Museumof Fine Arts

57

Square stele with Buddhist images

Sandstone

China / Western Wei(middle of the 6th century)

Osaka City Museumof Fine Arts

58 ◎Illustrated Sūtra of Cause and Effect(Einga kyō dankan)

Ink and coloron paper

Japan / Nara (8th century)

Nara National Museum

Second59 ◎Illustrated Sūtra of Cause and Effect(Einga kyō dankan)

Ink on paper

Japan / Later Heian (12th century)

Shōtoku-ji, Aichi

First

60 ◎

Wooden core of earthen images
composing scenes of Shakyamuni’s life

Wood

Japan / Nara (early 8th century)

Yakushi-ji, Nara

61

Tails of Times Now and Past(Konjaku Monogatarishū)

Ink on paper

Japan / Edo (18th century)

Ryukoku University Library62

Biography of Shakyamuni

Ink on paper

Japan / Nambokucho(14th century)?

Ryukoku University Library

63

Illustrated Biography of Shakyamuni

Color on silk

Korean Peninsula /Joseon (16th century)

Osaka City Museumof Fine Arts

64 ◎ Seated prince Siddhartha

Wood withpolychromy, cut
gold leaf, rock
crystal eyes

Japan / Kamakura,
dated 1252 (Kencho 4)

Ninna-ji, Kyoto

65 ◎ Illustrated Biography of Shakyamuni

Color on silk

Japan / Kamakura (13th century)

Daifukuden-ji, Mie

66

Illustrated Biography of Shakyamuni

Color on silk

Japan / Nambokucho (14th century) Jikō-ji, Hiroshima

67

Life of Shakyamuni (Shaka ichidaiki)

Ink and color
on paperJapan / Edo (17th century)

68

Life of Shakyamuni(Shaka go-ichidaiki zue)
Illustrated by Katsushika Hokusai

Print on paper

Japan / Edo,
published in 1845 (Koka 2)№

Designation

49 ◎ Shi jia pu (釈迦譜), vol. 3

Ryukoku University Library

SecondFirst

№

Designation

Title

MaterialRegion, Date

Location and owner

Exhibition
term

SECTION 3 : Various Ceremonies Honoring Shakyamuni
69

Standing Shakyamuni at birth

Gilt bronze

China / Northern Wei (6th century)

70

Standing Shakyamuni at birth

Gilt bronze

Korean Peninsula /Unified Silla (8th-9th century)

Kōtoku-ji, Hiroshima

71 ◎ Standing Shakyamuni at birth

Gilt bronze

Japan / Asuka (early 7th century)

Shōgen-ji, Aichi

72

Standing Shakyamuni at birth

BronzeJapan / Asuka (early 7th century)

Goshin-ji, Nara

73 ◇ Standing Shakyamuni at birth

BronzeJapan / Hakuho (later 7th century)

Osaka City Museumof Fine Arts

74

Ablution basin

Gilt bronze

Japan / Kamakura,dated 1306 (Kagen 4)

Osaka City Museumof Fine Arts

75

Standing Shakyamuni at birthBronze

China / Yuan-Ming(14th-15th century)

Osaka City Museumof Fine Arts

76

Kuan hsien fu hsing hsiang jing
(灌洗仏形像経)

Ink on paper

Japan / Edo,
published in 1678 (Empo 6)

Ryukoku University Library

77

Shin cha ju lai chiang sheng li tsan wen(釈迦如来降生礼讃文) By Xian run

Ink on paper

Japan / Edo-Meiji (19th century)

Ryukoku University Library78

Mandala of Aspects of Birth ofColor print
Shakyamuni Buddhaon paper(Shaka ryorai tanjo mandarazu) By Dōeki

Japan / Edo (18th century)

Ryukoku University Library79

Commentery of Aspects of Birth ofShakyamuni Buddha (Shaka ryorai tanjomandara ryakuge) Described by Kōyo

Ink on paper

Japan / Edo,
published in 1844 (Tempo 15)

Ryukoku University Library

80

Commentery of Dharmaguptaka Vinaya,
vol. 1 Interpreted by Dao xuan

Ink on paper

Dunhuang (China) / 8th-9th century Ryukoku University Library81

Personal notations concerning the Nanzan
Ink on paper
hokugi rituals and procedures(Nanzan Hokugi Kemmon Shiki)Japan / Edo (17th century)

