Ryukoku Museum Concept Exhibition

Thought and Culture of Buddhism―From India to Japan

List of Works (2nd Floor)

Aug.12th to Sep.15th, 2014.

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

Provenance

Format andMaterials

Date

Location and Owner

1Standing Buddha

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

2

Seated Buddha

Gandhara

Schist3rd-4th Century

Ryukoku University

3Standing Bodhisattva

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

4

Assault of Mara and Enlightenment

Nagarjunakonda

Limestone

3rd Century

Ryukoku University

5

Square Capital with 4 Seated Buddhas

MathuraSandstone

2nd Century

Ryukoku University

6Head of Buddha

Gandhara (Tarbela)

Stucco4th-5th Century

Ryukoku University

7

Seated Avalokitesvara with eight arms

SwatSchist

7th-8th Century

8Standing Buddha

Thailand

Gilt Bronze

7th-8th Century

9Standing Buddha

Myanmar

Gilt Bronze

11th-12th Century

10 Standing Avalokitesvara

Cambodia

Gilt Bronze

12th-13th Century

11 Seated Buddha

SarnathSandstone

6th-7th Century

Ryukoku University

12 Votive Stupa

BodhgayaStone

11th Century

Ryukoku University

2. Teaching of Shakyamuni and its Auccession
No TitleProvenance

Format andMaterials

DateLocation and Owner

13 Rubbing of the Ashoka Inscription

Lauriya-Nandangarh

Rubbing on Paper

3rd Century B.C.

Ryukoku University

14 Dīgha Nikāya (Thai Royal Edition)

ThailandPrint on Paper

1893 A.D.

Ryukoku University

Ink on Paper

Late Heian Period

Ryukoku University

15 Madhyama Āgama in Chinese (中阿含経), vol. 6
16 Ekottara Āgama in Chinese (増一阿含経), vol. 3

Chinawood-block printing

Yuan Period

Ryukoku University

17 Saṃyukta Āgama in Chinese（ 雑阿含経）, vol. 41

Chinawood-block printing

Song Period

Ryukoku University

18Sanghavedavastu of Mūlasarvāstivādavinaya inTibetan (Derge version)Tibetwood-block, print on
1742 A.D.
paper

Ryukoku University

19Fragment of Sanskrit Manuscripts of
the Saddharmapundarīka Sūtra

KhotanInk on Paper

Middle of 5th Century

Ryukoku University

20

The Saddharmapundarīka Sūtra (妙法蓮華経)
in Chinese, vol. 6

Dunhuang

Ink on Paper

10th Century

Ryukoku University

21 The Fo ming jing (仏名経)Dunhuang

Ink and Color onPaper

Tang Period

Ryukoku University

22 Three Robes and a Bowl

Thailand

Modern Age

Ryukoku University

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

Provenance

Format andMaterials

Date

Location and Owner

23 Birth of Siddhartha

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

24 Wedding Ceremony and Life in the Palace

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

25 Four Encounters and Renunciation

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

Temptation by Mara, Enlightenment
and First Sermon

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

27 Brahma (and Indra) Entreating Buddha to Preach

Swat

Schist

1st-2nd Century

Ryukoku University

28 Worship of the Dharmachakra (First Sermon?)SwatSchist

1st-2nd Century

Ryukoku University

29 Buddha and the Nursing of the Dead Woman

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

30 Parinirvana

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

31 Dipamkara Jataka

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

32 Diary by HORI Masuo

Ink on Paper

Meiji Period

Ryukoku University

33 Map of Kucha area drown by NOMURA Eizaburo

Ink and Coloron PaperMeiji Period

Ryukoku University

26

34 Head of Buddha (Replica)

Original: Khotan

Original: Gilt Bronze

Original:
Around 3rd Century

Original: Tokyo
National Museum

35 Seated Buddha on a Lotus Flower

Khadalik (Khotan)

Stucco5th-7th Century

Ryukoku University

36 Head of Bodhisattva

KarashahrClay

5th-6th Century

Ryukoku University

37 Brahmin Drona (Replica)

Original:
Kizil Caves

38 Reliquary (Replica)

Original: Kucha

Original:
Wall Painting
Original:
Wood, Canvas

Original:
7th Century
Original:
7th-8th Century

Original: Tokyo
National Museum
Original: Tokyo
National Museum

Ink on Paper

Meiji Period

Ryukoku University

Astana Tombs (Turfan)

