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Thought and Culture of Buddhism ―From India to Japan 《List of Works》 Ryukoku Museum Concept Exhibition Thought and Culture of Buddhism ―From India to Japan First half ：Jul. 10th - Oct. 1st, 2021 Second half ：Oct. 3rd - Oct. 22nd, 2021 Arts of the Faith in Shakyamuni and the Lotus Sūtra ▶Format and ▶Location and ▶ ▶No. ▶Title ▶Artist / Author ▶Date Materials Owner Exhibition Term Chapter 1: Arts of Faith in Shakyamuni 1 Standing Shakyamuni at birth Hakuhō Period Gilt bronze 2 Standing Shakyamuni at birth Nara Period Gilt bronze Illustlated Sūtra of Cause and Effect (絵因果経) Ink and Color 3 Kamakura Period Second Half (Matsunaga version) on Paper Illustlated Sūtra of Cause and Effect (絵因果経) Ink and Color 4 Kamakura Period First Half (Matsunaga version) on Paper 5 Madhyama Āgama in Chinese (中阿含経), vol.1 Late Heian Period Gold on Indigo paper 6 Various scenes related to parinirvana Kamakura Period Color on Silk Nison-in, Kyoto First Half Important Cultural Property Kamakura-Nambokuchō Jisyō-in and Anyō-in, 7 Color on Silk Second Half Various scenes related to parinirvana Period Kasaoka City 8 Parinirvana Kamakura Period Color on Silk Second Half Seigen-ji, 9 Parinirvana Muromachi Period Color on Silk First Half Tsuyama-City 10 Parinirvana Momoyama Period Color on Silk Edo, 1636 11 Parinirvana Color on Silk (Kanei 13） 12 Shakyamuni triad Muromachi Period Color on Silk Kōsei-in, Kyoto Second Half Jōmyō-ji, 13 Shakyamuni triad Muromachi Period Color on Silk First Half Takahashi City Shakyamuni and sixteen guardian deities of Hōkō-ji, 14 Muromachi Period Color on Silk First Half Daihannya-kyō Setouchi City Shakyamuni and sixteen guardian deities of 15 Muromachi Period Color on Silk Koga-jinja, Kyoto Second Half Daihannya-kyō Mahāprajñāpāramitā sūtra in Chinese (大般若経), First Half：Vol.50 16 Nara Period Ink on Paper Yakushi-ji, Nara vol.50, 91 Second Half：Vol.91 Mahāprajñāpāramitā sūtra in Chinese (大般若経), Late Heian,1156 17 Ink on Paper Ryukoku University vol.202 (Kyūju３） Mahāprajñāpāramitā sūtra in Chinese (大般若経), 18 Kamakura Period Gold on Indigo paper vol.515 Gandhara 19 Miniature-stūpa reliquary Schist 2nd-３rd Century Wood・Printed ink on Okayama 20 Million miniature pagodas and Dhāraṇī sūtra Nara Period paper Prefectural Museum Chisyō-in, 21 Fugen Bosatsu (Samantabhadra) Kamakura Period Color on Silk First Half Ibara City Chisyō-in, 22 Monju Bosatsu (Mañjuśrī) Kamakura Period Color on Silk First Half Ibara City Kamakura Period Ink and Color Kiyama-ji, 23 Fugen Bosatsu (Samantabhadra) Second Half （or China Yuan period） on Silk Maniwa City 24 Bodhisattva Muromachi Period Color on Silk Second Half 25 Monju Bosatsu (Mañjuśrī) Riding a Lion China Tang Period Gilt bronze By Hakuin Ekaku 26 Monju Bosatsu (Mañjuśrī) Riding a Lion Edo period Ink on paper Second Half (1685~1768) By Ikeda Tsunamasa Monju Bosatsu (Mañjuśrī) and Kannon Bosatsu Edo, 1678 Okayama 27 （1638～1714） Color on Silk Second Half (Avalokiteśvara) (Enpō 6) Prefectural Museum Inscription by Suigan Cyōhō-ji, 28 Sixteen Arhats Nambokuchō Period Color on Silk Bizen City 29 Eighteen Arhats Nambokuchō Period Color on Silk Kōsei-in, Kyoto First Half 30 Descent of Sixteen Arhats Nambokuchō Period Color