Property
Date
Municipality
Ownership
Comments
Image
Dimensions
Coordinates
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*Amida Triad with Boy Attendant, colour on silk絹本著色阿弥陀三尊及童子像 kenpon chakushoku Amida sanzon oyobi dōji zō
Heian period
Nara
Hokke-ji
three scrolls
34°41′32″N 135°48′15″E / 34.692359°N 135.804094°E / 34.692359; 135.804094 (Hokkeji )
[1]
*Riding an Ox, colour on silk, by Li Di 絹本著色帰牧図〈李迪筆/(騎牛)〉 kenpon chakushoku kiboku zu (Li Di hitsu kigyū)
Southern Song
Nara
Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan )
24.2 centimetres (9.5 in) by 23.8 centimetres (9.4 in)
34°41′43″N 135°45′24″E / 34.695385°N 135.756662°E / 34.695385; 135.756662 (Yamato Bunkakan )
[2]
*Kusha Mandala, colour on silk絹本著色倶舎曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku Kusha mandara zu
Heian period
Nara
Tōdai-ji
34°41′20″N 135°50′24″E / 34.688945°N 135.839918°E / 34.688945; 135.839918 (Tōdaiji )
[3]
*Jion Daishi , colour on silk絹本著色慈恩大師像 kenpon chakushoku Jion Daishi zō
Heian period
Nara
Yakushi-ji
161.2 centimetres (63.5 in) by 129.2 centimetres (50.9 in)
34°40′07″N 135°47′04″E / 34.668607°N 135.784561°E / 34.668607; 135.784561 (Yakushiji )
[4]
*Jūichimen Kannon , colour on silk絹本著色十一面観音像 kenpon chakushoku jūichimen Kannon zō
Heian period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
168.8 centimetres (66.5 in) by 89.6 centimetres (35.3 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304161°N 135.83793278°E / 34.68304161; 135.83793278 (Nara National Museum )
[5]
*Twelve Devas, colour on silk絹本著色十二天 像 kenpon chakushoku jūniten zō
Heian period
Nara
Saidai-ji
twelve scrolls
160.0 centimetres (63.0 in) by 134.5 centimetres (53.0 in)
34°41′37″N 135°46′46″E / 34.693583°N 135.779536°E / 34.693583; 135.779536 (Saidaiji )
[6]
*Wall Paintings of Takamatsuzuka Kofun 高松塚古墳壁画 Takamatsuzuka kofun hekiga
c.700
Asuka
MEXT
four walls
34°27′44″N 135°48′23″E / 34.462204°N 135.806409°E / 34.462204; 135.806409 (Takamatsuzuka Kofun )
[7]
*Mandala of the Two Realms , gold and silver paint on indigo ground (Kojima Mandala)紺綾地金銀泥絵両界曼荼羅図〈/(子島曼荼羅)〉 konayaji kingin dei-e ryōkai mandara zu (Kojima mandara)
Heian period
Nara
Kojima-dera (子島寺 ) (kept at Nara National Museum )
pair of scrolls
351.3 centimetres (138.3 in) by 297.0 centimetres (116.9 in), 349.1 centimetres (137.4 in) by 307.9 centimetres (121.2 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304161°N 135.83793278°E / 34.68304161; 135.83793278 (Nara National Museum )
[8]
*Manners and Customs, colour on paper with gold ground , byōbu 紙本金地著色風俗図〈/六曲屏風〉 shihon kinji chakushoku fūzoku zu (rokkyoku byōbu)
Edo period
Nara
Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan )
pair of screens
155.6 centimetres (61.3 in) by 361.6 centimetres (142.4 in)
34°41′43″N 135°45′24″E / 34.695385°N 135.756662°E / 34.695385; 135.756662 (Yamato Bunkakan )
[9]
*Sudhana 's Pilgrimage to Fifty-five Spiritual Teachers as described in the Flower Garland Sutra , colour on paper紙本著色華厳五十五所絵巻 shihon chakushoku kegon gojūgosho emaki
Heian period
Nara
Tōdai-ji
29.8 centimetres (11.7 in) by 1,287.0 centimetres (42 ft 2.7 in)
34°41′20″N 135°50′24″E / 34.688945°N 135.839918°E / 34.688945; 135.839918 (Tōdaiji )
[10]
*Shigisan-engi, colour on paper 紙本著色信貴山縁起 shihon chakushoku Shigisan-engi
Heian period
Heguri
Chōgosonshi-ji (朝護孫子寺 )
three scrolls
31.5 centimetres (12.4 in) by 827 centimetres (27 ft 2 in), 31.25 centimetres (12.30 in) by 1,270.3 centimetres (41 ft 8.1 in), 31.5 centimetres (12.4 in) by 1,416 centimetres (46 ft 5 in)
34°41′20″N 135°50′24″E / 34.688945°N 135.839918°E / 34.688945; 135.839918 (Chōgosonshiji )
[11]
*Nezame Monogatari , colour on paper with gold ground , emaki 紙本著色寝覚物語絵巻 shihon chakushoku Nezame Monogatari emaki
Heian period
Nara
Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan )
26 centimetres (10 in) by 533 centimetres (17 ft 6 in)
34°41′43″N 135°45′24″E / 34.695385°N 135.756662°E / 34.695385; 135.756662 (Yamato Bunkakan )
[12]
*Hell Scroll, colour on paper 紙本著色地獄草紙 shihon chakushoku jigoku sōshi
Kamakura period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
26.5 centimetres (10.4 in) by 454.7 centimetres (14 ft 11.0 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304161°N 135.83793278°E / 34.68304161; 135.83793278 (Nara National Museum )
[13]
*Extermination of Evil, colour on paper 紙本著色辟邪絵 shihon chakushoku hekija-e
Kamakura period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
five scrolls
25.8 centimetres (10.2 in) to 26.0 centimetres (10.2 in) by 39.2 centimetres (15.4 in) to 77.2 centimetres (30.4 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304161°N 135.83793278°E / 34.68304161; 135.83793278 (Nara National Museum )
[14]
*Landscape, ink and light colour on paper, attributed to Shūbun 紙本墨画淡彩山水図〈伝周文筆/〉 shihon bokuga tansai sansui zu (den-Shūbun hitsu)
1445
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
dated to Bun'an 2 by the postscript to the third of the accompanying poems[ 5]
108.0 centimetres (42.5 in) by 32.7 centimetres (12.9 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304161°N 135.83793278°E / 34.68304161; 135.83793278 (Nara National Museum )
[15]
*Taishakuten Mandala, colour on wooden boards板絵著色伝帝釈天曼荼羅図(金堂来迎壁) ita-e chakushoku den-Taishakuten mandara zu (kondō raigō heki)
Heian period
Uda
Murō-ji
in the Kondō
34°32′16″N 136°02′26″E / 34.537869°N 136.040545°E / 34.537869; 136.040545 (Murōji )
[16]
*Kichijōten , colour on hemp cloth麻布著色吉祥天像 mafu chakushoku Kichijōten zō
Nara period
Nara
Yakushi-ji
53.0 centimetres (20.9 in) by 31.7 centimetres (12.5 in)
34°40′06″N 135°47′04″E / 34.668379°N 135.784332°E / 34.668379; 135.784332 (Yakushiji )
[17]
*Wall Paintings of Kitora Kofun キトラ古墳壁画 Kitora kofun hekiga
c.700
Asuka
MEXT
34°27′06″N 135°48′18″E / 34.451779°N 135.805103°E / 34.451779; 135.805103 (Kitora Kofun )
