Seated Jie Daishi (Priest Ryogen), By Renmyo, Kamakura period, dated 1286 (Important Cultural Property, Lent by Kongourinji, Shiga)
Japanese Gallery (Honkan) Room 3
July 11, 2017 (Tue) - August 20, 2017 (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:
Seated Jie Daishi (Priest Ryogen), By Renmyo, Kamakura period, dated 1286 (Important Cultural Property, Lent by Kongourinji, Shiga)
Shaka (Sakyamuni) Triad with Ten Rasetsunyo (Rakshasi), Nanbokucho period, 14th century
Jizo Bosatsu (Ksitigarbha), Kamakura period, 14th century
Illustrated Scroll of Boy Sudhana's Pilgrimage to Fifty Five Deities, Kamakura period, 13th century (Important Cultural Property)
Illustrated Scroll of Legends about Jizo Bosatsu (Ksitigarbha), Kamakura period, 14th century
Flower Garland Sutra, On shikishi paper, Heian period, 12th century
Detached Segment of Flower Garland Sutra, Vol. 9, Kamakura period, 12th century