Ryukoku Museum Concept Exhibition

Thought and Culture of Buddhism―From India to JapanFirst half : Jan. 9th to Feb. 12th, 2018.
Second half : Mar.3rd to Mar.31st, 2018.

List of Works (2nd Floor)
Part I Various Aspects of the Buddhism in Asia
1. What is Buddhism?
No Title

Provenance

Format andMaterials

Date

Location and Owner Exhibition Term

1

Seated Buddha

Hadda

Stucco4th-5th Century

Ryukoku University

2

Seated Avalokiteśvara with eight arms

SwatSchist

7th-8th Century

Ryukoku University

3

Square Capital with 4 Seated Buddhas

MathuraSandstone

2nd Century

Ryukoku University4Sūrya

MathuraSandstone

4th-6th Century

Ryukoku University

5

Seated Buddha (FUJITANI Kodo Collection)

SarnathSandstone

6th-7th Century

Ryukoku University

6

Head of Buddha (Replica)

Original: Khotan

Original:
Gilt Bronze

Original:
Around 3rd Century

Original: Tokyo
National Museum

7Standing Buddha

Thailand

Gilt Bronze

7th-8th Century

8Standing Buddha

Myanmar

Gilt Bronze

11th-12th Century

9Standing AvalokiteśvaraCambodia

Gilt Bronze

12th-13th Century

2. Teaching of Shakyamuni and its Auccession
10 Rubbing of the Ashoka Inscription

Lauriya-Nandangarh

Rubbing on Paper

3rd Century B.C.

Ryukoku University

11 Dīgha Nikāya (Thai Royal Edition)

ThailandPrint on Paper

1893 A.D.

Ryukoku University

12 Dharmaguptaka Vinaya in Chinese(四分律), vol.58

China

Print on Paper

Northern Song:1099 A.D.

Ryukoku University

13 Saṃyukta Āgama in Chinese(雑阿含経), vol.40

ChinaGold onDark Blue Paper

Late Heian Period

First Half.

Gold onDark Blue Paper

Late Heian Period

Second Half.

KhotanInk on Paper

Middle of 5th Century Ryukoku University

First Half.

Nepal

Ink on Paper

17th Century

Ryukoku University

Second Half.

Dunhuang

Ink on Paper

10th Century

Ryukoku University

First Half.

Dunhuang

Ink on Paper8th Century

Ryukoku University

Second Half.

Chinawood-block printing

19th Century

Ryukoku University

20 The Fo ming jing(仏名経)Dunhuang

Ink and Color on
PaperTang Period

Ryukoku University

21 Three Robes and a Bowl

Thailand

Modern Age

Ryukoku University

14 Madhyama Āgama in Chinese(中阿含経), vol.9
15

Sanskrit Manuscripts of the Saddharmapundarīka
Sūtra

16 Sanskrit Manuscripts of Lankhāvatāra Sūtra
171819The Saddharmapundarīka Sūtra in Chinese(妙法蓮華経)The Laṅkāvatāra Sūtra in Chinese(大乗入楞伽経)The Mahāvaipulyabuddhāvatamsaka Sūtra inChinese (大方広仏華厳経,Dàqīng Tripitakam)3. Mahayana Buddhism in Gandhara Region and Central Asia
No Title

Provenance

Format andMaterials

Date

22 Dream of Queen Māyā

Swat or Dhir

Schist

1st-2nd Century

23 Birth of Siddhārtha

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

24 Renunciation and the Great Departure

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

25 Assault of Mara and Enlightenment

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

26 Brahman (and Indra) Entreating Buddha to Preach

SwatSchist

1st-2nd Century

27 First Sermon

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

28 Descent from Trayastrimsha Heaven

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

29 Parinirvāna

Kapisi

SchistAround 3rd Century

Ryukoku University

30 Death Robe

SwatSchist

1st-2nd Century

Ryukoku University

31 Dīpamkara Prophecy

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

32 Seated Bodhisattva with his legs half-crossed

Gandhara

Schist3rd-4th Century

33 Seated Buddha on a Lotus Flower

Khadalik (Khotan)