[18]
Former Jimon-in Partition Paintings, by Sakaki Hyakusen 旧慈門院障壁画〈彭城百川 筆/宝暦元年四月の年記がある〉 kyū-Jimon-in shōhekiga
1751
Nara
private (kept at Nara National Museum )
37 panels
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304161°N 135.83793278°E / 34.68304161; 135.83793278 (Nara National Museum )
[19]
Wall Paintings from the Outer Sanctuary of the Kondō 金堂外陣旧壁画(土壁) kondō gejin kyū-hekiga
Nara period
Ikaruga
Hōryū-ji
12 panels
34°36′52″N 135°44′14″E / 34.614495°N 135.737103°E / 34.614495; 135.737103 (Hōryūji )
[20]
Wall Paintings from the Inner Sanctuary of the Kondō 金堂内陣旧壁画(土壁) kondō naijin kyū-hekiga
Nara period
Ikaruga
Hōryū-ji
20 panels
34°36′52″N 135°44′14″E / 34.614495°N 135.737103°E / 34.614495; 135.737103 (Hōryūji )
[21]
Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Land, light colour on silk, by An Gyeon 絹本淡彩夢遊桃源図〈安堅筆/〉 kenpon tansai muyū tōgen zu (An Gyeon hitsu)
1447
Tenri
Tenri Central Library
pair of Joseon hand scrolls ; the painting is accompanied by poetry and prose by twenty-one leading writers; the inscription by Prince Anpyeong (third son of Sejong the Great ) reads "I am a person who dedicates his body to the palace day and night looking after affairs of state, so how is it that I went to the mountains and forests in my dreams?" Tao Yuanming 's utopian Peach Blossom Spring provides the ideological underpinning to the dream[ 6]
34°35′41″N 135°50′47″E / 34.594657°N 135.846258°E / 34.594657; 135.846258 (Tenri Central Library )
[22]
Descent of Amida and his Retinue, colour on silk絹本著色阿弥陀聖衆来迎図 kenpon chakushoku Amida shōjū raigō zu
Kamakura period
Yamatokōriyama
Matsuo-dera (松尾寺 )
34°38′03″N 135°43′41″E / 34.634055°N 135.728134°E / 34.634055; 135.728134 (Matsuodera )
[23]
Descent of Amida with Twenty-Five Bosatsu, colour on silk絹本著色阿弥陀二十五菩薩来迎図 kenpon chakushoku Amida nijūgo bosatsu raigō zu
Kamakura period
Nara
Kōfuku-in (興福院 )
34°41′42″N 135°49′21″E / 34.694997°N 135.822483°E / 34.694997; 135.822483 (Kōfukuin )
[24]
Descent of Amida , colour on silk絹本著色阿弥陀来迎図 kenpon chakushoku Amida raigō zu
Heian period
Sakurai
Hase-dera
34°32′09″N 135°54′25″E / 34.535834°N 135.906823°E / 34.535834; 135.906823 (Hasedera )
[25]
Aizen Myōō , colour on silk絹本著色愛染明王像 kenpon chakushoku Aizen Myōō zō
Heian period
Kyoto
Hosomi Art Foundation (kept at Hosomi Museum )
35°00′50″N 135°46′47″E / 35.013806°N 135.779609°E / 35.013806; 135.779609 (Hosomi Museum )
[26]
Aizen Myōō , colour on silk絹本著色愛染明王像 kenpon chakushoku Aizen Myōō zō
Kamakura period
Ikoma
Hōzan-ji
142.1 centimetres (55.9 in) by 87.5 centimetres (34.4 in)
34°41′04″N 135°41′12″E / 34.684314°N 135.686699°E / 34.684314; 135.686699 (Hōzanji )
[27]
Andō En'e, colour on silk絹本著色安東円恵 像 kenpon chakushoku Andō Enne zō
1330
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
warlord depicted as a Zen priest[ 7]
119.5 centimetres (47.0 in) by 57.9 centimetres (22.8 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[28]
Mandala of the One-Syllable Golden Wheel, colour on silk絹本著色一字金輪曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku ichiji kenrin mandara zu
Kamakura period
private
[29]
Mandala of the One-Syllable Golden Wheel, colour on silk絹本著色一字金輪曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku ichiji kenrin mandara zu
Kamakura period
Takatori
Minami Hokke-ji (南法華寺 )
34°25′35″N 135°48′35″E / 34.426417°N 135.809861°E / 34.426417; 135.809861 (Minami Hokkeji )
[30]
Mandala of the One-Syllable Golden Wheel, colour on silk絹本著色一字金輪曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku ichiji kenrin mandara zu
Heian period (C12)
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
Dainichi Kinrin seated on a lion pedestal with a treasure wheel and the seven treasures of a universal ruler[ 8] [ 9]
79.0 centimetres (31.1 in) by 49.5 centimetres (19.5 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[31]
Kashō Daishi , colour on silkJōei Daishi , colour on silk絹本著色嘉祥大師像 絹本著色浄影大師像 kenpon chakushoku Kashō Daishi zō kenpon chakushoku Jōei Daishi zō
Kamakura period
Nara
Tōdai-ji
34°41′20″N 135°50′24″E / 34.688963°N 135.839928°E / 34.688963; 135.839928 (Tōdaiji )
[32] [33]
Spiritual Teachers of the Kegon Ocean Assembly, colour on silk絹本著色華厳海会善知識曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku Kegon kai-e zenchishiki mandara zu
1294
Nara
Tōdai-ji
34°41′20″N 135°50′24″E / 34.688963°N 135.839928°E / 34.688963; 135.839928 (Tōdaiji )
[34]
Kasagi Mandala, colour on silk絹本著色笠置曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku Kasagi mandara zu
Kamakura period
Nara
Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan )
34°41′43″N 135°45′24″E / 34.695385°N 135.756662°E / 34.695385; 135.756662 (Yamato Bunkakan )
[35]
Daylilies and Dogs at Play, colour on silk, attributed to Mao Yi絹本著色萱草遊狗図〈(伝毛益筆)/〉 kenpon chakushoku kanzō yūku zu (den-Mōeki hitsu)
Southern Song
Nara
Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan )
25.3 centimetres (10.0 in) by 25.7 centimetres (10.1 in)
34°41′43″N 135°45′24″E / 34.695385°N 135.756662°E / 34.695385; 135.756662 (Yamato Bunkakan )
[36]
Kankyō Jūroku Kansō, colour on silk絹本著色観経十六観相図 kenpon chakushoku kankyō jūroku kansō zu
Kamakura period
Nara
Amida-ji (阿弥陀寺 )
34°40′40″N 135°49′36″E / 34.677833°N 135.826727°E / 34.677833; 135.826727 (Amidaji )
[37]
Yoshino Mandala, colour on silk絹本著色吉野曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku Yoshino mandara zu
Kamakura period
Nara
Saidai-ji (kept at Nara National Museum )
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[38]
Kokūzō Bosatsu , colour on silk絹本著色虚空蔵菩薩像 kenpon chakushoku ichiji kenrin mandara zu
Kamakura period (C14)
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
the cloud arising from the bodhisattva's head and the landscape below are unusual features[ 10]
