Special Exhibition

Treasures of Jodo Shinshu and Hongwanji I—The Transmission of Beauty and Spirit—
September 24th to November 27th, 2016 at 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.

Chapter 1 Past Chief Priests of Hongwanji
No.

Title

Artist or Author

Materials

DateLocation and Owner

1[National Treasure]
Portrait of Shinran (Kagami no Go'ei )by Sen'amidabutsu,
Inscription by Kakunyo(1270-1351)

Ink on paper

Kamakura period,
13th century

Hongwanji, Kyoto

2

Portrait of Shinran (Tōshin no Go'ei )Endorsed by Junnyo(1577-1630)

Momoyama period,
Keichō 16 (1611)

Shōkō-ji, Toyama

3

Portrait of Shinran

Endorsed by Junnyo

Edo period,
Genna 8 (1622)

Senshō-ji, Gifu

4

Seated Image of Shinran

Wood withpigments,
crystal eyes

Kamakura-Nambokuchōperiod, 14th century

Hongaku-ji, Fukui

5

Seated Image of Shinran

Wood withtoned repairs,
crystal eyes

Nambokuchō-Muromachi Konkaikōmyō-ji,period, 14th-15th century Kyoto6

Illustrated Biography of Shinran(Hongwanji shōnin Shinran denne )Colors on
paper

Nambokuchō period,
14th century

Kōraku-ji, Nagano

7[Important Cultural Property]
Illustrated Biography of Shinran(Hongwanji shōnin Shinran denne )Inscription by Zonkaku(1290-1373)

Colors on
paper

Nambokuchō period,
14th century

Jōsen-bō in Temma,
Osaka

8

[Important Art Object]
Illustrated Biography of Shinran(Shinran shōnin eden )Endorsed by Zonnyo(1396-1457)

Colors on
paper

Muromachi period,
Hōtoku 1 (1449)

Senshō-ji, Ishikawa9Illustrated Biography of Shinran(Shinran shōnin eden )Endorsed by Shōnyo(1516-54)

Colors onpaper

Muromachi period,Kyōroku 4 (1531)

Genkō-ji, Osaka

10

Genealogy of Hongwanji(Hongwanji keizu )by Shōnyo

Ink on paper

Muromachi period,
16th century

Hongwanji, Kyoto

No.

Title

11

Genealogy of Hongwanji(Keichō Edition)

12

Names of the Past Chief Priests ofHongwanji

13

Portraits of Hōnen, Shinran, Nyoshin
and Kakunyo

14 Portraits of Shinran and Rennyo

Artist or Author

by Junnyo

Endorsed by Rennyo(1415-99)

15 Portraits of Shinran and Rennyo

1617Eight Portraits fromYamashina Hongwanji

Materials

DateLocation and Owner

Ink on paper

Edo period, 17 century

Ryukoku University
LibraryInk on paper

Momoyama period,
Keichō 7 (1602)

Rinkō-ji, Tokyo

Colors on silk

Nambokuchō-Muromachi
Enkō-ji, Naraperiod, 14-15th century

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
Bummei 8 (1476)

Hongwanji(Saginomori betsuin),
Wakayama

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
15-16th century

Busshō-ji, Osaka

Colors on silk

Hongwanji, Kyoto

16-1 Portrait of Nyoshin

Muromachi period,
15th century

16-2 Portrait of Kakunyo

Nambokuchō period,
Bunna 2 (Shōhei 8, 1353)

16-3 Portrait of Zennyo

Muromachi period,
15th century

16-4 Portrait of Shakunyo

Muromachi period,
15th century

16-5 Portrait of Gyōnyo

Muromachi period,
15th century

16-6 Portrait of Zonnyo

Muromachi period,
15th century

16-7 Portrait of Rennyo

Muromachi period,
16th century

Portraits of the Past Chief Priests ofHongwanji

Colors on silk Edo period, 17 century

Hongwanji, Kyoto

18 Portraits of Kakunyo and Rennyo

Endorsed by Ryōnyo(1612-62)

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
15-16th century

Monmyō-ji, Toyama

19 Portraits of Shakunyo and Gyōnyo

Endorsed (Stamped)by Jōnyo (1722-96)

