Ryukoku Museum Concept Exhibition

Thought and Culture of Buddhism ―From I ndia toJapan
List of Works (2nd Floor)

Jan.9th to Mar.1st, 2015.

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

Provenance

Format andMaterials

DateLocation and Owner

1Standing Buddha

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

2

Seated Buddha

Hadda

Stucco4th-5th Century

Ryukoku University

3

Seated Bodhisattva with crossed legs

KapisaSchistaround 3rd Century

Ryukoku University

4

Seated Buddha

SarnathSandstone

6th-7th Century

Ryukoku University

5

Square Capital with 4 Seated Buddhas

MathuraSandstone

2nd Century

Ryukoku University

6Seated Buddha

Gandhara

Schist3rd-4th Century

Ryukoku University

72 Seated Buddhas

China

Gilt Bronze

Northern Wei Period,
6th Century

8Standing Bodhisattva

China

Gilt Bronze

Tang Dynasty: 7th-8th Century

9Seated MañjuśrīChina

Gilt Bronze

Tang Dynasty: 8th-9th Century

10 Standing Buddha

Thailand

Gilt Bronze

7th-8th Century

11 Standing Buddha

Myanmar

Gilt Bronze

11th-12th Century

12 Standing Avalokiteśvara

Cambodia

Gilt Bronze

12th-13th Century

2. Teaching of Shakyamuni and its Accession
No Title

Provenance

Format andMaterials

DateLocation and Owner

13 Rubbing of the Ashoka Inscription

Shahbaz Gahri

Rubbing on Paper

3rd Century B.C.

Ryukoku University

14 Vinaya PiTakam (Thai Royal Edition)

ThailandPrint on Paper

1893 A.D.

Ryukoku University

wood-block printing

19th Century

Ryukoku University

15 MahāsaGgika Vinaya in Chinese (Dàqīng Tripitakam) China
16

Mahāvastu Avadāna

Nepal

Ink on Paper

18th-19th Century

Ryukoku University

17Sanskrit version of the Larger Sukhāvatīvyūha inOtani Collection (Koju-kai C)

Nepal

Ink and color onPaper

19th Century

Ryukoku University

Ink on Paper

9th Century

Ryukoku University

Modern Age

Ryukoku University

18 The SuvarNaprabhāsottama Sūtra in Chinese, vol. 5 Dunhuang
19 Three Robes and a Bowl

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

Provenance

Format andMaterials

Date

20 Birth of Siddhārtha

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

22 First Sermon

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

23 ParinirvāNa

KapisaSchist3rd Century

Ryukoku University

24 Dīpamkara Jātaka

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

25 Dīpamkara Jātaka and Offering of dust

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

26 Shasha (Rabbit) Jātaka

Gandhara

SchistAround 3rd Century

27 Maitrakanyaka Jātaka (?)

Gandhara

Schist3rd-4th Century

28 Mural Painting of Several Jātakas

Hadda

Wall Painting

4th-5th Century

29 Unindentifiied Jātaka

Gandhara

Schist3th-4th Century

30 Jātakamāla Avadāna

Nepal

Ink on Paper

18th-19th Century

Ryukoku University

31 The Yao xnig she shen-jing

Dunhuang

Ink on Paper

Around 10th Century

Ryukoku University

32 Standing Bodhisattva

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

33 Seated Bodhisattva

Gandhara

Schist3rd-4th Century

Ryukoku University

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

21

Assault of Māra and Enlightenment

Location and Owner

Ryukoku University

Ryukoku University

4. Buddhism in China
No Title

Provenance

Format andMaterials

DateLocation and Owner

39 Money Tree

ChinaBronze

2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

40 Buddha Trinity

China

Sandstone

Northern Wei - Western
Wei: 6th Century

41 The Various Deities

China

Color on Silk

Yuan to Ming dynasty

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
第１章 1. Introduction of Buddhism to Japan№Title1Round Eaves Tiles with lotus design

2

Round Eaves Tiles with lotus design

3Flat Eaves Tiles with arabesque design

4

Illustrated Biography of prince Shōtoku

ArtistFormat andMaterials

DateLocation andOwner

Excavated fromKamiueki abandoned
Ceramic
temple,Gunma
Excavated from
Minamishiga abandoned Ceramic
temple,Shiga