77.0 centimetres (30.3 in) by 38.5 centimetres (15.2 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[39]
Nine Grades Raigō , colour on silk絹本著色九品来迎図 kenpon chakushoku kubon raigō zu
Kamakura period
Shimoichi
Ryujō-ji (滝上寺 )
three scrolls
34°21′31″N 135°47′38″E / 34.358631°N 135.793920°E / 34.358631; 135.793920 (Ryujōji )
[40]
Sword with the Dragon Kurikara and Two Child Acolytes, colour on silkMandala of the Two Realms , colour on silk絹本著色倶利伽羅竜剣二童子像 絹本著色両界曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku Kurikara-ryū ni dōji zō kenpon chakushoku ryōgai mandara zu
Kamakura period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
from Sefuku-ji (施福寺 ) [ 11]
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[41] [42]
Kumano Mandala, colour on silk絹本著色熊野曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku Kumano mandara zu
Kamakura period
Nara
Agency for Cultural Affairs (kept at Nara National Museum )
113.8 centimetres (44.8 in) by 50.6 centimetres (19.9 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[43]
Five-Letter Monju , colour on silk絹本著色五字文殊像 kenpon chakushoku goji Monju zō
1334
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
by Shingon priest Monkanbō Kōshin (文観房弘真 ) (1278-1357)[ 12]
90.8 centimetres (35.7 in) by 41.6 centimetres (16.4 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[44]
Gohonzon , colour on silk絹本著色五尊像 kenpon chakushoku goson zō
Kamakura period
Ikaruga
Hōryū-ji
34°36′51″N 135°44′08″E / 34.614072°N 135.735645°E / 34.614072; 135.735645 (Hōryūji )
[45]
Five Great Myōō , colour on silk絹本著色五大明王像 kenpon chakushoku go dai Myōō zō
Kamakura period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
Fudō in the centre, with Gōzanze to the bottom right (East) and, clockwise, Gundari , Daiitoku , and Kongōyasha[ 13]
125.5 centimetres (49.4 in) by 86.7 centimetres (34.1 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[46]
Kujaku Myōō , colour on silk絹本著色五尊像 kenpon chakushoku Kujaku Myōō zō
Heian period
Ikaruga
Hōryū-ji
34°36′51″N 135°44′08″E / 34.614072°N 135.735645°E / 34.614072; 135.735645 (Hōryūji )
[47]
Fazang , colour on silk絹本著色香象大師像 kenpon chakushoku Kōzō Daishi zō
Kamakura period
Nara
Tōdai-ji
34°41′20″N 135°50′24″E / 34.688963°N 135.839928°E / 34.688963; 135.839928 (Tōdaiji )
[48]
Four Saintly Persons, colour on silk絹本著色四聖御影 kenpon chakushoku shi shō no miei
1256/1377
Nara
Tōdai-ji
key figures in the history of Tōdai-ji: Emperor Shōmu (rear left), Rōben (front left), Bodhisena (rear right), and Gyōki (front right); by Hokkyō Kanjō (法橋観盛 ) from Mino Province ; 1377 copy of the 1256 version pictured
34°41′20″N 135°50′24″E / 34.688963°N 135.839928°E / 34.688963; 135.839928 (Tōdaiji )
[49] [50]
Jion Daishi , colour on silk絹本著色慈恩大師像 kenpon chakushoku Jion Daishi zō
Heian period
Nara
Kōfuku-ji
from the Daijō-in (大乗院 ) [ 14]
242.2 centimetres (7 ft 11.4 in) by 124.2 centimetres (4 ft 0.9 in)
34°40′58″N 135°49′56″E / 34.682870°N 135.832222°E / 34.682870; 135.832222 (Kōfukuji )
[51]
Jion Daishi , colour on silk絹本著色慈恩大師像 kenpon chakushoku Jion Daishi zō
Heian period
Nara
Kōfuku-ji
from the Ichijō-in (一乗院 ) ; dated by the temple to the Kamakura period [ 14]
179.5 centimetres (70.7 in) by 80.6 centimetres (31.7 in)
34°40′58″N 135°49′56″E / 34.682870°N 135.832222°E / 34.682870; 135.832222 (Kōfukuji )
[52]
Shaka Triad, colour on silk絹本著色釈迦三尊像 kenpon chakushoku Shaka sanzon zō
Kamakura period (C14)
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
three scrolls; Shaka Nyorai flanked by Monju Bosatsu and Fugen Bosatsu , showing strong Chinese influence; from Shōjuraigō-ji (聖衆来迎寺 ) in Ōtsu [ 15]
117.0 centimetres (46.1 in) by 58.2 centimetres (22.9 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[53]
Shaka Triad, colour on silk絹本著色釈迦三尊像(仁王会 本尊) kenpon chakushoku Shaka sanzon zō (Ninnō-e honzon)
Kamakura period
Nara
Saidai-ji
Ninno-e honzon
34°41′37″N 135°46′46″E / 34.693583°N 135.779536°E / 34.693583; 135.779536 (Saidaiji )
[54]
Shaka with Eight Great Bodhisattvas , colour on silk絹本著色釈迦八大菩薩像 kenpon chakushoku Shaka hachi dai bosatsu zō
1320
Yamatokōriyama
Matsuo-dera (松尾寺 )
Goryeo Buddhist painting
177.3 centimetres (69.8 in) by 91.2 centimetres (35.9 in)
34°38′03″N 135°43′41″E / 34.634055°N 135.728134°E / 34.634055; 135.728134 (Matsuodera )
[55]
Shaka Preaching at Vulture Peak , colour on silk絹本著色釈迦霊鷲山説法図 kenpon chakushoku Shaka Ryōjusen seppō
Kamakura period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
with a blue-green landscape setting[ 16]
157.8 centimetres (62.1 in) by 78.2 centimetres (30.8 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[56]
Jūichimen Kannon , colour on silk絹本著色十一面観音像 kenpon chakushoku jūichimen Kannon zō
Kamakura period
Nara
Tōdai-ji
34°41′20″N 135°50′24″E / 34.688963°N 135.839928°E / 34.688963; 135.839928 (Tōdaiji )
[57]
Ten Kings of Hell, colour on silk, by Riku Shinchū絹本著色十王図〈陸信忠筆/〉 kenpon chakushoku jūō zu (Riku Shinchū hitsu)
Yuan dynasty
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
ten scrolls; alternatively dated to the Southern Song [ 17]
83.2 centimetres (32.8 in) by 47.0 centimetres (18.5 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[58]
Ten Kings of Hell, colour on silk, by Riku Chūen絹本著色十王像〈陸忠淵筆/閻羅王、泰山王、五道転輪王〉 kenpon chakushoku jūō zu (Riku Chūen hitsu)
Yuan dynasty
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
three scrolls[ 18]
85.9 centimetres (33.8 in) by 50.8 centimetres (20.0 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[59]
Twelve Devas, colour on silk, by Riku Chūen絹本著色十二天 像 kenpon chakushoku jūniten zō
Kamakura period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
twelve scrolls; Bonten pictured[ 19]
122.7 centimetres (48.3 in) by 41.8 centimetres (16.5 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[60]