Colors on silk

Edo period,
Kampō 2 (1742)

Monmyō-ji, Toyama

20 Portraits of Zonnyo and Jitsunyo

Endorsed (Stamped)by Jōnyo

Colors on silk

Edo period,
Kampō 2 (1742)

Monmyō-ji, Toyama

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
15-16th century

Kōraku-ji, Nagano

21 Portrait of Kakunyo

22 Portrait of Zennyo

Endorsed (Stamped)by Jakunyo

Colors on silk Edo period, 18th century

23 Portrait of Gyōnyo

Endorsed by Zonnyo

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
Kakitsu 3 (1443)

Shōkō-ji, Toyama
Hongwanji(Kanazawa betsuin),
Ishikawa

No.

Title

Artist or Author

Materials

DateLocation and Owner

24 Portrait of Zonnyo

Inscription and endorsed
by Rennyo

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
Kōshō 3 (1457)

Hongwanji(Kanazawa betsuin),
Ishikawa

25 Portrait of Rennyo

Inscription and endorsedby Jitsunyo (1458-1525)

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
Eishō 11 (1514)

Hongwanji(Kanazawa betsuin),
Ishikawa

26 Portrait of Rennyo

Endorsed by Jitsunyo

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
Daiei 2 (1522)

Shōkō-ji, Toyama

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
16th century

Honshō-ji, Osaka

27 Portrait of Rennyo in his Youth

28 Portrait of Jitsunyo

Inscription and endorsed
by Jitsunyo

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
Daiei 4 (1524)

Jōsen-bō in Temma,
Osaka

29 Portrait of Shōnyo

Endorsed (Stamped)by Shōnyo

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
16th century

Jōsen-bō in Temma,
Osaka

30 Portrait of Shōnyo

Endorsed (Stamped)by Shōnyo

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
16th century

Senshō-ji, Gifu

31 Portrait of Kennyo

Endorsed by Junnyo

Colors on silk

Momoyama period,
Bunroku 5 (1596)

Shōkō-ji, Toyama

32 Portrait of Kennyo

Endorsed by Junnyo

Colors on silk

Momoyama period,
Keichō 11 (1606)

Gansen-ji, Osaka[Important Cultural Property]
33 Commentary on the Treatise on
the Pure Land (Jōdoron chū )Notes and postscriptby Shinran (1173-1263)

WoodblockKamakura period,
print on paper Kenchō 8 (1256)

Hongwanji, Kyoto

34 Letter of Nyoshin (To Kakushin-ni)

by Nyoshin (1235-1300)

Ink on paper

Kamakura period,Kenchi 3 (1277)

Hongwanji, Kyoto[Important Cultural Property]
35 Illustrated Biography of Kakunyo(Bokie )36

Colors onpaper

Hongwanji, Kyoto

Volume 7

by Fujiwara no Hisanobu,
Inscription by
Asukai Masayasu

Muromachi period,
Bummei 14 (1482)

Volume 10

by Fujiwara no Takamasa,
Inscription by
Sahyōenosuke Korekane

Nambokuchō period,
Kanno 2 (Shōhei 6, 1351)

Ten-character Name [for Amida Buddha](Kimyō jinjippō mugekō nyorai )Inscription by Kakunyo,
Endorsed by Rennyo

Ink on paper

Nambokuchō period,
14th century

Hongwanji, Kyoto

by Zennyo

Ink on paper

Nambokuchō period,Embun 5(Shōhei 15, 1360)

Hongwanji, Kyoto

The True Teaching, Practice andRealization Transliterated in Japanese37
Literary Style(Kyōgyōshinshō Nobegaki )

No.