Hakuhō period（Late7th Century-8thCentury）

Excavated from the siteof Daikandai-ji,NaraCeramic

Hakuhō period（7th-8thCentury）

Color on silk

Muromachi periodNakano-ku,Shiga

Format andMaterials

DateLocation andOwner
Ryukoku University

Hakuhō period（Late7th Century）

第２章 2. The State and Buddhism№TitleArtist

5

One Million Pagodas

Wood

Nara period

6

Konkōmyō-kyō（金光明経 Suvarṇa-prabhāsa Sūtrain Chinese）Vol.4

Gold ink on
indigo paper

Kamakura period

7Standing Taishakuten（Indra）

Wood

Early Heian period

Tōshōdai-ji,Nara

8

Ryōbu-Mandala-denpōkanjyō-ki（両部曼荼羅伝法潅頂記）

Ink on paper

Muromachi
period,dated1439

Ryukoku University

9Dainichi Nyorai（Vairocana）

Color on silk

Kamakura period

10Fudō Myōō（Acalanātha）and two attendant
childrenColor on silk

Muromachi period

Eikan-dō Zenrinji,Kyoto

11

Emmei Jizō （Kṣitigarbha）and two attendant
childrenColor on silk

Muromachi period

Eikan-dō Zenrinji,Kyoto

12

Aizen Myōō（Rāgarāja）

Color on silk

Kamakura period

13

Mandala of two head Aizen Myōō

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Eikan-dō Zenrinji,Kyoto

Format andMaterials

DateLocation andOwner

by Bunkei

第３章 3. Development and Maturity of Japanese Buddhist Culture
№

Title

Artist14Ōjōyōshū（往生要集 Essentials of Birth in the PureLand）

Ink print onpaper

Kamakuraperiod,dated1253

Ryukoku University

15Amida Nyorai（Amitābha tathāgata）

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Ryukoku University

16

Seated Jizō Bosatsu（bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha）

Wood

Kamakura period

Onjō-ji,Shiga

17

Senjaku-hongan-nembutsu-shū（選択本願念仏集
Passages on the Selection of the Nembutsu in theOriginal Vow) , written by Hōnen［法然 thefounder of Jōdoshū（浄土宗)］

Ink on paper

Muromachi period

Ryukoku University

18

Kyōgyōshinshō（教行信証 The True Teaching,
Practice and Realization of the Pure Land Way）,
written by Shinran［親鸞 the founder of Jōdoshinshū(浄土真宗)］

Ink on paper

Muromachi periodRyukoku University

19Standing Amida Nyorai

Wood

Kamakura period

Saihō-ji,Hyogo

20

Shumi-dan (Platform used in Buddhist sanctum onby Yūkei
which imeges are placed）

Wood

Muromachi
period,dated1551

Kōshō-ji,Hiroshima

21

Rokuji-Myōgō（六字名号 Six-character Name forAmida Nyorai）

Ink on paper

Muromachi period

Shinjō-ji,Gifu

22

Kuji-Myōgō（九字名号 Seven-character Name forAmida Nyorai）

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Monmyō-ji,Toyama

Color onpaper

Nambokuchō period

Temma Jōsen-bō,
Osaka

Ink on paper

Muromachi period

Hōkō-ji,Hiroshima

captions: by Zonkaku（1290-1373）

23◎ Illustrated Biography of Priest Shinran

24

Gozokushō（Sentence about Shinran）

25

Images of Prince Shōtoku and six vassals

by Gakō Kaganokami

Color on silk

Muromachi
period,dated1415

Shinjō-ji,Gifu

26

Images of pure Land Masters of Japanby Gakō Kaganokami

Color on silk

Muromachi
period,dated1415

Shinjō-ji,Gifu

27

Images of Prince Shōtoku and Pure Land Mastersof Japan

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Ampuku-ji,Gifu

28

Images of Prince Shōtoku and Pure Land Mastersof Japan

Color onpaper

Muromachi period

Kōkyō-ji,Ishikawa

29

Illustrated brief Biography of Prince Shōtoku

Color on silk

Muromachi period

Ampuku-ji,Gifu

30

Image of Amida Nyorai（Hōbenhosshinnsonzō 方便法身尊像）

Color on silk

Muromachi
period,dated1496

Shinjō-ji,Gifu

31

Image of Amida Nyorai（Hōbenhosshinnsonzō）

Endorsed by Jitsunyo（1458-1525）

Color on silk

Muromachi
period,dated1511

Fumon-ji,Shiga

32

Image of Amida Nyorai（Hōbenhosshinnsonzō）

Endorsed by Jitsunyo

Color on silk

Muromachi
period,dated1518

Ryōkyō-ji,Shiga

33

Rokuji-Myōgō

Ink on paper

Muromachi period

Shinjō-ji,Gifu

34

Rokuji-Myōgō

Ink on paper

Muromachi period

Ryukoku University（donated byIWASA Shōjirō）

35

Portrait of Rennyo（蓮如）Endorsed by Jitsunyo

Color on silk

Muromachi
period,dated1522

Shōkō-ji,Toyama

ArtistFormat andMaterials

DateLocation andOwner

第４章 4. Characters of the Buddhism world№Title36

Seated Amida Nyorai

Gilt bronze

Kamakura period

Ryukoku University

37

Standing Shō Kannon（Avalokiteśvara）

Wood

Late Heian period

Yakushi-ji,Nara38

Seated Fudō Myōō

Wood

Early Heian period

Onjō-ji,Shiga

39 ◎Standing Bishamonten（Vaiśravaṇa）

Wood

Kamakura period

Iwatakiyama-hō
san-kai,Gifu

40Standing Kisshōten（Mahāśrī）

Wood

Late Heian period

Yakushi-ji,Nara

41

Models for Buddhist sculptures

Wood

Edo period-Meiji Era◎：Important Cultural Properties