on Silk Second Half 31 Arhat Kamakura Period Color on Silk Second Half 32 Descent of an Arhat China Yuan Period Color on Silk First Half By Fujimoto Tesseki Edo, 1860 Ink and Color Okayama 33 Jyūroku Rakan (Sixteen Arhats) Second Half （1816～63） (Manen 1） on Paper Prefectural Museum Edo, 1781 Seigen-ji, 34 Collected Paintings of Five houndred Arhats on paper (Tenmei 1) Tsuyama-City Muromachi Period, Shōrin-ji, 35 Portrait of the Priest Beppō Daisyu Inscription by Dōka China 1405 Color on Silk First Half Okayama City (Ming, Yong le ３） Two Deities, the Ten Kings of Hell and the Ten Kamakura-Nambokuchō Kiyama-ji, 36 Color on Silk First Half Buddhas Period Maniwa City Kiyama-ji, 37 Thirteen Buddhas Muromachi Period Color on Silk First Half Maniwa City 38 Thirteen Buddhas Muromachi Period Color on Silk Second Half 39 Mandala of Buddhist Deities of Kasuga Shrine Kamakura Period Color on Silk First Half Nambokuchō,1839 Okayama 40 Keman (Pendant ornament in Buddhist sanctuary) Color on Wood (Kōō 1) Prefectural Museum Anyō-ji, 41 Demon Mask (Nuo Folk Religion Mask) Muromachi Period Wood Wake County Chapter 2: Arts of the Lotus Sūtra Saddharmapundarīka Sūtra in Chinese (法華経), Senkō-ji, First Half：Vol.2.8 42 Kamakura Period Gold on Indigo Papers vol. 2,5,7,8 Akaiwa City Second Half：Vol.5.7 Muromachi, 1568 Okayama 43 Saddharmapundarīka Sūtra in Chinese (法華経) Ink on Paper (Eiroku 11） Prefectural Museum Fragments of the Saddharmapundarīka Sūtra First Half：Vol.1 44 Late Heian Period Gold on Indigo paper Kimpusen-ji, Nara in Chinese (法華経), vol. 1,7 Second Half：Vol.7 Okayama 45 Mirror incised with Shakyamuni Late Heian Period Prefectural Museum China 46 Seated Shakyamuni and Prabhūtaratna Gilt bronze Northern Wei Period Edo, 1859 Okayama 47 Illustrated Hndscroll of the Lotus Sūtra Chapter 25 By Mori Yōjun Color on Paper (Ansei 6) Prefectural Museum 48 Nyoirin Kannon Bosatsu (Cintāmanicakra) Late Heian Period Wood 49 Fugen Bosatsu (Samantabhadra) and Ten Rākșasī Muromachi Period Color on Silk First Half 50 Pictorial Mandara of the Lotus Sūtra Muromachi Period Color on Silk First Half 51 Pictorial Mandara of the Lotus Sūtra Muromachi Period Color on Silk Second Half By Nichion Momoyama, 1607 52 Mandara Honzon of the Lotus Sect Ink on Paper Ryukoku University （1572～1642） (Keichō 12） Sanjūbanjin 53 Muromachi Period Color on Paper Second Half (Thisty guardian deities of Lotus sūtra) Part I Various Aspects of the Buddhism in Asia ▶ ▶Format and ▶Location and Otani Expedition ▶No. ▶Title ▶Provenance ▶Date Materials Owner Exhibition Term 1. What is Buddhism? 1 Standing Buddha Gandhara 2nd-3rd Century Schist Ryukoku University 2 Buddha Seated on a Chair Gandhara 3rd-4th Century Schist Ryukoku University 3 Seated Bodhisattva with a Lotus Flower Gandhara 3rd-4th Century Schist Ryukoku University 4 Square Capital with 4 Seated Buddhas Mathura 2nd Century Sand stone Ryukoku University 5 Seated Buddha (Fujitani Kodo Collection) Sarnath 6th-7th Century Stone Ryukoku University 〇 6 Votive Stūpa (Fujitani Kodo Collection) Bodhgaya 11th Century Stone Ryukoku University 〇 Tang period, 7 Standing Bodhisattva China Gilt Bronze 8th Century Unified Silla Period, 8 Standing Buddha Korean Peninsula Gilt bronze 8th-９th Century Three Kingdams