Ryukoku Museum Concept Exhibition

Thought and Culture of Buddhism―From India to Japan

List of Works

Jan.9th to Feb.2nd, 2014.

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

Provenance

Format andMaterials

Date

Location and Owner

1 Standing Buddha

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

2 Seated Buddha

Hadda

Stucco4th-5th Century

3 Standing Bodhisattva

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

4 Seated Avalokitesvara with Eight Arms

SwatSchist

7th-8th Century

5 Square Capital with 4 Serated Buddhas

MathuraSandstone

2nd Century

Ryukoku University

6 Seated Buddha

SarnathSandstone

6th-7th Century

Ryukoku University

7 Seated Buddha Touching the Earth

East India

Stone

Pala Dynasty,
10th-11th Century

Ryukoku University

8 Standing Buddha

Thailand

Gilt Bronze

7th-8th Century

9 Standing Buddha

Myanmar

Gilt Bronze

11th-12th Century

10 Standing Avalokitesvara

Cambodia

Gilt Bronze

12th-13th Century

Provenance

Format andMaterials

Date

Location and Owner

ThailandPrint on Paper

1893 A.D.

Ryukoku University

12 Rubbing of the Ashoka Inscription

LauriyaNandangarh

Rubbing onPaper

3rd Century B.C.

Ryukoku University

13 Dharmaguptaka Vinaya in Chinese, vol.58

China

Print on Paper

Northern Song:1099 A.D.

Ryukoku University

14 The Satipatthana-suttanta

Cambodia

Ink on Palm-leaf

18th-19th Century

Ryukoku University

Ryukoku University

2. Teaching of Shakyamuni and its Auccession
No Title
11

The Mahaparinibbhana-suttanta(Thai Royal Edition)

15

Fragment of Sanskrit Manuscript of theSaddharma Pundarika Sutra

KhotanInk on Paper

Middle of 5th Century

Ryukoku University

16

The Saddharma Pundarika Sutra
in Chinese, vol. 6

China

Ink on Paper

6th Century

Ryukoku University

17

The Tian di ba yang shen zhou jingin old UigurYarkhoto(Turfan)

Ink on Paper

10th-11th Century

Ryukoku University

Modern Age

Ryukoku University

Location and Owner

18 Three Robes and a Bowl

Thailand

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

Provenance

Format andMaterials

Date

19 Dream of Queen Maya

Swat or Dhir

Schist

1st-2nd Century

20 Birth of Siddhartha

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

First Maditation andthe Scene of Worshipping Buddha

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

22 Four Encounters and Renunciation

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University2123 EnlightenmentGandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

24 Worship of Tri-ratna (First Sermon?)

Swat

Schist

1st-2nd Century

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

26 Offering of Dust

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

27 Parinirvana

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

28 Dipamkara Jataka and Offering of Dust

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

29 Gandhari Inscription

Gandhara

Schist

Early 1st Century

Ryukoku University

30 Reliquary

Presumably Swat

SchistAround 26 B.C.

Ryukoku University

31 Preaching Maitreya

Gandhara

Schist3rd-4th Century

Shitenno-ji, Osaka

32 Head of Bodhisattva

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Shitenno-ji, Osaka

33 Head of Buddha (Replica)

Original: Khotan

Original:
Gilt Bronze

Original:
Around 3rd Century

Original: Tokyo
National Museum

34 Seated Buddha on a Lotus Flower

Khadalik (Khotan)

Stucco5th-7th Century

Ryukoku University

35 Head of Bodhisattva

KarashahrClay

5th-6th Century

Ryukoku University

36 Brahmin Drona (Replica)

Original:
Kizil Caves

Original:
Wall Painting

Original:
7th Century

Original: Tokyo
National Museum

No Title

Provenance

Format andMaterials

Date

Location and Owner

37 Money Tree

ChinaBronze

2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

38 Buddha Trinity

China

SandstoneNorthern Wei:
525 A.D.

