Kūkai: an in-depth guide to all 90 works

From Kūkai’s own handwriting to ritual objects still sounded today, enter 1,200 years of esoteric Buddhist images, ritual, and belief through a multilingual audio guide.

Celebrating 1250 Years Since the Birth of the Great Master Kūkai: Kūkai and the Treasures of Shingon Buddhism — Tokyo National Museum · –

Works

  1. 1. Seated Portrait of Kōbō Daishi
  2. 2. Portraits of the Eight Shingon Patriarchs
  3. 3. Illustrated Biography of Kōbō Daishi, Scrolls 3 and 10
  4. 4. Thirty Fascicle Booklets, Fascicles 6, 18, 22, and 24
  5. 5. Treatise on the Ten Stages of Mind in the Secret Mandala, Fascicles 6 and 7
  6. 6. Biography of Kōbō Daishi in the Hand of Emperor Go-Uda (National Treasure)
  7. 7. Testament with Handprints in the Hand of Emperor Go-Uda (National Treasure)
  8. 8. Twenty-Five-Article Testament of Kōbō Daishi (Important Cultural Property)
  9. 9. Seated Shō Kannon Bodhisattva (Hollow Dry Lacquer)
  10. 10. Gilt-Bronze Finial of a Monk’s Staff (National Treasure)
  11. 11. Gilt-Bronze Five-Pronged Vajra Bell with the Four Heavenly Kings
  12. 12. Carved Wooden Mandalas of the Two Realms
  13. 13. Enma-ten Image
  14. 14. Folding Screens of the Twelve Devas
  15. 15. Maitreya Bodhisattva
  16. 16. Five Great Wisdom Kings (Godai Myōō)
  17. 17. Peacock Myōō (Peacock Wisdom King)
  18. 18. Aizen Myō-ō
  19. 19. Two Mandalas of the Two Realms (Daigo-ji version)
  20. 20. Mandala of the Two Realms (Ryukoin version)
  21. 21. Dainichi-kyō (Mahāvairocana Sutra), vols. 1 and 7
  22. 22. Hara Diagram (within Esoteric Buddhist images)
  23. 23. Shōten (Kangiten) image (within Esoteric Buddhist images)
  24. 24. Image of the Shinsa Daishō (Deep-Sand General)
  25. 25. Standing Jikongōshin (by Kaikei)
  26. 26-1. Standing Figure of Shinsha Daishō (attributed to Kaikei)
  27. 26-2. Hōkyōin Dharani (item placed inside the standing figure of Shinsha Daishō)
  28. 27. Besshon Zakki (Volume 14: The Rain-Invoking Sutra; Volume 26: Kokūzō)
  29. 28. Kakuzenshō: Shōten-hō and Enma-ten-hō (Vol. 130, Vol. 144)
  30. 29. Tang-Model Mandala Images (within Esoteric Buddhist Imagery)
  31. 30. Takao Mandala Images
  32. 31. Twelve Heavenly Deities (Juni-ten)
  33. 32. Five Great‑Power Bodhisattvas
  34. 33. Kakuzenshō: Goshichinichi Ritual (Volumes 159–160)
  35. 34. Goshichinichi Layout (from the Miyō-chō)
  36. 35. Emaki of Annual Court Ceremonies (copy)
  37. 36. Images of the Twelve Heavenly Deities (Rasetsu-ten, Suiten, Fūten)
  38. 37. Standing Figures: Kannon Bodhisattva, Bonten, and Taishakuten (the "Nima" Kannon)
  39. 38. Kōbō Daishi with the Two Myōjin of Niutsuhime and Kōya (Honzon for Question-and-Answer Lectures)
  40. 39. Kōbō Daishi with the Two Myōjin of Niu and Kōya
  41. 40. Lotus-Pond Maki-e Sutra Box
  42. 41. Lotus-Pond Makie Sutra Box (Kanshū-ji version)
  43. 42. One Character, One Buddha: Prefatory Section of the Lotus Sutra
  44. 43. Sennyū-ji Kan'en-sho (written by Shunjo 俊芿)
  45. 44. Mandala of the Sutra for Protecting Children
  46. 45. The Buddha's Discourse on the Dharani for Protecting Children
  47. 46. Thousand-armed Avalokiteśvara
  48. 47. Shaka Triad (attributed to Ryosen)
  49. 48. Portrait of Emperor Toba
  50. 49. Image of Samantabhadra and the Ten Rākṣasīs
  51. 50. Standing Eleven-faced Kannon Bodhisattva (bronze)
  52. 51. Gilt-Bronze Openwork Reliquary Stupa
  53. 52. Sword with Three-pronged Vajra Hilt
  54. 53. Gilt-bronze Samaya Five-Pronged Bell
  55. 54. Gilt-bronze Pagoda Bell
  56. 55. Gilt-Copper Jewel Bell
  57. 56. Gilt-bronze Five-Vajra Bell
  58. 57. Gilt-bronze dokkō bell
  59. 58. Gilt-Copper Three-Pronged Bell (Replica)
  60. 59. Gilt-Bronze Handled Incense Burner with Bottle-shaped Counterweight (Sonei-ji version)
  61. 60. Gilt‑copper‑mounted kaitei box with mikkan hōju, rinpō and kamma motifs
  62. 61. Gilt-copper Handled Censer with Bottle Counterweight (Kongō-ji version)
  63. 62. Shigisan Engi Emaki
  64. 63. Gilt Copper Bowl
  65. 64. Ishiyamadera Engi Emaki
  66. 65. Kanshu-ji Engi Emaki (Kanshu-ji Origin Tale Handscroll)
  67. 66. Seated Shakyamuni Tathāgata (one of the Tower-Based Four Buddhas)
  68. 67. Seated Five Wisdom Tathāgatas (five figures)
  69. 68. Seated Tathāgata Butsugen‑Bummo (formerly attributed to Maitreya)
  70. 69. Seated Maitreya (formerly identified as Hōshō Nyorai)
  71. 70. Seated Dainichi Nyorai
  72. 71. Standing Statue of Bishamonten
  73. 72. Seated Yakushi Nyorai (Medicine Buddha)
  74. 73. Standing Figure of Kisshōten
  75. 74. Seated Aizen Myōō
  76. 75. Seated Fudō Myō-ō (by Kaikei)
  77. 76. Seated Vajrasattva
  78. 77. Standing Jizō Bodhisattva (by Higo Bettō Jōkei)
  79. 78. Standing Jizō Bodhisattva (Black Jizō)
  80. 79. Standing Eleven-Faced Kannon Bodhisattva
  81. 80. Zushi-Enclosed Five Great Myōō (by Tankai)
  82. 81. Kurikara Dragon‑Sword
  83. 82. Seated Yakushi Nyorai
  84. 83. Seated Nyoirin Kannon Bodhisattva
  85. 84. Standing Eleven‑faced Kannon (honzon of the Shōgatsu-dō; secret image)
  86. 85. Standing Statue of the Thousand‑Armed Kannon Bodhisattva
  87. 86. Seated Shakyamuni Tathāgata (Sanpei Zuizō)
  88. 87-1. Standing Eleven-Faced Kannon Bodhisattva in a Zushi
  89. 87-2. Incense Wood Fragments Inscribed "Ranshatai"
  90. 88. Seated Image of Kōgyō Daishi

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