During “Beautiful Buddhas: Masterpieces of Buddhist Painting from the Nezu Collection " (Saturday, July 27 - Sunday, August 25, 2024)
- “Beautiful Buddhas: Masterpieces of Buddhist Painting from the Nezu Collection " (cont'd)
- In Gallery 2, please enjoy Buddhist paintings from Zen sect temples, Yuan-period China and Goryeo.
- Nyoirin-kannon Bosatsu (Cintāmaṇicakra)
- China Yuan dynasty, 13th–14th centuries
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- The Allure of Buddhist Art: Small Gilded Buddhist Statues and Buddhist Implements from Japan
- The Buddhist art works collected by Nezu Kaichirō, Sr. (1860–1940) form one of the pillars of the Nezu Museum collection. Examples of Gandharan and Chinese stone sculpture from his collection appear in the Entrance Hall. Gallery 3 presents small gilded Buddhist statues and copper Buddhist implements with Buddhist images rendered on them.
- Standing Kannon-bosatsu(Avalokiteśvara)
- Japan Nara period, 8th century
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- Ancient Chinese Bronzes
- The Nezu Museum collection of bronzes is world-renowned, and particularly strong in the area of late Shang (17th to 11th centuries BC) dynasty vessels, the pinnacle production period of this medium.
- Double-Ram Zun
- Bronze
- China; probably Hunan province, 13-11th centuries B.C.
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- “Beautiful Buddhas: Masterpieces of Buddhist Painting from the Nezu Collection " (cont'd)
- In Gallery 5, here we gathered masterpieces of iconographic drawings of Esoteric Buddhism and picture scrolls of Buddhas.
- Illustrated Sutra of Cause and Effect, vol.4
- Painting: Keinin, Shōjumaru Calligraphy: Ryōsei
- Japan Kamakura period, dated 1254
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- Tea Gathering in Memoriam
- Tea gatherings in memoriam are held during Obon, the event for honoring the ancestors, and on the anniversaries of individuals’ deaths. Using utensils that the departed had cherished or that are associated with Buddhist memorial services expresses memories of the dead and memorializes that person.
- Vase Repurposed from Sutra Case
- Japan Heian period, 12th century
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- Decorated Clock
- This splendid Qing dynasty clock, a favorite of the Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), is not to be missed.
- Clock Decorated with a Bird on a Cup
- England, 18th century
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