39 The Lager Sukhavativyuha in Chinese

Dunhuang

Ink on Paper

6th CenturyArtist

Format andMaterials

Date

1 Standing Buddha at Birth

Gilt bronze

Hakuhō period

2 Standing Buddha at Birth

Gilt bronze

Nara period

3 Standing Image of Amitāba, Zenkō-ji style

Gilt bronze

Kamakura Period

25

Defeating Naga in the Fire Temple andPresentation of it

Ryukoku University

4. Buddhism in China

Ryukoku University

Part II Buddhism in Japan◎: Important Cultural Property

1. Introduction of Buddhism to Japan
No. Title

Location and Owner

Arrival of Buddhism

4Standing Image of Avalokiteśvara,Zenkō-ji style

Gilt bronze

Kamakura Period

5Standing Image of Avalokiteśvara,Zenkō-ji style

Gilt bronze

Kamakura Period

6

Illustrated Legends of Zenkō-ji Nyorai( Amitābha Trinity), vol.1 and 2

Color on Silk

Muromachi PeriodNakano-ku, Shiga

Format andMaterials

DateLocation and Owner

Ink on Paper

Nara Period

Yakushi-ji, Nara

2. The State and Buddhism
No. Title

ArtistRise of Buddhism
7

Daihannya-gyō Sutra, vol.91(Yakushiji -version)

8 Standing image of Kisshō-ten (Mahāśrī)WoodLate Heian Period

Yakushi-ji, Nara

9Standing image of Shō-kannon(Aarya-Avalokiteśvara)

Wood

Late Heian Period

Yakushi-ji, Nara

10

Interpretations about Doctrine of Sanronsect (San-ron Gengi) written by Jicang

Printed ink on
paper

Edo Period; dated
1630 (Kan'ei 7)

Ryukoku University

11 Jōjitsu-ron, vol.10

Printed ink on
paper

Edo Period; dated
1826 (Bunsei 9)

Ryukoku University

12 Doctrine of Hossō sect (Hossōgi-zu ), vol. 1

Print on Paper

Edo Period; dated
1808 (Bunka 5)

Ryukoku University

13 Abidatsuma-daibibasha-ron, vol.104

Printed ink onpaperSouthern Songdynasty

Ryukoku University

14 Risshū-kōyō written by Gyōne, vol. 1

Printed ink on
paper

Edo Period; dated
1660 (Manji 3)

Ryukoku University

15 Kegon-kyō S utra, vol 1

Printed ink on
paper

Ming dynasty; dated
1458 (Tianshun 2)

Ryukoku University

16 Fragment of Lotus Sutra

Gold Paint on
Dark-blue paper

Late Heian Period

Kimpusen-ji, Nara

17 Mandala of Both Realms

Color on Silk

Muromachi Period

Eikandō Zenrin-ji, Kyoto

18 Seated image of Fudō Myōō (Acalanātha)Wood

Early Heian Period

Onjō-ji, ShigaArt of Esoteric Buddhism and the Related Works

19

Fudō Myōō( Acalanātha) andtheThirty-six Attendants

Color on Silk

Nambokuchō Period

Ryukoku University

20

Seated Image of Jizo Bosatsu(Kṣiitigharbha)

Wood

KamakuraOnjō-ji, Shiga

21

Emmei Jizō (Kṣitigharbha) andthe Two Attendants

Color on Silk

Muromachi Period

22

List of Traditioners of Keiranshūyō-shū
written by Kōshū

Ink on paper

Muromachi Period;
Ryukoku University
dated 1444 (Kakitsu 4)

Ink on paper

Kamakura Period;
dated 1302 (Shōan 4)

Ryukoku University

Rules of Masses for Ashuku Nyorai(Akṣobhya)

Iink on paper

Late Heian Period;
dated 1097 (Eichō 2)

Ryukoku University

Rules and Effects of Kōmyō-shingon
25 preached in Kongochō-kyō Sutra
by Dainichi Nyorai (Vairocana)

Iink on paper

Late Heian Period;
dated 1150 (Kyūan 6)

Ryukoku University

23 Rules of Service of Kongōkai-hō
24Period

Eikandō Zenrin-ji, Kyoto

3. Development and Maturity of Japanese Buddhist Culture ~Spread of Pure Land Buddhism~
Format andMaterials

DateLocation and Owner

26 Portrait of Priest Shandao

Color on Silk

Kamakura Period

Seigan-ji, Kyoto

27 Descent of Amida (Amitabha) Trinity

Color on SilkNambokuchō Period

Shōzō-ji, Fukui

28 Illustrated Biography of Priest Hōnen

Color on Paper

Edo Period

Nison-in, Kyoto

Book on the Pure Land (Ojō-yōshū)written by Genshi, vol.4 and 5

Printed Ink onPaper

Muromachi Period

Ryukoku University

Passages on the Selection of Nembutsu
30 in the Original Vow
written by Hōnen, vol.2 and 3

