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An Assembly of Buddhas and Gods Outstanding OKAYAMA Treasures of Religious Art An Assembly of Buddhas and Gods Outstanding OKAYAMA Treasures of Religious Art First half: November 21st to Desember 20th, 2020 Second half: Desember 22nd to 27th, 2020 / January 6th to 24th, 2021 List of Works Explanatory Notes ・ This is the complete list of the objects for the exhibition, An Assembly Buddhas and Gods: Outstanding OKAYAMA Treasures of Religious Art held in Ryukoku Museum in 2020. ・ The item numbers in this catalogue and exhibit numbers in the gallery are identical. The order of display, however, may be different from the serial order in the catalogue. ・ The exhibits will be partly changed during the exhibition. Consequently, some items in the catalogue may not be on display on certain days. ・ In the list, data are given in the following order: Catalog number, Designation, Title, Artist / Author, Format and Material, Date, Owner and Location. ・ ◎ □ The mark of indicates objects designated by the Japanese Government as Important Cultural Properties. The mark of indicates objects designated by Okayama Prefecture as Important Cultural Properties. ・ English translation of this list is by KISHIDA Yūri. No. Title Artist / Author Format and Material Date Owner and Location Chapter 1: Arts of Esoteric Buddhism 1 ◎ Two hanging scrolls, Kamakura Period Hōkō-ji, Mandala of the Two Realms Color on Silk (13-14th Century) Setouchi City 2 □ Two hanging scrolls, Kamakura-Nambokucho Honzan-ji, Mandala of the Two Realms Color on Silk Period (14th Century) Kume County 3 □ Two hanging scrolls, Kamakura-Nambokucho Jihō-in, Mandala of the Two Realms Color on Silk Period (14th Century) Kasaoka City 4 ◎ Two hanging scrolls, Muromachi Period Chōfuku-ji, Mandala of the Two Realms Color on Silk (15th Century) Mimasaka City 5 Two hanging scrolls, Kamakura Period Chōhō-ji, Seed Mandala of the Two Realms Color on Silk (13-14th Century) Bizen City 6 □ Head of Buddha Kamakura Period Hōtō-ji, Wood (Traditionally identified as Mahāvairocana) (13th Century) Kurashiki City 7 □ Seated Amida Nyorai (Amitābha) Kamakura Period, Okayama Syūken Wood with a jeweled crown dated 1329 (Karyaku 4) Prefectural Museum 8 □ Late Heian Period Seated Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru) Wood Myōkō-ji, Sōja City (12th Century) 9 □ Late Heian Period Myōtoku-ji, Seated Shō Kannon Bosatsu (Avalokiteśvara) Wood (10-11th Century) Maniwa City 10 Hanging scroll, Kamakura Period Okayama Nyoirin Kannon Bosatsu (Cintāmanicakra) Color on Silk (14th Century) Prefectural Museum 11 Fudō Myōō (Acalanātha) Hanging scroll, Muromachi Period Hōkō-ji, and two attendant children Color on Silk (15th Century) Setouchi City 12 ◎ Fudō Myōō (Acalanātha) Hanging scroll, Kamakura-Nambokucho Chōfuku-ji, and 8 attendant children Color on Silk Period (14th Century) Mimasaka City 13 ◎ Fudō Myōō (Acalanātha), Hanging scroll, Nambokucho Period Hōkō-ji, two attendant children and 48 messengers Color on Silk (14th Century) Setouchi City Reference Fudō Myōō (Acalanātha) and Hanging scroll, Nambokucho Period Ryukoku Museum, Image 36 attendant children Color on Silk (14th Century) Ryukoku University 14 Hanging scroll, Muromachi Period Okayama Daiitoku Myōō (Yamāntaka) Color on Silk (15th Century) Prefectural Museum 15 Godairiki Bosatsu Hanging scroll, Muromachi Period Hōkō-ji, (Five Bodhisattvas of great strength) Color on Silk (16th Century) Setouchi City 16 ◎ Kamakura-Nambokucho Bōtaku-ji, Aizen Myōō (Rāgarāja) Color on Silk Period (14th Century) Oda County 17 ◎ Nambokucho Period Bōtaku-ji, Aizen Myōō (Rāgarāja) Color on Silk (14th Century) Oda County 18 ◎ Twelve hanging scrolls, Nambokucho-Muromachi Chōfuku-ji, Twelve Devas Attributed to Zōun Color on Silk Period (14-15th Century) Mimasaka City 19 Hanging