Color on Silk

7th-8th Century

Ryukoku University

Brocade with birds in pearl-roundel andBrocade with fighting sheep in pearl-roundel

Astana Tombs (Turfan)

Silk

7th Century

Ryukoku University

42 Brocade with crescents and Arabic characters

Astana Tombs (Turfan)

Silk

9th-10th Century

Ryukoku University

43 Silk Textile with gradation patterns

Astana Tombs (Turfan)

Silk

5th-6th Century

Ryukoku University

No Title

Provenance

Format andMaterials

DateLocation and Owner

44 Money Tree

China

Bronze2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

45 Buddha Trinity

China

Sandstone

Northern Wei: 525 A.D.

China

wood-block
printing

19th Century

Ink on Silk

Muromachi Period

39 Advance directive by OTANI Kozui
40 Fuxi and Nuwa

41

4. Buddhism in China

The Mahāvaipulyabuddhāvatamsaka Sūtra
46in Chinese (Dàqīng Tripitakam)
47 Seated Avalokitesvara

Ryukoku University

Ryukoku Museum Concept Exhibition

Thought and Culture of Buddhism―From India to Japan

List of Works

Aug.12th to, Sep.15th, 2014.

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

DateLocation and Owner

Ceramic

Asuka-Nara period

Shitennō-ji ,Osaka

Ceramic

Hakuhō period

Ceramic

Hakuhō period

4 Standing Shakyamuni at Birth

Gilt bronze

Hakuhō period

5 Standing Shakyamuni at Birth

Gilt bronze

Nara period

6 Seated Buddha

Gilt bronze

Nara period

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Gilt bronze

Kamakura period

Gilt bronze

Kamakura period

Gilt bronze

Kamakura period

Format andMaterials

DateLocation and Owner

Ink on paper

Nara period

Yakushi-ji,Nara

Ink on paper

Kamakura period

Ryukoku University

13 Hasshū-den（八宗伝）

Ink on paper

Muromachi
period,dated1473

Ryukoku University

14 Standing Taishakuten（Indra）

Wood

Early Heian period

Tōshōdai-ji,Nara

15 Standing Kisshōten（Mahāśrī）

Wood

Late Heian period

Yakushi-ji,Nara

16 Ichijōyōketsu（一乗要決）

Ink on paper

Kamakura period

Eikan-do Zenrinji,KyotoColor on silk

Muromachi period

Ink on paper

Kamakura period

Ryukoku University

19 Seated Fudō Myōō（Acalanātha）

Wood

Early Heian period

Onjyō-ji,Shiga

20 Amida Nyorai

Color on silk

Kamakura period

Ink on paper

Kamakura period

Ryukoku University

Color on silk

Kamakura period

Eikan-do Zenrinji,Kyoto

Format andMaterials

Date

Location and Owner

Gilt bronze

Kamakura period

Ryukoku University

Color on silk

Muromachi period№TitleArtist1 Eaves Tiles Excavated from Shitennō-ji
Fragments of Earthen Figure Excavated from2
Tachibana-dera
Fragments of Earthen Figure Excavated from3
the site of Yamada-dera

Illustrated Legends of Zenkō-ji Nyorai(the Amitābha Triad in Zenkō-ji) Vol.2 and 3
Standing Amida Nyorai（Amitābha tathāgata）
8（Zenkō-ji style）
Standing Kannon Bosatsu（bodhisattva
9Avalokiteśvara）（Zenkō-ji style）
7

10 Standing Kannon Bosatsu（Zenkō-ji style）

Nakano-ku,Shiga

2. The State and Buddhism№Title11

Daihannya-kyō（大般若経 Mahāprajñāpāramitā-sūtra in Chinese） Vol.91 (the sets ofDaihannya-kyō which have been owned byYakushi-ji）