Sixteen Arhats , colour on silk絹本著色十六羅漢像 kenpon chakushoku jūroku rakan zō
Kamakura period
Nara
Tōshōdai-ji
34°40′32″N 135°47′05″E / 34.675530°N 135.784807°E / 34.675530; 135.784807 (Tōshōdaiji )
[61]
Sixteen Arhats , colour on silk, eight-panel byōbu 絹本著色十六羅漢像 〈/八曲屏〉 kenpon chakushoku jūroku rakan zō
Kamakura period
Ikaruga
Hōryū-ji
pair of screens
34°36′52″N 135°44′14″E / 34.614495°N 135.737103°E / 34.614495; 135.737103 (Hōryūji )
[62]
Kasuga Mandala, colour on silk絹本著色春日曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku Kasuga mandara zu
Kamakura period
Sakurai
Nōman-in
34°32′12″N 135°54′27″E / 34.536781°N 135.907607°E / 34.536781; 135.907607 (Nōman-in )
[63]
Kasuga Mandala, colour on silk絹本著色春日曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku Kasuga mandara zu
Nanboku-chō period
Ikoma
Hōzan-ji
122.7 centimetres (48.3 in) by 54.3 centimetres (21.4 in)
34°41′04″N 135°41′12″E / 34.684314°N 135.686699°E / 34.684314; 135.686699 (Hōzanji )
[64]
Pure Land Mandala, colour on silk絹本著色浄土曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku jōdo mandara zu
Kamakura period
Sakurai
Hase-dera
34°32′09″N 135°54′25″E / 34.535834°N 135.906823°E / 34.535834; 135.906823 (Hasedera )
[65]
Pure Land Mandala, colour on silk絹本著色浄土曼荼羅図 〈(伝清海曼荼羅)/〉 kenpon chakushoku jōdo mandara zu (den-Seikai mandara)
Heian period (C12)
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
formerly identified known as the Seikai Mandala[ 20]
162.1 centimetres (63.8 in) by 134.0 centimetres (52.8 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[66]
Shinran Shōnin , colour on silk絹本著色親鸞聖人像 kenpon chakushoku Shinran Shōnin zō
Nanboku-chō period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
in the top right corner is the poem 行者宿報設女犯 我成玉女身被犯 一生之間能莊嚴 臨終引導生極樂 and at the end of the scroll the inscription 信房御影[四句文尊円親王/繪浄賀法橋]naming the painter as Jōga (1275-1356); from Jōfuku-ji (常福寺 ) in Kyoto[ 21]
120.2 centimetres (47.3 in) by 81.1 centimetres (31.9 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[67]
Star Mandala, colour on silk絹本著色星曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku hoshi mandara zu
Heian period
Ikaruga
Hōryū-ji
34°36′52″N 135°44′14″E / 34.614495°N 135.737103°E / 34.614495; 135.737103 (Hōryūji )
[68]
Star Mandala, colour on silk絹本著色星曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku hoshi mandara zu
Heian period
Ikaruga
Hōryū-ji
34°36′52″N 135°44′14″E / 34.614495°N 135.737103°E / 34.614495; 135.737103 (Hōryūji )
[69]
Ikoma Mandala, colour on silk絹本著色生駒曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku Ikoma mandara zu
Kamakura period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
depicting seven Buddhas above Ikoma Jinja , an example of the honji suijaku paradigm[ 22]
105.3 centimetres (41.5 in) by 41.9 centimetres (16.5 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[70]
Shōkō Mandala, colour on silk, by Gyōson絹本著色聖皇曼荼羅図〈尭尊筆/〉 kenpon chakushoku Shōkō mandara zu (Gyōson hitsu)
1255
Ikaruga
Hōryū-ji
34°36′52″N 135°44′14″E / 34.614495°N 135.737103°E / 34.614495; 135.737103 (Hōryūji )
[71]
Descent of the Heavenly Multitude, colour on silk絹本著色聖衆来迎図 kenpon chakushoku shōjū raigō zu
Kamakura period
Kashiba
Anichi-ji (阿日寺 )
95.0 centimetres (37.4 in) by 53.8 centimetres (21.2 in)
34°31′57″N 135°42′22″E / 34.532410°N 135.706102°E / 34.532410; 135.706102 (Anichiji )
[72]
Shōtoku Taishi Lecturing on the Shoman-kyō , colour on silk絹本著色聖徳太子勝鬘経講讃図 kenpon chakushoku Shōtoku Taishi Shōman-kyō kōsan zu
Kamakura period (C13)
Ikaruga
Hōryū-ji
210.5 centimetres (82.9 in) by 177.4 centimetres (69.8 in)
34°36′52″N 135°44′14″E / 34.614495°N 135.737103°E / 34.614495; 135.737103 (Hōryūji )
[73]
Shōtoku Taishi , colour on silk絹本著色聖徳太子像 kenpon chakushoku Shōtoku Taishi zō
Kamakura period
Ikaruga
Hōryū-ji
34°36′52″N 135°44′14″E / 34.614495°N 135.737103°E / 34.614495; 135.737103 (Hōryūji )
[74]
Senju Kannon , colour on silk絹本著色千手観音像 kenpon chakushoku Senju Kannon zō
Kamakura period (C14)
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
at the bottom of the image a dragon holding a sacred jewel rises from the waters[ 23]
100.8 centimetres (39.7 in) by 41.0 centimetres (16.1 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[75]
Senju Sengen Kannon , colour on silk絹本著色千手千眼観音像 kenpon chakushoku Senju Sengen Kannon zō
Kamakura period
Yoshino
Kimpusen-ji
34°22′07″N 135°51′29″E / 34.368609°N 135.857997°E / 34.368609; 135.857997 (Kimpusenji )
[76]
Sonshō Mandala, colour on silk絹本著色尊勝曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku sonshō mandara zu
Kamakura period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
from Myōō-in (明星院 ) [ 24]
133.8 centimetres (52.7 in) by 82.3 centimetres (32.4 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[77]
Pictorial Biography of Shōtoku Taishi , colour on silk, attributed to Tosa Mitsunobu 絹本著色太子絵伝〈(伝土佐光信筆)/〉 kenpon chakushoku Taishi e-den (den-Tosa Mitsunobu hitsu)
Muromachi period
Asuka
Tachibana-dera
eight scrolls
34°28′12″N 135°49′03″E / 34.470043°N 135.817430°E / 34.470043; 135.817430 (Tachibana-dera )
[78]
Daiitoku Myōō , colour on silk絹本著色大威徳明王像 kenpon chakushoku Daiitoku Myōō zō
Heian period
Sakurai
Tanzan Jinja
34°27′57″N 135°51′42″E / 34.465911°N 135.861705°E / 34.465911; 135.861705 (Tanzan Jinja )
[79]
Daiitoku Myōō , colour on silk絹本著色大威徳明王像 kenpon chakushoku Daiitoku Myōō zō
Kamakura period
Nara
Tōshōdai-ji
34°40′32″N 135°47′05″E / 34.675530°N 135.784807°E / 34.675530; 135.784807 (Tōshōdaiji )
[80]
Daibutchō Mandala, colour on silk絹本著色大仏頂曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku Daibutchō mandara zu
Heian period (C12)
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
devotional use of the Daibutchō mandala seems to have begun in the eleventh century[ 25]
