Special Exhibition: The Crossroads of Civilization

The Bamiyan Giant Buddhas
Sun God and Maitreya Beliefs from Gandhara to Japan
LIST OF EXHIBITS

September 14- November 12, 2024

◉ National Treasure◎ Important Cultural Property

ROOM 1
Display
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10/16
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11/12

Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum●●Gandhara / 2nd-3rd century

Hanzomon Museum

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Sūrya

Mathura / 4th-6th century

Ryukoku Museum●●

Sūrya capital of column

Gandhara / 2nd-3rd century●●Gandhara /2nd century BCE-1st century CE
Gandhara /2nd century BCE-1st century CE
Gandhara /2nd century BCE-1st century CE

Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum
Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum
Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum
Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum

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No.

Cat.

Title

Region / PeriodOwner

1-1

17

Sūrya

India / 2nd-1st century BCE

1-2

24

Great departure

1-3

20

1-4

23

1-5

18

Cosmetic Plate

1-6

19

Cosmetic Plate

1-7

31

Cosmetic Plate

1-826

First Sermon

Gandhara / 2nd-3rd century

Tokyo National Museum

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1-927

Sun disk

Gandhara / 2nd-3rd century

Ryukoku Museum●●1-1028

Seated Buddha

Gandhara (Allegedly Swabi) /2nd-4th century

Ryukoku Museum

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1-11

13

Gold coin of Huvishka

Around Gandhara / Late 2nd century

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1-12

14

Silver coin of Menander I

Afghanistan / Mid-2nd century BCE

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1-13

15

Silver coin of Maues

Pakistan / 1st century BCE

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1-14

16

Copper coin of Kanishka I

Around Gandhara /Early 2nd century

1-15

35

RoyaltyGandhara / 2nd-4th century

1-16

29

Wind god

Gandhara / 3rd-5th century

Wind god (Vāyu)

Northern India / Gupta dynasty,
5th-7th century

1-1730Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum
Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum
Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum
Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum
Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum
Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum

ROOM 2
2-190◎ Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya with one leg pendent

Japan / Hakuhō period, dated 666(Tenji 5 )Yachū-ji, Osaka●●ROOM 3
Display
No.

Cat.

3-1

9/14
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10/14

10/16
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11/12

Title

PeriodOwner

25

Miniature votive stūpa

Gandhara / 2nd-3rd century

Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum●●3-240

Line drawing of the wall paintings of the Bamiyan caves,by MIYAJI Akira

Japan / 1960's-70's

Kyoto University etc.

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3-341

Research Notebooks, by MIYAJI Akira

Japan / 1960's-70's●●

ROOM 4
Display

12Line drawing of the wall painting of the Bamiyan East
Giant Buddha niche,
supervised by MIYAJI Akira andillustrated by SHOGAKI Masako

Japan / 2022

Ryukoku Museum

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4-2

37

Line drawing of the wall painting of the Bamiyan West
Giant Buddha niche,
supervised by MIYAJI Akira andillustrated by SHOGAKI Masako

Japan / 2023Ryukoku Museum

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4-347

Divination by Brahmin Asita

Gandhara / 2nd-3rd century

Hanzomon Museum

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4-448

Death Robe

Swat / 1st-2nd century

Ryukoku Museum

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4-553

Dīpaṃkara Jātaka and Bodhisattva Shakya
in Tuṣita Heaven

Gandhara / 2nd-3rd century

Hanzomon Museum

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4-655

Battle over the relics, distribution of the relics, andtheir transportation

Gandhara / 2nd-3rd century

Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum

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4-758

Brahmā and Indra entreating Buddha to preach

Gandhara / 2nd-3rd century

Hanzomon Museum●●

4-810Great Tang Records on the Western Regions(Datang xiyuji)

Japan / Edo period, dated 1653
(Jōō 2)

Ryukoku University Library

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4-92

◎ Portrait of Xuanzang Sanzang (Genjō Sanzō )Japan / Kamakura period(13th-14th century)

Tokyo National Museum

9/14~
9/27

4-10

3

Portrait of Xuanzang Sanzang (Genjō Sanzō )

4-11

1

Seated Xuanzang Sanzang (Genjō Sanzō )Japan / Kamakura period(14th century)
Japan / Kamakura period(13th-14th century)

4-12

5

Xuanzang Sanzang (Genjō Sanzō )obtaining the sūtras

4-136

4-14

4-1

●Tokyo National Museum
Yakushi-ji, Nara

●China / Yuan dynasty (14th century)

Yakushi-ji, Nara

●Xuanzang Sanzang (Genjō Sanzō ) and the sixteen
guardian deities

Japan / Nambokuchō period(14th century)