Stucco5th-7th Century

Ryukoku University

34 Head of Bodhisattva

KarashahrClay

5th-6th Century

Ryukoku University

35 Reliquary (Replica)

Original: Kucha

Original:
Wood, Canvas

Original:
7th-8th Century

Original: Tokyo
National Museum

36 Brahmin Drona (Replica)

Original:
Kizil Caves

Original:
Wall Painting

Original:
7th Century

Original:TokyoNational Museum

37 Money Tree

ChinaBronze

2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

38 Buddha Trinity

China

Sandstone

Northern Wei-WestenWei, 6th Century

39 Seated Seven Buddhas on One Lotus Branch

China

Gilt Bronze

Tang Dynasty, 7thCentury

40 Mañjuśrī(文殊菩薩) on a Lion

China

Gilt Bronze

Tang Dynasty

41 Standing Buddha

Korea

Gilt Bronze

Unified Silla Period

42 Mural Painting of the Amitābha's Pure Land

Original: Dunhuang
Mogao Caves,Cave220

Original:
Wall Painting

43 Standing BuddhaGandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

44 Seated Buddha

Gandhara

Schist3rd-4th Century

Ryukoku University

Gilt Bronze

Kamakura Period

Ryukoku University

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

Wood

Late Heian period

Yakushi-ji,Nara

Location and Owner Exhibition Term

Ryukoku University

4. Buddhism in China(Photo:OTSUKA Seigo)

Characters of the Buddhism world

45 Seated Amitābha Buddha
46 Standing Bodhisattva

Gandhara

47 Standing Avalokiteśvara（Shō Kannon,聖観音）
48 Ardoksho

Gandhara

Schist2nd-3rd Century

Ryukoku University

49 Kārttikeya

Gandhara

Schist2nd-4th Century

Ryukoku UniversityWoodEarly Heian Period

Tōshōdai-ji,Nara

Stucco4th-5th Century

Ryukoku University

Wood

Edo period-Meiji era

50 Standing Indra(帝釈天)
51 Seated Bhikshū52

Buddha's Disciples and Arhats of Models for
Buddhist sculptures

Gandhara

List of Works (３rd Floor)
Part II Buddhism in Japan
1. Introduction of Buddhism to JapanNo Title

Provenance

Format andMaterials

Date

Location and Owner Exhibition Term

1

Eaves Tiles Excavated from Shitennō-ji

Ceramic

Asuka-Nara period

Shitennō-ji, Osaka

2

Standing Image of Prince Shōtoku at under age

Wood

Nambokuchō periodKōshō-ji, Hiroshima

3

Illustrated Biography of prince Shōtoku

Color on silk

Muromachi periodNakano-ku, Shiga

4

Yugashiji-ron (Yogācārabhūmi in Chinese) vol.78

Ink print on paper

Kamakura period

Ryukoku University

5

Portrait of Jion Daishi

Ink and color on silk Kamakura period

Yakushi-ji, NaraFirst Half.

6

Portrait of Prince Shōtoku at the age of sixteen

Color on silk

Muromachi periodNakano-ku, Shiga

Second Half.

Ryukoku University

2 of 3 pagodas : First Half.
1 of 3 pagodas : Second Half.

No.1,2 : First Half.
No.3,4 : Second Half.

2. The State and Buddhism
7

Million miniature pagodas

Wood

Nara period

8

Million miniature pagodas

Wood

Nara period

Abidaruma-Kusha-ron(Abhidharma-kośabhāṣya in Chinese)
Daichido-ron
10(Mahā-prajñāpāramitā-śāstra in Chinese), vol.84
Daihannya-kyō
11(Mahāprajñāpāramitā-sūtra in Chinese) ,vol.91

Ink print on paper

Edo period

Ink on Paper

Nara Period;dated 734 Tōshōdai-ji, NaraFirst Half.

Ink on paper

Nara period

Yakushi-ji, Nara

Second Half.