Printed Ink onPaper

Muromachi - EdoPeriod

Ryukoku University

31Book on Muryōju-kyō Sutra(Muryōjukyō-shō ) written by Dōkō, vol.1

Ink on Paper

Kamakura Period;
Ryukoku University
dated 1322 (Genkō 2)32Standing image of Amida (Amitābha)Tathagata

Wood

Kamakura Period

No. Title

29

ArtistSaihō-ji, Hyogo4. Development and Maturity of Japanese Buddhist Culture~Illustrated Biography of Priest Shinran and Art of Shinshu Sect~
No. Title
33◎Illustrated Biography of Priest Shinran( Handed down from Mampuku-ji Temple)

34◎Illustrated Biography of Priest Shinran(Honguan-ji Shōnin Shinran Denne)

ArtistFormat andMaterials

DateLocation and Owner

Color on Silk

Nambokuchō Period

Nishihonguan-ji, Kyoto

Calligraphy byColor on PaperZonkaku (1290-1373)

Nambokuchō Period, Temma Jōsen-bō,dated 1360 (Embun 5) Osaka

35 Illustrated Biography of Priest Shinran

By Ryuen

Color on Silk

Nambokuchō Period,dated 1338
(Kemmu 5)

Kōshō-ji, Hiroshima

36 Illustrated Biography of Priest Hōnen, vol. 1

Attributed to Ryuen

Color on Silk

Nambokuchō Period,dated 1338
(Kemmu 5)

Kōshō-ji, Hiroshima

Illustrated Biography of Prince Shōtoku,
vol. 1 and 2

Color on Silk

Muromachi Period

Kōshō-ji, Hiroshima

38 Portrait of Priest Rennyo at under age

Color on Silk

Edo PeriodIshiyama-dera, Shiga

39 Illustrated Biography of Priest Rennyo

Color on Paper

Edo PeriodIshiyama-dera, Shiga

Color on Silk

Muromachi Period

Ryukoku University

41 Nine-character Name [for Amitābha Buddha]

Color on Silk

Nambokuchō Muromachi Period

Shōken-ji, Toyama

42 Ten-character Name [for Amitābha Buddha]

Ink on Paper

Muromachi Period

Hongaku-ji, Fukui

Wood

Muromachi Period;
dated 1551
(Tembun 20)

Kōshō-ji, Hiroshima

Wood

Nambokuchō period

Kōshō-ji, Hiroshima

Ink on PaperKamakura Period

Ryukoku University

Ink on Paper

Muromachi Period

Ryukoku University

Ink on Paper

Muromachi Period

Ryukoku University

Illustration byPrinted Ink on
Takehara Shunsensai Paper

Edo period; dated
1803 (Kyōwa 3)

Ryukoku University

Printed Ink onPaper

Edo Period; dated
1780 (An'ei 9)

Ryukoku University

37

40

Image of Amitābha Tathagata(Hōben Hosshin Sonzō )43 Platform in the Form of Mt. Sumeru

44

Attributed to Shinran(1173-1263)

Textbook for the Jōdo Shin Sect(Kyō-gyō-shin-shō) written by Shinran, vol.6

47 Fragments of Shōshin-ge
48

By YūkeiStanding Image of Prince Shōtoku
at under age

45 Fragment of Nehan-kyō Sutra
46

Inscription byRennyo (1415-99)

Guidebook for historic sites of related totwenty four Shinran 's disciples, vol.1

Attributed to Rennyo(1415-99)

49 Biography of Priest Rennyo

50

Landscape of Yoshizaki-gobō Temple
in Echizen

Illustration by
Yoshimura Kōichi
(?-1874)

Printed Ink andcolors on Paper

Edo Period

Ryukoku University

51A

Letter on a Buddhist Sermon on Shinshū
sect written by priest Rennyo (J.,Gobunshō )Issued by Kennyo(1543-92)

Printed ink on
paper

Muromachi Momoyama Period

Ryukoku University

51B

Letter on a Buddhist Sermon on Shinshū
sect written by priest Rennyo (J.,Gobunshō )Issued by Junnyo(1577-1631)

Printed ink on
Paper

Momoyama - Edo
PeriodRyukoku University