125.5 centimetres (49.4 in) by 88.5 centimetres (34.8 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[81]
Jizō and the Ten Kings of Hell, colour on silk絹本著色地蔵十王像 kenpon chakushoku Jizō jūō zō
Kamakura period
Sakurai
Hase-dera
34°32′09″N 135°54′25″E / 34.535834°N 135.906823°E / 34.535834; 135.906823 (Hasedera )
[82]
Jizō Bosatsu , colour on silk絹本著色地蔵菩薩像 kenpon chakushoku Jizō Bosatsu zō
Kamakura period (C13)
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
with a shakujō in his right hand and hōju or sacred gem in his left, standing upon a lotus pedestal atop a flying cloud[ 26]
101.0 centimetres (39.8 in) by 36.3 centimetres (14.3 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[83]
Jizō Bosatsu , colour on silk絹本著色地蔵菩薩像 kenpon chakushoku Jizō Bosatsu zō
Kamakura period (C14)
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
with a landscape background; from Chuzō-in (中蔵院 ) in Tamano, Okayama [ 27]
92.1 centimetres (36.3 in) by 38.1 centimetres (15.0 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[84]
Nakamura Kuranosuke, colour on silk, by Ogata Kōrin 絹本著色中村内蔵助像〈尾形光琳筆/〉 kenpon chakushoku Nakamura Kuranosuke zō (Ogata Kōrin hitsu)
Edo period
Nara
Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan )
with poetic inscriptions dated to 1704
34°41′43″N 135°45′24″E / 34.695385°N 135.756662°E / 34.695385; 135.756662 (Yamato Bunkakan )
[85]
So-called Kakinomoto Miya Mandala, colour on silk絹本著色伝柿本曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku den-Kakinomoto Miya mandara zu
Kamakura period
Nara
Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan )
designation includes a related document dating to 1476
34°41′43″N 135°45′24″E / 34.695385°N 135.756662°E / 34.695385; 135.756662 (Yamato Bunkakan )
[86]
Legends of the Taima Mandala , colour on silk絹本著色当麻曼荼羅縁起 kenpon chakushoku Chūjō-hime zō
Nanboku-chō period
Katsuragi
Taima-dera
pair of scrolls
34°30′58″N 135°41′40″E / 34.516017°N 135.694357°E / 34.516017; 135.694357 (Taima-dera )
[87]
Daoxuan , colour on silk絹本著色道宣律師像 kenpon chakushoku Dōsen Risshi zō
Kamakura period (C14)
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
wearing a black kesa [ 28]
112.5 centimetres (44.3 in) by 56.2 centimetres (22.1 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[88]
White Path between Two Rivers, colour on silk絹本著色二河白道 図 kenpon chakushoku niga byakudō zu
Kamakura period (C14)
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
a Pure Land allegory[ 29]
71.0 centimetres (28.0 in) by 26.3 centimetres (10.4 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[89]
Two Heavenly Kings , colour on silk絹本著色二天王像 kenpon chakushoku ni tennō zō
Kamakura period
Nara
Kōfuku-ji
Jikoku-ten pictured and Zōchō-ten
135.5 centimetres (53.3 in) by 96.0 centimetres (37.8 in)
34°40′58″N 135°49′56″E / 34.682870°N 135.832222°E / 34.682870; 135.832222 (Kōfukuji )
[90]
Hiei Sannō Miya Mandala, colour on silk絹本著色日吉山王宮曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku Hie Sannō miya mandara zu
Nanboku-chō period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
with the twenty-one enshrined kami , and corresponding honjibutsu and seed syllables above[ 30]
120.7 centimetres (47.5 in) by 68.1 centimetres (26.8 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[91]
Hiei Sannō Miya Mandala, colour on silk絹本著色日吉山王宮曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku Hie Sannō miya mandara zu
Kamakura period
Nara
Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan )
34°41′43″N 135°45′24″E / 34.695385°N 135.756662°E / 34.695385; 135.756662 (Yamato Bunkakan )
[92]
Nyoirin Kannon , colour on silk絹本著色如意輪観音像 kenpon chakushoku Nyoirin Kannon zō
late Kamakura period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
with six arms and a gold body, as described in the Kanjizai Nyoi Bosatsu Yuga Hōyō (観自在菩薩如意輪瑜伽法要 ) [ 31]
101.7 centimetres (40.0 in) by 41.6 centimetres (16.4 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[93]
White-Robed Kannon , colour on silk絹本著色白衣観音図 kenpon chakushoku Byakue Kannon zu
1377
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
white-robed and seated on a grass-covered rock; according to the fifth chapter of the Mahavairocana Sutra , the white is the "whiteness of the pure aspiration of enlightenment"; ink inscription in the upper right corner: 稽首淨聖甘露除焔 | 眞大依怙普施福縁 | 丁巳仲夏 | 壽峯海燁謹題; stylistic considerations date 丁巳 (Yin Fire Snake according to the Sexagenary cycle ) to 1377; of Goryeo , Yuan or Ming origin[ 32] [ 33] [ 34]
99.1 centimetres (39.0 in) by 40.3 centimetres (15.9 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[94]
Bishamon-ten , colour on silk絹本著色毘沙門天像 kenpon chakushoku Bishamon-ten zō
Kamakura period
Nara
Kairyūō-ji (海龍王寺 )
34°41′34″N 135°48′20″E / 34.692863°N 135.805537°E / 34.692863; 135.805537 (Kairyūōji )
[95]
Bishamon-ten , colour on silk絹本著色毘沙門天像 kenpon chakushoku Bishamon-ten zō
Kamakura period
Ikaruga
Hōryū-ji
34°36′52″N 135°44′14″E / 34.614495°N 135.737103°E / 34.614495; 135.737103 (Hōryūji )
[96]
Fudō Myōō and Eight Child Acolytes, colour on silk絹本著色不動明王八大童子像 kenpon chakushoku Fudō Myōō hachidai dō zō
Kamakura period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
from Shakamon-in (釈迦文院 ) on Mount Kōya [ 35]
129.6 centimetres (51.0 in) by 89.3 centimetres (35.2 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[97]
Fugen Enmei , colour on silk絹本著色普賢延命 像 kenpon chakushoku Fugen Enmei zō
Kamakura period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
from Shōren-in in Kyoto [ 36]
91.3 centimetres (35.9 in) by 41.9 centimetres (16.5 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[98]
Fugen and the Ten Rasetsunyō , colour on silk絹本著色普賢十羅刹女像 kenpon chakushoku Fugen jū rasetsunyō zō
Kamakura period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
the Rasetsunyō wear jūnihitoe [ 37]