Yakushi-ji, Nara

7

Xuanzang Sanzang (Genjō Sanzō ) and the sixteen
guardian deities

Japan / Nambokuchō period(14th century)

Daruma-ji, Nara

4-15

8

Shakyamuni and the sixteen guardian deities ofPrajñāpāramitā sūtra in Chinese

Japan / Kamakura period(14th century)

Yakushi-ji, Nara

4-1656

Copper coin of Kanishka I

Around Gandhara / Early 2nd century

Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum

4-1757

Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya

Gandhara / 3rd-4th century

4-1859Bodhisattva Maitreya and Worshipers

Gandhara / 3rd-4th century

4-1960

Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya with crossed legs

Kapisi / 3rd-4th century

4-20

61

Shakyamuni with the Eight Great Bodhisattvas

4-21

68

4-22

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Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum
Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum

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India / Pala dynasty, 9th century

Tokyo National Museum●●Bodhisattva Maitreya in Tuṣita Heaven

Gandhara / 2nd-3rd century

Tokyo National Museum

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69

Bodhisattva Maitreya in Tuṣita Heaven

Gandhara / 2nd-3rd century

Shitenno-ji, Osaka

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4-23

70

Preaching Buddha

Gandhara / Around 3rd century

Tokyo National Museum

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4-24

71

Child on a lotus flower

Gandhara / 1st-3rd century

4-25

77

Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya with crossed legs

Gandhara / 2nd-3rd century

Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum

4-26

78

Seated pensive Bodhisattva Avalokiteśvarawith one leg pendent

Gandhara / 3rd-4th century

Hirayama Ikuo
Silk Road Museum

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DisplayNo.

Cat.

TitlePeriod

5-1

79

Seated pendent Bodhisattva with one leg pendent

5-280

Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya with crossed legs

China / Eastern Wei dynasty,
dated 544 (Wuding 2)
China / Northern Wei dynasty,
Early 6th century
China / Northern Qi dynasty,
dated 557 (Tianbao 8)
China / Tang dynasty,
dated 750 (Tianbao 9)
Western regions of China / 5th-7thcentury
Korean Peninsula / Three Kingdoms
period (7th century)

5-3

81

Seated pensive Bodhisattva with one leg pendent

5-4

82

Seated Maitreya Buddha with attendant deities

5-5

reference

Deity on a lotus flower

5-689

Seated Bodhisattva with one leg pendent

5-791

Seated Bodhisattva with one leg pendent

5-8114

Image of Bodhisattva Maitreya

Korean Peninsula / Three Kingdoms
period or Japan / Hakuhō period(7th century)
Japan / Kamakura period(13th century)

5-9

84

Bodhisattva Maitreya, by Gao Wenjin(original picture)

China / Northern Song dynasty,published in 984 (Taipingxingguo 9)

5-10

117

Iconography in Ten Fascicles (Jikkanshō ), vol.5

5-11102

Japan / Edo period, dated 1702
(Genroku15)
Japan / Late Heian period(12th century)

5-1297

5-13

93

5-14

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◎ Iconography of the Bodhisattva Maitreya

9/14
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10/14

10/16
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11/12

Taito Calligraphy Museum●●

Hamamatsu Municipal
Museum of Art
The University Art Museum,
Tokyo University of the ArtsThe University Art Museum,
Tokyo University of the Arts

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Tokyo National Museum●●

Yase Myōden-ji, Kyoto●●

Enryaku-ji, Shiga●●

Tokyo National Museum

9/14~
9/27

Owner

Seiryō-ji, Kyoto

9/28~
10/14

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Ryukoku University Library
Ninna-ji, Kyoto●

Miscellaneous Records of Classified Sacred Images(Besson zakki ), vol.18

Japan / Kamakura period, dated
1321 (Genkō 1)

Shitenno-ji, Osaka

Selections on spiritual communion with Buddha
Maitreya (Miroku nyorai kannōshō ), vol.2

Japan / Kamakura period(13th century)

Tōdai-ji, Nara●

●45Madhyama Āgama in Chinese, vol.13(No.66)

China / Ming dynasty, published in
1589 (Wanli 17)

Ryukoku University Library●●

5-1549Sūtra on the Ocean-Like Samādhi of the Visualizationof Buddha(Guan fo san mei hai jing)

China / Ming dynasty, published in1589 (Wanli 17)

Ryukoku University Library●●

5-1662

Guan mi le pu sa shang sheng dou shuai tian jing

Japan / Kamakura period(13th-14th century)

Kyoto National Museum

9/14~
9/27

5-1766

Maitreyavyākaraṇa in Chinese, translated by Kumārajīva(Mi le xia sheng cheng fo jing)

Japan / Nara period, dated 730(Tempyō 2)Tokyo National Museum

5-1852

Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sūtra in Chinese, vol.7(translated by Kumārajīva)

Dunhuang / Tang dynasty,dated 676 (Shangyuan 3)

Mitsui Memorial Museum

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5-19

reference

Saddharmapuṇḍarīka Sūtra in Chinese, vol.2(translated by Kumārajīva)

Dunhuang / Tang dynasty,
dated 675 (Shangyuan 2)

Mitsui Memorial Museum

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9/28~10/14

ROOM 66-1

39

Measured drawing of the Bamiyan caves,by KOTERA Takehisa

Japan / 1969

6-2

42

Materials related to the survey of the Bamiyan main cliff

Japan / 1970's

Kyoto University

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ROOM 7
Display
No.