12 Hasshū-den

Ink on paper

Muromachi period;
dated1473

Ryukoku University

13 Jōyuisiki-ron-jikki ,vol.9

Ink on paper

Kamakura period

Ryukoku University

14 Dainichi Nyorai ( Mahāvairocana)Color on silk

Kamakura period

15 Fudō Myōō ( Acalanātha) and 36 attendant children

Color on silk

Nambokuchō period

Ryukoku University

Second Half.

16 Kujaku Myōō (Mahāmāyūrīvidyārājñī)Color on silk

Muromachi period

Shōgo-in, Kyoto

First Half.

17 Mandala of Butsugen-butsumo (Buddhalocanī)Color on silk

Nambokuchō period

Onjyō-ji, Shiga

Second Half.

18 Biographies of the Masters of Shingon -sect

Ink on Paper

Muromachi period

Ryukoku University

First Half.

19 Praying for RainSutra Ritual Procedural Manual

Ink on Paper

Heian period,dated 1149

Ryukoku University

Second Half.

20 Hokuto Mandara

Color on Paper

Edo period

Ink on paper

Muromachi period,
dated1439

Ryukoku University

22 Kongōchō-kyō (Vajraśekhara-sūtra in Chinese)Ink on paper

Kamakura period

Ryukoku University

23 Mandala of the Two Realms

Color on Silk

Kamakura period

Mimuroto-ji, Kyoto

First Half.

24 Mandala of the Two Realms

Color on Silk

Muromachi period

Nison-in, Kyoto

Second Half.

25 Mandala of the Two Realms

Color on Silk

NambokuchōMuromachi period

Onjyō-ji, ShigaFirst Half.

26 Portrait of Kōbō-daishi

Color on Silk

Muromachi period

27 Portrait of Priest Zhiyi

Color on Silk

Muromachi period

Nison-in, Kyoto

28 Seated Fudō Myōō (Acalanātha)Wood

Early Heian period

Onjyō-ji, Shiga

29 Standing Tenbu (Deva)

Wood

Heian period

BronzeNambokuchō period

Bujō-ji, Kyoto

Wood

Late Heian period

Jūshin-in, Kyoto

Ink on paper

Tang dynasty,
dated 855

Shōgo-in, Kyoto

Ink on paper

Edo period,dated1840 Ryukoku University

921 Ryōbu-Mandara-denpōkanjyō-ki

30

by Bunkei

Plaque with image of Senju Kannon(Sahasrabhuja)

31 Seated image of Dainichi Nyorai(Mahāvairocana)Sambu Manda
32(Commentary on the three kinds of mandala)
33 Ground plan of Goshichinichi-no-Mishiho ritual

by Enchin (814～91)

Second Half.

Ryukoku University

First Half.

Second Half.
Second Half.

First Half.

No Title
34

Provenance

Records of the Buddhist Ceremony"Shingon-in " in every January

35 Twelve Devas

36 Twelve Devas

Format andMaterials

DateLocation and Owner Exhibition TermInk on Paper

Kamakura period

Ryukoku University

Ink on Paper

Kamakura period

Rasetsu-ten (Rākṣasa) :First Half.
Emma-ten (Yama) :Second Half.

Nambokuchō period

Mimuroto-ji, Kyoto[First Half.]Isyana-ten (Isana)
Rasetsu-ten (Rākṣasa)Sui-ten (Varuna),Fu-ten (Vayu)[Second Half.]Ni-ten (Surya)
Ji-ten (Prthivi)
Bisyamon-ten (Vaisravana)Ga-ten (Candra)

Color on Silk

Second Half.

3. Development and Maturity of Japanese Buddhist Culture
37 Deer Mandala of the Kasuga Shrine

Color on Silk

Muromachi period

Ryukoku University

First Half.

38 Mandala of the Gods of Tōnomine Shrine

Color on Silk

Momoyama Period

Ryukoku University

Second Half.

