Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 3
May 10, 2011 (Tue) - June 26, 2011 (Sun)
Buddhist art is one of the major genres that define Japanese art. Many masterworks date from the late Heian period, a time characterized as classical in Japanese art history. After the Kamakura period, Buddhist art further developed in its materials, methods, and styles as Zen schools and other new Buddhist schools emerged, together with the influence from the Chinese arts. This exhibit features artworks from the Heian to Kamakura periods, when Buddhist art most flourished, adding siginificant objects from the Nanbokucho and Muromachi periods.
Current exhibit includes:
Amida Nyorai (Amitabha) Triad, Zenkoji style, Formerly owned by Nyoraiji, Fukushima, Kamakura period, 13th century (Important Cultural Property, Lent by Iwaki Municipality, Fukushima )
Daiitoku Myo'o (Yamantaka), Heian period, 12th century (Important Cultural Property, Lent by Tanzanjinja, Nara)
Plaque with Hair-line Engraving of Zao Gongen, A deity of mountain asceticism, Excavated from Kinpusen, Tenkawa-mura, Yoshino-gun, Nara, Heian period, dated 1001 (National Treasure, Lent by Nishiarai-daishi Soujiji, Tokyo)
Heart Sutra of the Divine Incantation of Amoghapasa, (J.,Fukukenjaku Shinju Shingyo), By Saionji Kinhira, Kamakura period, dated 1306 (Important Cultural Property)