Cat.

Title

Period

Owner

7-1

95

Mandala of the divinities of Mii-dera (Mii Mandara ）Japan / Momoyama period(16th-17th century)

Onjō-ji, Shiga
Kyoto National Museum

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10/16
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94

Bodhisattva Maitreya

Japan / Kamakura period(13th century)

7-3

100

Mandala of the precincts of Kasuga Shrine andKōfuku-ji temple

Japan / Kamakura period(14th century)

Kōfuku-ji, Nara

7-4

101

Mandala of the precincts of Kasuga Shrine andKōfuku-ji temple

Japan / Kamakura period(14th century)

Masaki Art Museum

7-5

98

Seated Cintāmaṇicakra (Nyoirin Kannon )with his legs half-crossed

Japan / Late Heian period(11th century)

Shitenno-ji, Osaka

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7-6

124

Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya

Kannon-ji, Shiga●●

7-7125

Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya

Hōryū-ji, Nara●●

7-8122Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya●●

7-9121

Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya

Japan / Nambokuchō period(14th century)
Japan / Nambokuchō period(14th century)
Japan / Kamakura period(13th century)
Japan / Kamakura period(12th-13th century)

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7-10

reference

Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya of Tōdai-ji Chūshōin(Reproduction), by KOJIMA Hisanori

Japan / 2014●●

7-11123

Seated Maitreya Buddha,

Japan / Nambokuchō period,dated 1340 (Ryakuō 3)

Rakuya-ji, Shiga●●

7-12118◎ Seated Maitreya Buddha

Japan / Heian period (10th century)

Hōryū-ji, Nara●●

7-13119◎ Seated Bodhisattva Maitreya

Hōryū-ji, Nara●●

7-14106

Mandala of the Hossō school

Kōfuku-ji, Nara●

7-15104◎ Mandala of the Hossō school

Japan / Early Heian period(9th century)
Japan / Muromachi period(15th century)
Japan / Kamakura period(13th-14th century)

7-16107

Mandala of the VijñaptimātratāJapan / Muromachi-Momoyama
period (16th century)

Hōryū-ji, Nara

7-17105

Mandala of the Hossō school

7-18109

Bodhisattva Maitreya

Japan / Nambokuchō period(14th century)
Japan / Nambokuchō period(14th century)

7-19

108

Mandala of the Hossō school

Japan / Muromachi-Momoyama
period (16th century)

Yakushi-ji, Nara

7-20113

Mandala of the Maitreya in Esoteric Buddhism

Japan / Nambokuchō-Muromachi
period (14th-15th century)

Tōritenjō-ji, Hyogo

7-21111◎ Mandala of the Maitreya in Esoteric Buddhism

Japan / Kamakura period(13th century)

Reiun-ji, Tokyo

7-22

129

Wellcoming descent of Bodhisattva Maitreya(Reproduction), by UMEHARA Yukio

Japan / 1980

The University Art Museum,
Tokyo University of the Arts

7-23128◎ Wellcoming descent of Bodhisattva Maitreya

Japan / Kamakura period(13th century)

The University Art Museum,
Tokyo University of the Arts

7-24

132

Wellcoming descent of Amitābha triad andMaitreya Buddha

Japan / Nambokuchō period(14th century)

Seigan-ji, Kyoto

7-25

134

Mandala of Tuṣita Heaven

Japan / Kamakura-Nambokuchō
period (14th century)

Mitsuzō-in, Aichi

7-26

135

◎ Mandala of Tuṣita Heaven

Japan / Kamakura-Nambokuchō
period (14th century)

Seigan-ji, Gifu

7-27

138

The Pure Land of Amitābha Buddha based on
the Guan wu liang shou jing (Taima Mandara )Japan / Kamakura-Nambokuchōperiod (14th century)

Seigan-ji, Gifu

7-28

137

The Pure Land of Amitābha Buddha

Japan / Kamakura period(12th-13th century)

Nara National Museum●Bodhisattva Maitreya

Japan / Nambokuchō period(14th century)

Yūfuku-ji, Aichi

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7-29

131

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