39 Pictorial Mandala

Color on Silk

Muromachi period

40 Seated Japanese Male Deity

Wood

Late Heian Period

Muryōju-kyō mandara (Mandala of the Contemplation
41
sutra on the Buddha of Immeasurable life)
Rokuji myōgō mandara
42(Mandala of Six character for Amitābha)43 The Thirteen Buddhist Deities
44

Taima Mandara (Pure Land of Amitābha
Buddha Based on the Guan wu liang shou jing)First Half. And Second Half.

Printed Ink on Paper Edo period

First Half.

Printed Ink andcolor on Paper

Edo period,dated 1847

First Half.

Color on Silk

Muromachi period

First Half.

Color on silk

Nanbokuchō period

Ryukoku University

Second Half.

45 Illustrated Sutra of Amida-kyo

Edo period,
Printed Ink on Paper
dated 1679

Ryukoku University

Kanmuryōju-kyō (Sutra of the Contemplation on the46
Buddha of Immeasurable life)

Printed Ink on Paper Muromachi period

Ryukoku University

47 Printed images of Amida Nyorai

Ink print on paper

Late Heian period

Ryukoku University

First Half.

Text of the Legends of Taima Mandara
48(Pure Land of Amitābha of Taima-dera Temple)

by Ryōe

Ink on Decorative
paper

Ryukoku University

Second Half.

49 Portrait of priest Shinran

Endorsed by Junnyo(1577～1630)

Color on Silk

Shōkō-ji, Toyama

First Half.

50 Portrait of Shinran

Endorsed by Junnyo

Color on Silk

Edo Period,dated 1669
Momoyama Period,dated 1611
Edo Period,dated 1622

Senshō-ji, Gifu

Second Half.

51 Gozokushō （Sentence about Shinran ）Ink on paper

Muromachi period

Hōkō-ji, Hiroshima

Colors on silk

Muromachi period

Honshō-ji, Osaka

First Half.

Colors on silk

Muromachi period

Senshō-ji, Gifu

Second Half.

54 Biography of priest Rennyo

Printed Ink on Paper

Edo Period,dated
1780

Ryukoku University

Kudenshō (Oral Transmission of the Life and55
Words of Shinran )Ink on paper

Muromachi period

Senshō-ji, Gifu

56 Nine-character Name [for Amida Buddha]

Colors on silk

Muromachi period

Hiken-ji, Fukui

57 Ten-character Name [for Amida Buddha]

Ink on paper

Muromachi period

Hongaku-ji, Fukui

First Half.

58 Ten-character Name [for Amida Buddha]

Colors on silk

Muromachi period

Hiken-ji, FukuiSecond Half.

Colors on silk

Nambokuchō period

Enkō-ji, NaraFirst Half.

Colors on silk

Muromachi period

Senshō-ji, Gifu

Second Half.

Colors on silk

Muromachi period

Senshō-ji, Gifu

First Half.

Colors on silk

Muromachi period

Honshō-ji, Osaka

Second Half.

52 Portrait of Rennyo in his Youth
53 Portrait of Shōnyo

59 Six-character Name [for Amida Buddha]

Endorsed (Stamped)by Shōnyo (1516～1554)

Endorsed by Jitsunyo(1458～1525)

60 Six-character Name [for Amida Buddha]
6162
63
64
65

Images of Prince Shōtoku andPure Land Masters of Japan
Images of Prince Shōtoku andPure Land Masters of Japan
Images of Prince Shōtoku at the Age of Sixteen andSeven Masters of Pure Land
Image of Amida Nyorai(Hōbenhosshinnsonzō)
Image of Amida Nyorai(Hōbenhosshinnsonzō)

66 Gobunshō ( Letters of Rennyo )67 Standing Amida Nyorai

Momoyama period,dated 1613
Muromachi period,
dated1511
Muromachi period,
dated1518

Endorsed by Junnyo

Colors on silk

Shōkō-ji, Toyama

Endorsed by Jitsunyo

Colors on silk

Endorsed by Jitsunyo

Colors on silk

Issued by Jitunyo

Ink print on paper

Muromachi periodMonkō-ji, Shiga

Wood

Kamakura period

Saihō-ji, Hyogo

Fumon-ji, ShigaFirst Half.

Ryōkyō-ji, Shiga

Second Half.