Kasuga Shrine Mandala. Kamakura period, early 14th century CE.
39 1/2” × 15 5/8”.
Japan.
Kanji and Kana; Hiragana; Katakana.
Haniwa. Kofun period, 6th century CE. Height 27”.
Main Hall, Inner Shrine, Ise. 1953. Last rebuilt 1993.
Aerial View of Horyuji Compound. Asuka period, 7th century CE.
Hungry Tigress Jataka. Asuka period, c. 650 CE. Height of shrine 7’ 7 1/2”.
Tori Busshi. Buddha Shaka and Attendant Bodhisattvas in the
Horyuji Kondo. Asuka period, c. 623 CE. Height of seated figure 34 1/2”.
Lotus Flower; Double Lotus Flower; Chakra; Marks of a Buddha.
Five-Stringed Lute (Biwa) with Design of a Central Asian Man Playing a
Biwa atop a Camel. Tang Dynasty, 8th century CE.
Length 42 1/2”, width 12”, depth 3 1/2”.
The Buddha Shaka, Detail of a Paradise Scene.
8th century CE. Height of petal 79”.
Great Buddha Hall (Daibutsuden), Todaiji, Nara.
Original structure completed in 752 CE. Destroyed and rebuilt in 1707.
Extensively restored 1906–13.
Womb World Mandala. Heian period, late 9th century CE. 6' × 5’ 1 1/2”.
Diagram of the Joined-Block Wood Sculpture Technique
Used on the Amida Statue by Jocho.
Phoenix Hall, Byodoin, Uji. Heian period, c. 1053 CE.
Jocho. Amida Buddha. Heian period, c. 1053 CE. Height 9’ 8”.
Scene from the Tale of Genji, Kashiwagi Chapter.
Heian period, 12th century CE. 8 5/8 × 18 7/8”.
Album Leaf from the Ishiyama-Gire (Dispersed Volumes, Once Owned by
the Ishiyama Temple, of the Anthology of the Thirty-Six Immortal Poets).
Heian period, early 12th century CE. 52 × 17 1/3”.
Attributed to Toba Sojo. Detail of Frolicking Animals.
Heian period, 12th century CE. Height 12”.
Armor.
Section of Night Attack On the Sanjo Palace.
Kamakura period, late 13th century CE. 16 1/4 × 275 1/2”.
Kosho. Kuya Preaching. Kamakura period, before 1207 CE. Height 46 1/2”.
Descent of Amida and the Twenty-Five Bodhisattvas.
Kamakura period, 13th century CE. 57 1/4 × 61 1/2”.
Daruma. Kamakura period, early 14th century CE. 39 5/8 × 20”.
Portrait of the Chinese Zen Master Lanxi Daolong.
Kamakura period, 1271 CE. 41 1/3 × 18”.