Sennyū-ji, Kyoto

82

Shakyamuni triad
Allegedly by Yan Hui

Color on silk

China / Yuan (14th century)

Rokuō-in, Kyoto

First83 ◎ Shakyamuni triad

Color on silk

China / Yuan (14th century)

Tōfuku-ji, Kyoto

Second84 ◎Shakyamuni triad
By Ryozen

Color on silk

Japan / Nambokucho (14th centruy)

Kiyoshikōjin Seichō-ji,Hyogo

Second85

Shakyamuni triad

Color on silk

Japan / Nambokucho (14th centruy) Sennyū-ji, Kyoto

First86 ◎Shakyamuni triadBy Gukei Ue

Ink and lightcolor on silk

Japan / Nambokucho (14th centruy) Manju-ji, Kyoto

First87

Shakyamuni triad

Color on silk

Japan / Nambokucho (14th centruy) Shin-Chion-in, ShigaFirst88

Shakyamuni triad

Color on silk

Japan / Muromachi (15th century)

Daikaku-ji, Hyogo

First

89

Shakyamuni triad and the eighteen arhats Color on silk

Japan / Muromachi (15th century)

Tōkō-ji, Hyogo

Second90

Shakyamuni seated on the grass seat

Color on silk

China / Ming (16th-17th centruy)

91

Shakyamuni seated on the grass seat

Color on silk

Japan / Edo (17th century)

92

Anarecles of Zen Master Dōgen(Eihei Dōgen oshō kōroku)

Print on paper

Japan / Edo,published in 1673 (Empo 1)

Second93

Shakyamuni descending
mountainAllegedly by Mu Qi

Ink on paper

China / Southern Song
(12th-13th century)First

fromtheFirst

SecondSennyū-ji, Kyoto

FirstTitleMaterialRegion, Date

Location and owner

Exhibition
term

94

Shakyamuni descending from the mountain
Allegedly by Mu Qi
Inscription by Chijue Daochong dated 1246

Ink on silk

China / Southern Song
(13th century)MIHO MUSEUM

Second95

Shakyamuni descending from the mountain
Inscription by Yuepo Puming

Ink on paper

China / Yuan (13th century)

96

Shakyamuni descending from the mountain
Allegedly by Zhang Sigong

Color on silk

China / Yuan (13th-14th century)

Seirai-ji, MieFirst

97

Shakyamuni descending from the mountain
Allegedly by Yan Hui

Color on silk

China / Yuan (13th-14th century)

Daikaku-ji, Hyogo

Second98

Shakyamuni descending from the mountain
Inscription by Fayin Qiancheng dated 1621

Light coloron silk

China / Ming (17th centruy)First99 ◎ Allegedly by Kaō

Ink on silk

Japan / Nambokucho (14th centruy) Rokuō-in, Kyoto

Second100

Shakyamuni descending from the mountainInk on silk

Japan / Muromachi (15th century)

First

101

Shakyamuni and the arhat

Color on silk

Japan / Muromachi(14th-15th century)

102

Shakyamuni and the sixteen arhats

Color on silk

China / Southern Song-Yuan(13th century)

Sennyū-ji, Kyoto

103

Sixteen arhats

Color on silk

Japan / Muromachi (16 th century)

Kōshō-ji, Kagawa

104Standing Shakyamuni
descending from the mountain

Wood with goldink, rock crystaleyes

Japan / Nambokucho (14th centruy) Nara National Museum

Ink on paper

Japan / Later Heian (12th century)

Nanatsu-dera, Aichi№

Designation

Shakyamuni descending from the mountain105 ◎ Dīrgha Āgama in Chinese, vol. 2

SecondSeigan-ji, Kyoto

SecondFirst

First

106

Biographies of the Shakyamuni Buddha
and Buddhist rituals (Shakushi yōran)Summarized by Dao Cheng

Print on paper

Japan / Edo,
published in 1633 (Kan'ei 10)

Ryukoku University Library107

Shin cha ju lai niei pan li tsan wen(釈迦如来涅槃礼讃文)
By Xian run

Ink on paper

Japan / Edo,
published in 1678 (Empo 6)