Title

[Important Cultural Property]
38 Letter of Transfer of Authority
by Gyōnyo
39

Notes Assailing Heresy andRevealing Truth (Hajakenshōshō )[Important Cultural Property]
40 A Record in Lament of Divergences(Tannishō )41

Six-character Name [for Amida Buddha](Namo amida butsu )42 Temple of Yoshizaki Gobō

Artist or Author

Materials

DateLocation and Owner

by Gyōnyo

Ink on paper

Muromachi period,Eikyō 8 (1436)

Hongwanji, Kyoto

by Zonnyo

Ink on paper

Muromachi period,
15th century

Ryukoku University
Library

Copied by Rennyo

Ink on paper

Muromachi period,
15th century

Hongwanji, Kyoto

by Rennyo

Ink on paper

Muromachi period,
15th century

Daikō-ji, Wakayama

Original image:
Yoshimura Kōitsu
(1818-74)

Woodblockprint andlight colors
on paperEdo period, 19th century

Ryukoku University
Library43

Ten-character Name [for Amida Buddha](Kimyō jinjippō mugekō nyorai )by Jitsunyo

Ink on paper

Muromachi period,
16th century

Shinkō-ji, Hyogo

44

Nine-character Name [for Amida Buddha]
by Jitsunyo(Namo fukashigikō nyorai )Ink on paper

Muromachi period,
16th century

Konjō-ji, Osakaby Shōnyo

Ink on paper

Muromachi period,
Tembun 8 (1539)

Hongwanji, Kyoto

by Emperor Gonara(1496-1557)

Ink on paper

Muromachi period,
Tembun 18 (1549)

Hongwanji, Kyoto

Wood

Muromachi period,
Tembun 6 (1537)Ryukoku University
Library

Ink on paper

Momoyama period,Tenshō 8 (1580)

Hongwanji, Kyoto

Ink on paper

Momoyama period,Tenshō 8 (1580)

Hongwanji, Kyoto

Ink on paper

Momoyama period,
Tenshō 19 (1591)

Hongwanji, Kyoto[Important Cultural Property]
45 Tembun Era Diary(Entry of September 27, Tembun 8)
46[Important Cultural Property]
Letter of Emperor Gonara

47

Notice Board with the Regulations
for the Priests in Ishiyama Hongwanji

48 Written Oath of Oda Nobunaga

49

Letter of Kennyo(Dated July 28, Tensho 8)

by Kennyo (1543-92)

Letter with Official Seal of
50 Toyotomi Hideyoshi (Dated IntercalaryJanuary 5, Tensho 19)

Chapter 2 History of the Commemoration of the Accession of Jōdo Shinshū Tradition
No.

Title

Artist or Author

Materials

DateLocation and Owner

Film of the Commemoration on
51 the Accesion of the Jodo Shinshū
Tradition to Shōnyo

Shōwa 8 (1933)

Jōdo Shinshū
Hongwanji-ha

52 Seven Panel Kesa of Shōnyo

Shōwa 8 (1933)

Hongwanji, Kyoto

No.

DateLocation and Owner

Film of the Commemoration on
53 the Accesion of the Jodo Shinshū
Tradition to Sokunyo

Shōwa 52, 55 (1977, 80)

Jōdo Shinshū
Hongwanji-ha

54 Seven Panel Kesa of Sokunyo

Shōwa 55 (1980)

Hongwanji, Kyoto

55 Seven Panel Kesa of Sennyo

Heisei 16 (2004)

Hongwanji, Kyoto

56TitleArtist or Author

Materials

Tortoiseshell,
wood andgold leaf

Buddhist Ceremonial Sceptre (Nyoi )made of Tortoiseshell

Meiji period, 19th century Hongwanji, Kyoto

57 Box for Buddhist Utensils

Lacqueredwood and goldleaf with
Meiji period, 19th century Hongwanji, Kyoto
gilt bronze
ornaments

58 Wooden Thurible in the Shape of Lotus

Lacqueredwood andgold leaf

Meiji-Taishō period,
20th century

59 Silver Thurible in the Shape of Lotus

SilverMeiji period, 20th century Hongwanji, Kyoto

60 Hermits in the chinese character "壽"By Kanō Baiun(1657-1715)

Colors on silk Edo period, 18th century

Hongwanji, Kyoto

Hongwanji, Kyoto

Chapter 3 Religious Treasures of Hongwanji and Jōdo Shinshū
No.

