Religious Textile Art
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Embroidered Buddhist Icon, Descent of Amida (Amitabha) Triad, Kamakura period, 13th - 14th century (Important Cultural Property, on exhibit from November 8, 2005)
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 14
September 27, 2005 (Tue) - December 11, 2005 (Sun)This display features religious embroidery and other textile works preserved at temples. The delicate embroidery needle work, soft colors of natural dyes and carefully woven designs demonstrate how people of long ago gave shapes to their prayers.
Exhibit includes:
Embroidered Buddhist Icon, Descent of Amida (Amitabha) Triad, Kamakura period, 13th - 14th century (Important Cultural Property, on exhibit from November 8, 2005)
Embroidery Fragments with Tenjukoku (Heavenly Paradise) Scene, Kamakura period, 13th century (National Treasure, Lent by Chuguji, Nara, on exhibit through November 6, 2005)