112.0 centimetres (44.1 in) by 55.0 centimetres (21.7 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[99]
Fugen Bosatsu , colour on silk絹本著色普賢菩薩像 kenpon chakushoku Fugen Bosatsu zō
Heian period (C12)
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
the episode where Fugen appears on a white elephant to protect the followers of the Lotus Sutra is from its Fugen Bosatsu kanhotsu hon (普賢菩薩勧発品 ) [ 38]
62.0 centimetres (24.4 in) by 30.7 centimetres (12.1 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[100]
Buddha ’s Parinirvana , colour on silk絹本著色仏涅槃図 kenpon chakushoku Butsu nehan zu
Heian period
Uda
Sōyū-ji (宗祐寺 )
three scrolls
34°31′54″N 135°57′32″E / 34.531707°N 135.958987°E / 34.531707; 135.958987 (Sōyūji )
[101]
Buddha ’s Parinirvana , colour on silk絹本著色仏涅槃図 kenpon chakushoku Butsu nehan zu
Heian period
Nara
Shin-Yakushi-ji
34°40′33″N 135°50′46″E / 34.675834°N 135.846145°E / 34.675834; 135.846145 (ShinYakushiji )
[102]
Buddha ’s Parinirvana , colour on silk絹本著色仏涅槃図 kenpon chakushoku Butsu nehan zu
Yuan dynasty
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
by Riku Shinchū (陸信忠 ) ; alternatively dated to the Southern Song [ 39]
157.1 centimetres (61.9 in) by 82.9 centimetres (32.6 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[103]
Monju Bosatsu , colour on silk絹本著色文殊菩薩像 kenpon chakushoku Monju Bosatsu zō
1302
Nara
Saidai-ji
34°41′37″N 135°46′46″E / 34.693583°N 135.779536°E / 34.693583; 135.779536 (Saidaiji )
[104]
Hokke Mandala, colour on silk絹本著色法華曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku Hokke mandara zu
Kamakura period
Nara
Tōshōdai-ji
122.3 centimetres (48.1 in) by 86.2 centimetres (33.9 in)
34°40′32″N 135°47′05″E / 34.675530°N 135.784807°E / 34.675530; 135.784807 (Tōshōdaiji )
[105]
Hokke Mandala, colour on silk絹本著色法華曼荼羅図 kenpon chakushoku Hokke mandara zu
Heian period
Ikaruga
Hōryū-ji
34°36′52″N 135°44′14″E / 34.614495°N 135.737103°E / 34.614495; 135.737103 (Hōryūji )
[106]
Musō Soseki , colour on silkMukyoku Shigen , colour on silk絹本著色夢窓疎石像 絹本著色無極志玄 像 kenpon chakushoku Musō Soseki zō kenpon chakushoku Mukyoku Shigen zō
Nanboku-chō period
Jissai-in (慈済院 )
112.3 centimetres (44.2 in) by 56.3 centimetres (22.2 in), 115.3 centimetres (45.4 in) by 61.1 centimetres (24.1 in)
[107]
Myōkū, colour on silk絹本著色明空法師像 kenpon chakushoku Myōkū hōshi zō
Kamakura period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
from Busshin-ji (仏心寺 ) in Shiga Prefecture[ 40]
168.5 centimetres (66.3 in) by 100.2 centimetres (39.4 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[108]
Miroku Bosatsu , colour on silk絹本著色弥勒菩薩像 kenpon chakushoku Miroku bosatsu zō
Kamakura period
Ikoma
Hōzan-ji
164.2 centimetres (64.6 in) by 88.8 centimetres (35.0 in)
34°41′04″N 135°41′12″E / 34.684314°N 135.686699°E / 34.684314; 135.686699 (Hōzanji )
[109]
Legends of Yata Jizō , colour on silk絹本著色矢田地蔵縁起 kenpon chakushoku Yata Jizō engi
Kamakura period
Yamatokōriyama
Kongōsen-ji (金剛山寺 )
pair of scrolls
34°41′04″N 135°41′12″E / 34.684314°N 135.686699°E / 34.684314; 135.686699 (Hōzanji )
[110]
Illustrated Legends of Yūzū Nenbutsu , colour on paper紙本著色融通念仏縁起絵 shihon chakushoku yūzū nenbutsu engi-e
Kamakura period
Tawaramoto
Anraku-ji (安楽寺 )
34°32′37″N 135°46′51″E / 34.543658°N 135.780932°E / 34.543658; 135.780932 (Anrakuji )
[111]
Mandala of the Two Realms , colour on silk絹本著色両界曼荼羅図〈厨子 入/〉 kenpon chakushoku ryōgai mandara zu (zushi iri)
Kamakura period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
two paintings inside a portable shrine with doors to front and rear; from Shōjuraigō-ji (聖衆来迎寺 ) in Ōtsu [ 41]
18.3 centimetres (7.2 in) by 18.5 centimetres (7.3 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[112]
Lotus Pond, colour on silk, two-panel byōbu 絹本著色蓮池図〈(旧舎利殿須弥壇 後壁貼付)/二曲屏風〉 kenpon chakushoku renchi zu
Kamakura period
Ikaruga
Hōryū-ji
from the real wall of the shumidan (altar) in the Shariden
34°36′52″N 135°44′14″E / 34.614495°N 135.737103°E / 34.614495; 135.737103 (Hōryūji )
[113]
Shishū Daishi, colour on silk絹本著色泗州大師像 kenpon chakushoku Shishū Daishi zō
Kamakura period
Nara
Kōfuku-ji
149.0 centimetres (58.7 in) by 124.2 centimetres (48.9 in)
34°40′58″N 135°49′56″E / 34.682870°N 135.832222°E / 34.682870; 135.832222 (Kōfukuji )
[114]
Buddha ’s Parinirvana , colour on silk絹本著色涅槃図 kenpon chakushoku nehan zu
Heian period
Ōji
Daruma-ji (達磨寺 )
34°35′23″N 135°42′25″E / 34.589682°N 135.706816°E / 34.589682; 135.706816 (Darumaji )
[115]
Hollyhocks and Cats at Play, colour on silk, attributed to Mao Yi絹本著色蜀葵遊猫図〈(伝毛益筆)/〉 kenpon chakushoku shokki yūbyō zu (den-Mōeki hitsu)
Southern Song
Nara
Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan )
25.3 centimetres (10.0 in) by 25.8 centimetres (10.2 in)
34°41′43″N 135°45′24″E / 34.695385°N 135.756662°E / 34.695385; 135.756662 (Yamato Bunkakan )
[116]
Water Moon Kannon , colour on silk絹本墨画水月観音像 kenpon chakushoku suigetsu Kannon zō
Nanboku-chō period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
with poetic inscription by Tennan Myōju (天庵妙受 ) [ 42]
88.0 centimetres (34.6 in) by 36.7 centimetres (14.4 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[117]
Landscape, ink and light colour on silk絹本墨画淡彩山水図〈伝趙大年筆/〉 kenpon bokuga tansai sansui zu
Southern Song
Nara
Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan )
34°41′43″N 135°45′24″E / 34.695385°N 135.756662°E / 34.695385; 135.756662 (Yamato Bunkakan )
[118]
White-Robed Kannon , ink on silk絹本墨画白衣観音図 kenpon bokuga Byakue Kannon zu
Kamakura period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
the willow in a vase and water under a rock are iconographically similar to the Yōryū (Willow) Kannon and Suigetsu (Water Moon) Kannon[ 43]
100.3 centimetres (39.5 in) by 41.4 centimetres (16.3 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[119]