Title

Artist or Author

Materials

DateLocation and Owner

61

Ten-character Name [for Amida Buddha](Kimyō jinjippō mugekō nyorai )Inscription and endorsedby Jitsunyo

Colors on silkMuromachi period,
Meiō 7 (1498)

Eiō-ji, Hyogo62

Six-character Name [for Amida Buddha](Namo amida butsu )Endorsed by Jitsunyo

Colors on silk

Nambokuchō period, 14thEnkō-ji, Naracentury

63

Image of Amida Tathagata(Hōbenhosshin Sonzō )Endorsed by Rennyo

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,Entoku 2 (1490)

Eiō-ji, Hyogo

64

Image of Amida Tathagata(Hōbenhosshin Sonzō )Endorsed by Rennyo

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
15th-16th century

Senshō-ji, Gifu

65

Image of Amida Tathagata(Hōbenhosshin Sonzō )Endorsed by Jitsunyo

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
Eishō 8 (1511)

Fumon-ji, Shiga

66

Image of Amida Tathagata(Hōbenhosshin Sonzō )Endorsed by Shōnyo

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
16th century

Konjō-ji, Osaka

67 Gobunshō Letters (Letters of Rennyo)

Endorsed (Stamped)by Jitsunyo

Ink on paper

Muromachi period,
16th century

Ryukoku University
Library

68 Gobunshō Letters (Letters of Rennyo)

Endorsed (Stamped)by Shōnyo

WoodblockMuromachi period,
print on paper 16th century

Ryukoku University
LibraryNo.

Title

69 Gobunshō Letters (Letters of Rennyo)

Artist or Author

Materials

DateLocation and Owner

Endorsed (Stamped)by Kennyo

WoodblockMomoyama period,
print on paper 16th century

Ryukoku University
Library70

Ten-character Name [for Amida Buddha](Kimyō jinjippō mugekō nyorai )Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
15th century

71

Nine-character Name [for Amida Buddha](Namo fukashigikō nyorai )Colors on silk

Nambokuchō-Muromachi
Shōken-ji Toyama
period, 14th century

72

Nine-character Name [for Amida Buddha](Namo fukashigikō nyorai )Colors on silk

Nambokuchō-Muromachi
Ryukoku Museumperiod, 14th century

73

Nine-character Name [for Amida Buddha](Namo fukashigikō nyorai )Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
16th century

Hiken-ji, Fukui

74

Six-character Name [for Amida Buddha](Namo amida butsu )Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
15th-16th century

Senshō-ji, Gifu

75

Six-character Name [for Amida Buddha](Namo amida butsu )Colors on silk

Nambokuchō period,
14th century

Eiō-ji, Hyogo76

Ten-character Name [for Amida Buddha]
and Six Small Buddha Images

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
16th century

Hongwanji(Saginomori betsuin),
Wakayama

Nine-character Name [for Amida Buddha],
77 Seven Masters of Pure Land andPortrait of Shinran

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
14th-15th century

Hōkō-ji, Osaka

78

Ten-character Name [for Amida Buddha]
and Pure Land Masters of Japan

Colors on silk

Nambokuchō-Muromachi
Jōren-ji, Nagano
period, 14th century

79

Six-character Name [for Amida Buddha]
and Pure Land Masters of Japan

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
15th century

Hiken-ji, Fukui

80

Images of Prince Shōtoku andPure Land Masters of Japan

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
14th-15th century

Rinko-ji, Tokyo

81

Images of Prince Shōtoku andPure Land Masters of Japan

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
16th century

Senshō-ji, Gifu

82

Images of Prince Shōtoku andPure Land Masters of Japan

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
15th century

Honshō-ji, Osaka

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
Kanshō 4 (1463)

Mampuku-ji, Osaka

84 Images of Pure Land Masters of Japan

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
15th century

Ryukoku UniversityLibrary

85 Images of Pure Land Masters of Japan

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
15th-16th century

Kōraku-ji, Nagano

Images of Prince Shōtoku in his Youthand his Six Attendants

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
Tembun 1 (1532)

Hiken-ji, Fukui

83 Images of Pure Land Masters of Japan86

Endorsed by Rennyo

Hiken-ji, Fukui

No.

