Omizutori: The Water-Drawing Rite
Nara National Museum · Nara · –
Tōdai-ji's Shuni-e at the Nigatsu-dō hall, popularly called Omizutori, was begun in 752 by the monk Jicchū; its formal name is the Eleven-Headed Kannon Repentance Rite, and its main rites run from March 1 to 15. This special display at the Nara National Museum presents the ceremony across the museum's collection fields. The title and dates are those in the FY2026 plan of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, which runs the museum; check the museum's site for the works on view.
Exhibition information
Plan your visit
- Opening hours
- 9:30–17:00 Last admission 30 minutes before closing.
- Closed
- Mondays (Feb 8, 15 and 22, Mar 1 and 8).
- Closed during the exhibition
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- Admission
- Adult ¥700
- University students ¥350
- Reservation
- Regular admission for the collection galleries and special displays (the museum's site could not be read automatically; check it for current details). Free for high-school students and anyone under 18, visitors aged 70 and over (with ID), and disabled visitors with an equal number of carers.
- Address
- 50 Noboriōji-chō, Nara 630-8213 (in Nara Park)
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Sources for this page
- Source · www.nich.go.jp Information verified
- Official exhibition page · www.narahaku.go.jp Information verified
- Official exhibition page · www.todaiji.or.jp Information verified
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