Wall paintings of the Hōryū-ji Five-Storey Pagoda五重塔初層旧壁画(土壁) gojū-no-tō shosō kyū-hekiga
Nara period
Ikaruga
Hōryū-ji
18 panels on earthen render
34°36′52″N 135°44′14″E / 34.614495°N 135.737103°E / 34.614495; 135.737103 (Hōryūji )
[120]
Defenders of the Law , door paintings護法善神図絵扉 Gohō zenshin zue tobira
Kamakura period
Nara
Kōfuku-ji
from a six-sided miniature shrine (厨子 )
88.4 centimetres (34.8 in) by 30.2 centimetres (11.9 in)
34°40′58″N 135°49′56″E / 34.682870°N 135.832222°E / 34.682870; 135.832222 (Kōfukuji )
[121]
Lotus Sutra Hōtō Mandala, gold and silver paint on blue paper紺紙金銀泥法華経宝塔曼荼羅図〈(開結共)/〉 konshi kingin dei Hokke-kyō hōtō mandara zu
Heian period
Sakurai
Tanzan Jinja
ten scrolls
34°27′57″N 135°51′42″E / 34.465911°N 135.861705°E / 34.465911; 135.861705 (Tanzan Jinja )
[122]
Fine Ox, light colour on paper紙本淡彩駿牛図断簡 shihon tansai sungyū zu dankan
Kamakura period
private
[123]
Matamata Ichiraku jō, light colour on paper, by Tanomura Chikuden 紙本淡彩亦復一楽帖〈田能村竹田筆/〉 shihon Matamata Ichiraku jō (Tanomura Chikuden hitsu)
1831
Nara
Neiraku Museum
one album
34°41′10″N 135°50′14″E / 34.68603802°N 135.83713998°E / 34.68603802; 135.83713998 (Neiraku Museum )
[124]
Ippen Shōnin , light colour on paper紙本著色一遍上人絵巻 shihon chakushoku Ippen Shōnin emaki
Kamakura period
private
four scrolls
[125]
Sudhana 's Pilgrimage to Fifty-five Spiritual Teachers as described in the Flower Garland Sutra , colour on paper紙本著色華厳五十五所絵 shihon chakushoku kegon gojūgosho e
Heian period
Nara
Tōdai-ji
ten scrolls
34°41′20″N 135°50′24″E / 34.688963°N 135.839928°E / 34.688963; 135.839928 (Tōdaiji )
[126]
Sudhana 's Pilgrimage to Fifty-five Spiritual Teachers as described in the Flower Garland Sutra , colour on paper紙本著色華厳五十五所絵 shihon chakushoku kegon gojūgosho e
Heian period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
one scroll; part of a set dispersed across Tōdai-ji , the Nezu Museum , and the Fujita Art Museum [ 44]
74.7 centimetres (29.4 in) by 44.7 centimetres (17.6 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[127]
Illustrated Sutra of Cause and Effect, colour on paper紙本著色絵因果経 断簡〈巻第二上/(六十二行)〉 shihon chakushoku e-inga-kyō dankan
Nara period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
one scroll[ 45]
16.4 centimetres (6.5 in) by 115.9 centimetres (45.6 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[128]
Thirty-Six Immortals of Poetry , colour on paper (Kodai no Kimi )紙本著色三十六歌仙切〈(小大君)/佐竹家伝来〉 shihon chakushoku sanjūrokkasen setsu (Koōkimi / Satake-ke denrai)
Kamakura period
Nara
Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan )
one scroll from the Satake Family Collection
34°41′43″N 135°45′24″E / 34.695385°N 135.756662°E / 34.695385; 135.756662 (Yamato Bunkakan )
[129]
Ten Spiritual Realms , colour on paper, six-panel byōbu 紙本著色十界図〈/六曲屏風〉 shihon chakushoku jikkai zu (rokkyoku byōbu)
Muromachi period
Katsuragi
Oku-no-in
pair of screens
34°31′00″N 135°41′37″E / 34.516765°N 135.693704°E / 34.516765; 135.693704 (Oku-no-in )
[130]
Five Pure Land Patriarchs, colour on paper紙本著色浄土五祖絵〈(曇鸞巻、善導巻)/〉 shihon chakushoku jōdo goso-e
Nanboku-chō period
private
Donran and Zendō
[131]
Sesson , self-portrait, colour on silk紙本著色雪村自画像 shihon chakushoku Sesson jigazō
Muromachi period
Nara
Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan )
34°41′43″N 135°45′24″E / 34.695385°N 135.756662°E / 34.695385; 135.756662 (Yamato Bunkakan )
[132]
Sutra fan, colour on paper紙本著色扇面古写経 shihon chakushoku senmen koshakyō
Heian period
Ikaruga
Hōryū-ji
34°36′52″N 135°44′14″E / 34.614495°N 135.737103°E / 34.614495; 135.737103 (Hōryūji )
[133]
Hell of Boiling Excrement, colour on paper紙本著色地獄草紙断簡(沸屎地獄) shihon chakushoku jigoku zōshi dankan (Fusshi Jikoku)
late Heian period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
one scroll[ 46]
26.3 centimetres (10.4 in) by 104.4 centimetres (41.1 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[134]
The Eastern Journeys of Ganjin , colour on paper, by Rengyō紙本著色東征絵巻〈蓮行筆/〉 shihon chakushoku tōsei emaki (Rengyō hitsu)
1298
Nara
Tōshōdai-ji
five handscrolls
34°40′32″N 135°47′05″E / 34.675530°N 135.784807°E / 34.675530; 135.784807 (Tōshōdaiji )
[135]
Legends of the Tōdai-ji Daibutsu , colour on paper紙本著色東大寺大仏縁起〈芝琳賢筆/〉 shihon chakushoku Tōdaiji daibutsu engi (Shiba Rinken hitsu)
1536
Nara
Tōdai-ji
three scrolls
34°41′20″N 135°50′24″E / 34.688963°N 135.839928°E / 34.688963; 135.839928 (Tōdaiji )
[136]
Legends of Taima-dera , colour on paper紙本著色当麻寺縁起 shihon chakushoku Taima-dera engi
1629
private
three scrolls
[137]
Legends of Taima-dera , colour on paper, by Tosa Mitsumochi 紙本著色当麻寺縁起〈絵土佐光茂 筆/詞後奈良天皇等九筆〉 shihon chakushoku Taima-dera engi (e Tosa Mitsumochi hitsu / shi Go-Nara tennō tō kyū hitsu〉
1531
Katsuragi
Taima-dera
with poetic text in the hand of Emperor Go-Nara among others
34°30′58″N 135°41′40″E / 34.516017°N 135.694357°E / 34.516017; 135.694357 (Taima-dera )
[138]
Portrait of a Lady, colour on silk紙本著色婦人像 shihon chakushoku fujin zō
Momoyama period
Nara
Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan )
34°41′43″N 135°45′24″E / 34.695385°N 135.756662°E / 34.695385; 135.756662 (Yamato Bunkakan )
[139]
Deeds of Hōnen , colour on paper, emaki 紙本著色法然上人行状絵巻 shihon chakushoku Hōnen jōnin gyōjō emaki
Kamakura period
Katsuragi
Oku-no-in
forty-eight scrolls
34°31′00″N 135°41′37″E / 34.516765°N 135.693704°E / 34.516765; 135.693704 (Oku-no-in )
[140]
Aristocratic Gathering in Kempo 6, monochrome ink on paper紙本白描建保六年中殿御会図 hakubyō Kenpo rokunen chūden gyokai zu
Muromachi period
private
[141]
Genji Monogatari (Ukifune scroll), monochrome ink on paper紙本白描源氏物語絵(浮舟巻残巻) shihon hakubyō Genji monogatari e (Ukifune maki zankan)
Kamakura period
Nara
Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan )
one fragmentary scroll bound in a book
