Family Gallery
Looking at Buddhist Statues: Statues of the Kamakura Period

Standing Bosatsu (Bodhisattva), Kamakura period, 13th century (Important Cultural Property)

Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 11 & 14
June 10, 2014 (Tue) - August 31, 2014 (Sun)

This exhibition, being held in rooms 11 and 14 of the Honkan, displays Buddhist statues that were created mainly in the Kamakura period (1192–1333).
Current exhibit includes:
Seated Dainichi Nyorai (Mahavairocana), Heian - Kamakura period, 12th century (Important Cultural Property, Lent by Shinnyo-en, Tokyo)
Seated Dainichi Nyorai (Mahavairocana）, Heian - Kamakura period, 12th century (Important Cultural Property, Lent by Kotokuji, Tochigi)
Seated Aizen Myo'o (Ragaraja), Kamakura period, 13th - 14th century (Important Cultural Property)
Standing Bosatsu (Bodhisattva), Kamakura period, 13th century (Important Cultural Property)