Title

87 Portrait of Hōnen

Artist or Author

Materials

DateLocation and Owner

Inscription and endorsedby Rennyo

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
Meiō 2 (1493)

Hongaku-ji, Fukui

88

Images of Prince Shōtoku at the Age ofSixteen and Seven Masters of Pure Land

Endorsed by Junnyo

Colors on silk

Momoyama period,
Keichō 18 (1613)

Shōkō-ji, Toyama

89

Images of Prince Shōtoku at the Age ofSixteen and Seven Masters of Pure Land

Endorsed by Junnyo

Colors on silk

Edo period,
Genna 2 (1616)

Shōkō-ji, Toyama

Manifestation of Amida Tathagata's Lightwith Line of Succesion in Pure Land90
Buddhism from India to Japan(Kōmyō Honzon )Colors on silk

Kamakura-Nambokuchō
period, 14th century

Tōfuku-ji, Kanagawa

Manifestation of Amida Tathagata's Lightwith Line of Succesion in Pure Land91
Buddhism from India to Japan(Kōmyō Honzon )Colors on silk

Nambokuchō period,
14th century

Ryukoku University
Library

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
15th century

Honsen-ji, Fukui

Colors on silk

Muromachi period,
15th century

Enryū-ji, Osaka

Copied byGold ink on
Prince Sonchin (1504-50) indigo paper

Muromachi period,
Tembun 18 (1549)

Hongwanji, Kyoto

92

Image of Amida Tathagata(Descent of Amida)

93 Thirteen Buddhas

94 Sutra on Amida Buddha

95

The True Teaching, Practice andRealization (Kyōgyōshinshō )Ink on paper

Muromachi period,
16th century

Ryukoku University
Library96

Oral Transmission of the Life and Wordsof Shinran (Kudenshō )Ink on paper

Muromachi period,
15th century

Senshō-ji, Gifu

97

Commentary on Kōmyō Honzon(Benjutsumyōtaishō )Ink on paper

Muromachi period,
16th century

Senshō-ji, Gifu

Materials

DateLocation and Owner[National Treasure]Collected Works of Thirty-six Celebrated
98
Poets (Motozane, Tadami, Yakamochi,Atsutada, Komachi Collections)

Ink ondecorative
paper

Late Heian period,
12th century
Komachi collection: Edoperiod, 17th century

Hongwanji, Kyoto[National Treasure]99 Classified Collection of Japanese Old
Poems (Ruijū-koshu )Ink on paper

Late Heian period,
12th century

Ryukoku University
Library

Ink on paper
Nara-Edo period,
and decorative
8th-19th century
paper

Hongwanji, Kyoto

Chapter 4 Cultural Treasures of Hongwanji and Jōdo Shinshū
No.

100

Title

Collected Works of Japanese Celebrated
Calligraphers

Artist or Author

No.

Title

Artist or Author

Materials

DateLocation and Owner[Important Cultural Property]
101 A Tale of Flowering Fortunes(Eiga Monogatari )Ink on paper

Muromachi period,Bummei 15 (1472)

Hongwanji, Kyoto

102 Tales of Ise

Colors ongold paper

Edo period, 17th century

Hongwanji, Kyoto

103 Hunting Scene of Tatar People

Colors onpaper

Edo period, 17th century

Hongwanji, Kyoto

104 Spring Scene of Kiyomizu Temple

Colors onpaper

Edo period, 17th century

Hongwanji, Kyoto

105 Beauties under the hardy banana tree

by Yamaguchi Soken(1759-1818)

Light colors
on paperEdo period,
18th-19th century

Hongwanji, Kyoto

106 Reed and Craneby Gantai (1785-1865)

Light colorson paper

Edo period, 19th century

Hongwanji, Kyoto

Trees and flowers with sun and moonin four seasons

Colors on
silver paper

Momoyama period,
17th century

Shōkō-ji, Toyama

108 Flower basket (Reverse side: Bamboo)

Colors ongold paper

107

109

Shoulaojen, a crane with pine anda crane with bamboo

by Kanō Tansetsu(1655-1714)

Colors on silk

Shōkō-ji, Toyama
Edo period,
17th-18th century

Shōkō-ji, Toyama