Ryukoku University Library108 ◎Parinirvana
By Lu Xinzhong

Color on silk

China / Southern Song
(12th-13th century)

Nara National Museum

Second109 ◎Parinirvana
By Zhou Silang

Color on silk

China / Southern Song
(12th-13th century)

Nakanobō-ji, Aichi

First110

MahāparinirvāNa Sūtra in Chinese

Ink on paper

China / Ming, published in 1589
(Wanli 17)

Ryukoku University Library

Color on silk

China / Southern Song
(12th-13th century)

Eifuku-ji, Osaka

Ink on paper

Japan / Muromachi,
dated 1460 (Choroku 4)

Tōdai-ji, Nara

113 ◎ Various scenes related to parinirvana

Color on silk

Japan / Kamakura (13th centruy)

Kōsan-ji, Hiroshima

First114 ◎ Various scenes related to parinirvana

Color on silk

Japan / Kamakura (13th centruy)

Manju-ji, Kyoto

First115

Various scenes related to parinirvana

Color on silk

Japan / Kamakura(13th-14th centruy)

Nison-in, Kyoto

Second116 ◎ Various scenes related to parinirvana

Color on silk

Japan / Kamakura-Nambokucho(13th-14th centruy)

Henmyō-in, Okayama

Second117 ◎ Various scenes related to parinirvana

Color on silk

Japan / Kamakura-Nambokucho(13th-14th centruy)

Jishō-in and An'yō-in,
OkayamaFirst

111 ◎ Various scenes related to parinirvana
112

Chant composed of four formulasby Master Myō-e (Shizakōshiki)

First

№

Designation

Title

MaterialRegion, Date

118

Parinirvana with various scenes ofthe life of Shakyamuni

Color on silk

Japan / Kamakura-Nambokucho(14th centruy)

119

Parinirvana statue

Wood withgold ink,
cut gold leaf

Japan / Kamakura (13th centruy)

Location and owner

Exhibition
term

SecondShin-Chion-in, Shiga

SECTION 4 : The Ashes of Shakyamuni
120

Cremation

SchistSwat (Gandhara) / 2nd-3rd century

121

Distribution of the relics, theirtransportation, and building of the stūpa

SchistGandhara / 2nd-3rd century

122

Reliquary (Footed bowl with rid)

SilverGandhara /ca. end of the 1st century B.C.

MIHO MUSEUM

123

Reliquary

SchistGandhara /1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.

Ryukoku Museum

124

Reliquary

Stone

Gandhara /1st century B.C.-1st century A.D.

125

Miniature-stūpa reliquary

SchistGandhara /1st century B.C.-2nd century A.D.

126

Distribution of the relics(Reproduction of the mural of Kizil caves)
By Abe Tsutomu

Color on paper

Original: Kucha (China) / 1920s-30s
Tokyo National Museum(Original mural: 7th-8th century)

127

Reliquary in the shape of an outer coffin

Gilt bronze

China / Tang (8th century)

Sen-Oku Hakukokan
Museum128

Reliquary in the shape of a coffin

SilverChina / Tang (8th century)

Kuboso Memorial Museumof Arts

129

Votive objects from the pagoda of
Asuka-dera temple

Set of variousobjects

National Research InstituteAsuka-dera site (Nara) / 6th century for Cultural Properties,
Nara130

Eighty-four thousand miniature stupaof Qian Hongchu

BronzeChina /Five dynasties (10th century)

Kurokawa Instituteof Ancient Cultures

131

Eighty-four thousand miniature stupaof Qian Hongchu

BronzeChina /Five dynasties (10th century)

Kongō-ji, Osaka132

Eighty-four thousand miniature stupaof Qian Hongchu

BronzeChina / Five dynasties(10th century) / Edo (17th century)

Raikō-ji, Osaka

133

Standing Shakyamuni (Seiryō-ji style)

Wood withgold ink

Japan / Kamakura (13th centruy)

Raikō-ji, Osaka

134

Standing Shakyamuni (Seiryō-ji style)Wood withpatina

Japan / Muromachi(15th-16th century)An'yō-ji, Kyoto

135

Image of Shakyamuni (Seiryō-ji style)

Color on silk

Japan / Kamakura(13th-14th centruy)

Ryukoku MuseumFirst