period, 9 Standing Bodhisattva Korean Peninsula Clay 7th Century 10 Seated Bhaiṣajyaguru Tibet 18th-19th Century Gilt bronze 11 Standing Buddha Myanmar 11th-12th Century Gilt bronze 12 Buddha Protected by Nāga Cambodia 12th-13th Century Gilt bronze 13 Standing Avalokiteśvara Cambodia 12th-13th Century Gilt bronze 2. Teaching of Shakyamuni and its Succession 14 Rubbing of the Ashoka Inscription Lumbini (Nepal) 3rd Century B.C. Rubbing on paper Ryukoku University 〇 15 Vinaya Pịtakam (Thai Royal Edition) Thailand Printed in 1893 Print on paper Ryukoku University Suvarṇaprabhāsa Sūtra in Chinese Late Heian Period, Gold on 16 Japan First Half (金光明経), vol. 4 12th Century indigo paper The You po sai wu jie wei yi jing Muromachi, 1412 17 Japan Ink on paper Ryukoku University Second Half (優婆塞五戒威儀経) (Ouei 9) Song Period, 18 The Chung xu mo ho ti jing (衆許摩訶帝経), vol. 1 China Wood-block printing Ryukoku University 12th-13th Century Tang period, 19 The Fo ming jing (仏名経) Dunhuang Ink and color on paper Ryukoku University 8th Century 20 Three Robes and a Bowl Thailand Modern age Ryukoku University 3. Mahayana Buddhism in Gandhara and Central Asia 21 Dream of Queen Māyā Swat or Dhir 1st-2nd Century Schist 22 Birth of Siddhārtha Gandhara 2nd-3rd Century Schist Ryukoku University 23 Wedding Ceremony and Life in the Palace Gandhara 2nd-3rd Century Schist Iga City 24 Great Departure and Exchange of Clothes Gandhara 2nd-3rd Century Schist Iga City Great Departure and Assault of Māra and 25 Gandhara 2nd-3rd century Schist Enlightenment 26 First Sermon Gandhara 2nd-3rd Century Schist 27 Carving the Buddha Image by King Udayana Gandhara 2nd-3rd Century Schist 28 Parinirvana Gandhara 2nd-3rd Century Schist Iga City Dīpamkara Jātaka, 29 Gandhara 2nd-3rd Century Schist Ryukoku University Shakyamuni and Six Buddhas 30 Gandhārī Inscription Allegedly Swat AD. 29/30 Schist Ryukoku University 31 Gandhārī Inscription Gandhara 1st-3rd Century Schist Ryukoku University 32 Seated Bodhisattva Gandhara 3rd-4th Century Schist Ryukoku University Original: Original: Original: 33 Head of Buddha (Replica) Original: Khotan 〇 3rd Century Gilt Bronze Tokyo National Museum 34 Seated Buddha on a Lotus Flower Khadalik (Khotan) 5th-7th Century Plaster Ryukoku University 〇 35 Head of Bodhisattva Karashahr 5th-6th Century Clay Ryukoku University 〇 Original: Original: Original: 36 Reliquary (Replica) Original: Kucha 〇 7th-8th Century Wood, Canvas Tokyo National Museum Original: Original: Original: 37 Brahmin Drona (Replica) Original: Kizil caves 〇 7th Century Wall Painting Tokyo National Museum 4. Buddhism in China 38 Money Tree China 2nd-3rd Century Bronze Ryukoku University Northern Wei, 525 39 Buddha Trinity China Stone Iga City (Zhengguang 6) Characters of the Buddhist World 40 Standing Buddha Gandhara 2nd-3rd Century Schist Ryukoku University Standing Yakushi Nyorai (Kōyakushi / Fragrant 41 Original:Hakuhō period Gilt bronze Bhaiṣajyaguru), reproduction 42 Standing Bodhisattva Maitreya Gandhara 3rd-4th Century Schist Kaji-chō neiborhood 43 Standing Jizō Bosastu (Kṣitigarbha) Late Heian period Wood association,Kyoto 44 Seated Fudō Myōō (Acalanātha) Early Heian period Wood Onjō-ji, Shiga
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