34°41′43″N 135°45′24″E / 34.695385°N 135.756662°E / 34.695385; 135.756662 (Yamato Bunkakan )
[142]
Iconographic Drawings of the Takao Mandala, monochrome ink on paper紙本白描高雄曼荼羅図像(胎蔵界巻第一、三、四、五 金剛界巻第一、二) shihon hakubyō Takao mandara zuzō
Heian period
Sakurai
Hase-dera
six scrolls (Diamond Realm scrolls 1, 2; Womb Realm scrolls 1, 3, 4, 5)
34°32′09″N 135°54′25″E / 34.535834°N 135.906823°E / 34.535834; 135.906823 (Hasedera )
[143]
Iconographic Drawings of Kannon , monochrome ink on paper紙本白描諸観音図像 shihon hakubyō sho Kannon zuzō
Heian period
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
contains six forms of Kannon (Shō Kannon, Senju Kannon, Batō Kannon, Fukukenjaku Kannon, Byakue Kannon, and Nyoirin Kannon)[ 47]
30.3 centimetres (11.9 in) by 1,064.3 centimetres (34 ft 11.0 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[144]
Drawings of door paintings from the Tōdai-ji Kaidan-in, monochrome ink on paper紙本白描東大寺戒壇院扉絵図 shihon hakubyō Tōdaiji Kaidan-in tobira-e zu
C12
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
thought to be a copy of the paintings on the doors of a portable shrine (厨子 ) dedicated in 755 and lost to the fires of 1180 [ 48]
28.9 centimetres (11.4 in) by 1,114.0 centimetres (36 ft 6.6 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[145]
Iconographic Drawings of Fudō Myōō , monochrome ink on paper紙本白描不動明王図像 shihon hakubyō Fudō Myōō zuzō
1245
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
includes images of Fudō Myōō, his acolytes, and his avatars[ 49]
30.5 centimetres (12.0 in) by 1,232.6 centimetres (40 ft 5.3 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[146]
Vimalakirti , colour on paper, by Bunsei 紙本墨画維摩居士像〈文清 筆/長禄元年祖黙賛〉 shihon chakushoku Yuima Kōji zō (Bunsei hitsu)
1457
Nara
Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan )
34°41′43″N 135°45′24″E / 34.695385°N 135.756662°E / 34.695385; 135.756662 (Yamato Bunkakan )
[147]
Flowers and Birds, ink on paper, six-fold byōbu , by Sesson 紙本墨画花鳥図〈雪村筆/六曲屏風〉 shihon bokuga kachō zu (Sesson hitsu rokkyoku byōbu)
C16
Nara
Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan )
pair of screens
34°41′43″N 135°45′24″E / 34.695385°N 135.756662°E / 34.695385; 135.756662 (Yamato Bunkakan )
[148]
Landscape, ink on paper, six-fold byōbu 紙本墨画山水図〈/六曲屏風〉 shihon bokuga sansui zu (rokkyoku byōbu)
Muromachi period
Nara
Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan )
pair of screens
34°41′43″N 135°45′24″E / 34.695385°N 135.756662°E / 34.695385; 135.756662 (Yamato Bunkakan )
[149]
Iconographic Drawings of the Womb Realm , ink on paper紙本墨画胎蔵図像(智証大師本) shihon bokuga Taizō zuzō
1194
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
pair of scrolls by Zenkaku (禅覚 ) [ 50]
30.3 centimetres (11.9 in) by 1,409.7 centimetres (46 ft 3.0 in), 30.3 centimetres (11.9 in) by 1,333.0 centimetres (43 ft 8.8 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[150]
Daidō Ichii, ink on paper紙本墨画大道和尚図〈伝明兆 筆/〉 shihon bokuga Daidō oshō zu (den-Minchō hitsu)
1394
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
attributed to Kichizan Minchō (吉山明兆 ) [ 51]
47.0 centimetres (18.5 in) by 16.2 centimetres (6.4 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[151]
Bamboo with a Sparrow, ink on paper紙本墨画竹雀図 shihon bokuga chikujaku zu
Nanboku-chō period
Nara
Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan )
34°41′43″N 135°45′24″E / 34.695385°N 135.756662°E / 34.695385; 135.756662 (Yamato Bunkakan )
[152]
Lü Dongbin , ink on paper, by Sesson 紙本墨画呂洞賓図〈雪村筆/〉 shihon bokuga Ryo Dōhin zu (Sesson hitsu)
C16
Nara
Kintetsu (kept at the Yamato Bunkakan )
34°41′43″N 135°45′24″E / 34.695385°N 135.756662°E / 34.695385; 135.756662 (Yamato Bunkakan )
[153]
Jūichimen Kannon 十一面向観音像(三十三身) jūichimen muki kannon-zō (sanjūsan-shin)
Kamakura period
Sakurai
Nōman-in
34°32′12″N 135°54′27″E / 34.536781°N 135.907607°E / 34.536781; 135.907607 (Nōman-in )
[154]
Pure Land Mandala, colour on silk浄土曼荼羅絹本著色掛幅〈(伝法橋慶舜筆)/〉 jōdo mandara kenpon chakushoku kakefuku (den-hokkyō keishun hitsu)
Muromachi period
Katsuragi
Taima-dera
34°30′58″N 135°41′40″E / 34.516017°N 135.694357°E / 34.516017; 135.694357 (Taima-dera )
[155]
Chikō Mandala, colour on wooden boards著色智光曼荼羅 図〈/(板絵)〉 chakushoku Chikō mandara zu (ita-e)
Kamakura period
Nara
Gangō-ji
217.0 centimetres (85.4 in) by 195.0 centimetres (76.8 in)
34°40′40″N 135°49′53″E / 34.677759°N 135.831318°E / 34.677759; 135.831318 (Gangōji )
[156]
Decorative Paintings of the Octagonal Hall, colour on wooden boards八角堂内陣装飾画(板絵著色) hakkakudō naijin sōshoku ga (ita-e chakushoku)
Heian period
Gojō
Eizan-ji (栄山寺 )
34°21′21″N 135°43′14″E / 34.355898°N 135.720669°E / 34.355898; 135.720669 (Eizanji )
[157]
Boats reaching port, colour on wooden boards板絵著色廻船入港図額 ita-e chakushoku kaisen nyūkō zu gaku
1661
Yoshino
Kimpusen-ji
34°22′07″N 135°51′29″E / 34.368609°N 135.857997°E / 34.368609; 135.857997 (Kimpusenji )
[158]
Shoson Mandala, colour on wooden boards板絵著色諸尊曼荼羅図 ita-e chakushoku shoson mandara zu
Heian period
Katsuragi
Taima-dera
two panels
34°30′58″N 135°41′40″E / 34.516017°N 135.694357°E / 34.516017; 135.694357 (Taima-dera )
[159]
Images of Kami , colour on wooden boards板絵著色神像〈永仁三年三月尭儼筆/〉 ita-e chakushoku shinzō
1295
Nara
Yakushi-ji
six panels
34°40′06″N 135°47′04″E / 34.668379°N 135.784332°E / 34.668379; 135.784332 (Yakushiji )
[160]
Senju Kannon , colour on silk絹本著色千手観音像(像内納入品) kenpon chakushoku Senju Kannon zō
Heian period (C12)
Nara
National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (kept at Nara National Museum )
found inside a 53 cm high wooden statue of Kannon [ 52]
93.8 centimetres (36.9 in) by 39.5 centimetres (15.6 in)
34°40′59″N 135°50′17″E / 34.68304159°N 135.83793274°E / 34.68304159; 135.83793274 (Nara National Museum )
[161]
Kasuga Shrine Mandala春日宮曼荼羅図 Kasuga Miya mandara zu
Kamakura period
[162]