scroll, Joseon dynasty Saidai-ji, Indra and his attendants Color on Silk (16th Century) Okayama City 20 Hand scroll, Kamakura Period Okayama Zuzoushō (Iconography in ten fascicles) Color on Paper (13-14th Century) Prefectural Museum 21 Three hanging scrolls, Muromachi Period Chōhō-ji, Three thousand Buddhas Color on Silk (15-16th Century) Bizen City No. Title Artist / Author Format and Material Date Owner and Location 22 Hand scroll, Nambokucho-Muromachi Jihō-in, Portrait of Kōbō-Daishi (Priest Kūkai) Color on Silk Period (14-15th Century) Kasaoka City 23 ◎ Nambokucho Period, Anyō-ji, Gokorei (Five-pronged Vajra bell) Gilt bronze dated 1338(Kenmu 5) Wake County 24 Nambokucho-Muromachi Anyō-ji, Gokosho (Five-pronged Vajra) Gilt bronze Period (14th Century) Wake County 25 □ Gokorei (Five-pronged Vajra bell) and Kamakura Period Kinzan-ji, Gilt bronze Gokosho (Five-pronged Vajra) (13-14th Century) Okayama City 26-1 □ Two folding books, Muromachi Period Color on Paper (16th Century) 26-2 □ Folding book, Edo Period, Taira no Suketsuna Color on Paper dated 1661 (Kanbun 1) Calligraphy by 26-3 Karasumaru Mitsuhide Hand scroll, Edo Period Saidai-ji, Illustrated Legends of Saidai-ji Temple Pictures by Color on Paper (17th Century) Okayama City Okabe Chōzaemon 26-4 Two hand scrolls, Edo Period, Color on Paper dated 1688 (Jōkyō 5) 26-5 Calligraphy by Hand scroll, Edo Period Karasumaru Mitsuhide Color on Paper (18th Century) Chapter 2: Arts of the Syncretism of Japanese Shinto and Buddhism 27 □ Late Heian Period Unan-ji, Seated Japanese Male Deity Wood (10-11th Century) Maniwa City 28 Kamakura Period Seated Japanese Male Deity Wood (13th Century) 29 Seated Japanese Male Deity (Traditionally Nambokucho-Muromachi Kashino-jinja, Wood identified as Sugawara no Michizane) Period (13-14th Century) Setouchi City 30 □ Late Heian Period Seated Japanese Female Deities Wood (10-11th Century) 31 □ Nambokucho Period, Magata-jinja, Seated Child Deity (Monju Daimyōjin) Jōnin Wood dated 1370 (Ōan 3) Kume County 32 Late Heian Period Seated Deity Wood (10-11th Century) 33 Muromachi Period Shōrin-ji, Japanese Male Deity Color on Silk (15th Century) Okayama City 34 Muromachi Period Takano-jinja, Japanese Female Deity Color on Wood Board (15th Century) Tsuyama City 35 Hanging scroll, Muromachi Period Jihō-in, Four Guardian Deities of Mt. Kōya Color on Silk (14-15th Century) Kasaoka City 36 Hanging scroll, Momoyama Period Jihō-in, Four Guardian Deities of Mt. Kōya Color on Silk (16th Century) Kasaoka City 37 Kokūzō Bosatsu and Myōjō Tenshi Hanging scroll, Muromachi Period Hōkō-ji, (Ākāśagarbha and Aruṇa) Color on Silk (15th Century) Setouchi City 38 ◎ Kṣitigarbha (Manifestation of Shinto Deity Nambokucho-Muromachi Bōtaku-ji, Color on Silk Hachiman as a Buddhist Monk) Period(14th Century) Oda County 39 Late Heian Period Okayama Mirror incised with Zaō Gongen Bronze (12th Century) Prefectural Museum 40 Kamakura Period Plaque with Image of Bishamonten (Vaiśravana) Bronze (13th Century) Ashimori- 41 □ Momoyama Period, Mirror Kise Jōami Bronze hachimangū, dated 1607 (Keichō 12) Okayama City 42 ◎ Late Heian Period Takano-jinja, Frame of the Title given to Deity Wood (12th Century) Tsuyama City 43 ◎ Late Heian Period Takano-jinja, Guardian Lions Wood (12th Century) Tsuyama City 44 Kamakura Period Kumano-jinja, Lion Stone (12-13th Century) Akaiwa City 45 □ Kamakura Period Fukuda-jinja, Bugaku Mask (Ōnintei Type) Wood (13-14th Century) Maniwa City 46 □ Shishi (Lion) Mask and Momoyama Period, Amatsu-jinja, Wood Hanataka (Shinto Deity) Mask dated 1592 (Tenshō 20) Maniwa City 47 □ Nambokucho Period, Honzan-ji, Demon Mask (Nuo Folk Religion Mask) Wood dated 1362 (Kōan 2) Kume County 48 □ Edo Period, Hachiman-jinja, Shishi (Lion) Mask Wood dated 1685 (Jōkyō 2) Kume County.
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