Artist12 Jōyuisiki-ron-jikki（成唯識論述記）Vol.9

Portrait of Kōbō-daishi［弘法大師,the founderof Shingon-shū（真言宗）］
Kongōchō-kyō（金剛頂経 Vajraśekhara-sūtra in18Chinese）

17

Annual record about rites held at Shingon-in（真言院）
Senju Kannon（Sahasrabhujāvalokiteśvara）
22
and twenty-eight guardian dieties21

3. Development and Maturity of Japanese Buddhist Culture№Title23 Seated Amida Nyorai
24

Taima mandara（当麻曼荼羅）,Mandala of thePure Land of AmitābhaArtist

25 Kangyōshijōsho（観経四帖疏）
26

Taima mandara engi（当麻曼荼羅縁起 Originand legends about Taima mandara）

Ōjōyōshū（往生要集 Essentials of Birth in thePure Land）
Board game of illustrated travels through the28
Pure Land of Amitābha and the hells

by Ryōe

27by KUROKAWA
GyokusuiInk print onpaper
Ink ondecorativepaper
Ink print on
paper
Ink print on
paper

Muromachi period

Ryukoku University

Edoperiod,dated1669

Ryukoku University

Edo period

Ryukoku University

Edoperiod,dated1858

Ryukoku University

29 Seated Jizō Bosatsu（bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha）

Wood

Kamakura period

Onjyō-ji,Shiga

30 Descent of Amida（Amitābha） TriadColor on silk

Muromachi period

Nison-in,Kyoto

Yamagoshi Amida（山越阿弥陀 Amitābha who
31 shows its figure from the other side of themountains）

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Descent of Amida Triad and Miroku Butsu（Maitreya buddha)

Color on silk

Nambokuchō period

Seigan-ji,Kyoto

33 Amida Nyorai

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Ryukoku University

34 Descent of Jizō Bosatsu

Color on silk

Muromachi period

35 Jūō（十王Color on silk

Muromachi period

32Ten Hell Kings）

Ryukoku University

36 Jūō and realms after death

Color on paper Edo period

Eikan-do Zenrin-ji,Kyo

37 Jizō and JūōColor on silkMuromachi period

Ryukoku University

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Ryukoku University

Ink on paper

Nambokuchō period

Ryukoku University

Ink on paper

Muromachi period

Ryukoku UniversityWood

Kamakura period

Saihō-ji,Hyogo

38 Jūsambutsu（十三仏Thirteen Buddhas）

Senjaku-hongan-nembutsu-shū（選択本願念仏集
Passages on the Selection of the Nembutsu inthe Original Vow) , written by Hōnen［法然 thefounder of Jōdoshū（浄土宗)］
Kyōgyōshinshō（教行信証 The True Teaching,
Practice and Realization of the Pure Land40Way）, written by Shinran［親鸞 the founderof Jōdoshinshū(浄土真宗)］
39

41 Standing Amida Nyorai

Shumi-dan (須弥壇）,Platform used in Buddhist
42by Yūkei
Woodsanctum on which imeges are placed
Jūji-Myōgō（十字名号 Ten-character Name for43
Color on silkAmida-nyorai）
Rokuji-Myōgō（六字名号 Six-character Nameattributed to44
Ink on paperfor Amida Nyorai）
Rennyo(1415-99)

Muromachi period,
dated1551
NambokuchōMuromachi period
Muromachi period

Daikō-ji,Wakayama

45 Hōbenhosshin-sonzō(Image of Amida Nyorai)

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Myōan-ji,Shiga

46 Shakyamuni TriadColor on silk

Muromachi period

Kōsei-in,Kyoto

47 Shakyamuni descending from the MountainInk on paper

Muromachi period

Seigan-ji,Kyoto

Color on silk

Edo period

Kōsei-in,Kyoto

49 Daruma-daishi Sanron（達磨大師三論）

Ink on paper

Muromachi period,
dated1498

Ryukoku University

50 Parinirvāna with other Scenes

Color on silk

Kamakura period

Nison-in,Kyoto

48

51Kannon（Avalokiteśvara） standing on a petalof lotus

Illustrated Sūtra of Cause and Effect（formerlyowned by Shōri-ji）

Color on paper Kamakura period

Kōshō-ji,Hiroshima
Monmyō-ji,Toyama