Important Cultural Property
Kasuga Deer Mandala

Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk
H 76.5, W 40.5
Kamakura period　13th century-14th century

Kasuga Deer Mandala
  • H046218
Kasuga Deer Mandala_0
  • H046218
  • 2018/11/07
Kasuga Deer Mandala_1
  • H046219
  • 2018/11/07
Kasuga Deer Mandala_2
  • H046220
  • 2018/11/07
Kasuga Deer Mandala_3
  • H046221
  • 2018/11/07
Kasuga Deer Mandala_4
  • H046222
  • 2018/11/07
Kasuga Deer Mandala_5
  • H046223
  • 2018/11/07
Kasuga Deer Mandala_6
  • J004639
  • 2018/11/07
Kasuga Deer Mandala_7
  • J004640
  • 2018/11/07
Kasuga Deer Mandala_8
  • J004641
  • 2018/11/07
Kasuga Deer Mandala_9
  • J004642
  • 2018/11/07
Kasuga Deer Mandala_10
  • D017052
  • 1996/12/20
Kasuga Deer Mandala_11
  • A024783
  • 1996/12/20

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A fantastical vision rendered in a careful and precise brush, the sacred deer who conveys the Kasuga deities flies in on a majestic cloud from the backdrop of a gorgeous landscape: Mount Mikasa, resplendent with blossoming trees and the silhouette of Mount Kasuga in the distance. Each branch of the deified Sakaki tree mounted on his saddle extends to carry one of the Kasuga deities, here represented in their Buddhist forms (honji butsu).
 
KITAZAWA NatsukiEnglish by Mary Lewine 
Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, p.335, no.182. 

Accession Number 1182-0
Category Paintings
Bibliography Splendors of court devotion : shrine treasures from Wakamiya and Kasuga Taisha in Nara : special exhibition : celebrating the cyclical rebuilding of Wakamiya Shrine. Nara National Museum, 2022.10, 163p. Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, 354p. On-Matsuri and the sacred art of Kasuga. Nara National Museum, 2015.12. 80p. On-Matsuri and the Sacred Art of Kasuga : Feature Exhibition. Nara National Museum, 2013, 96p. (Japanese) On-Matsuri and the sacred art of Kasuga. Nara National Museum, 2010, 75, ivp. (Japanese) On-Matsuri and the sacred art of Kasuga. Nara National Museum, 2009, 75, ivp. (Japanese) On-Matsuri and the sacred art of Kasuga. Nara National Museum, 2008, 75, ivp. (Japanese) Shinto Gods and Buddhist deities: syncretic faith in Japanese art. Nara National Museum, 2007, 333p. (Japanese) Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of the Nara National Museum: Buddhist Painting. Nara National Museum, 2002, 169p. (Japanese) Sacred Art of Kasuga. Nara National Museum,1997, 35p. (Japanese)

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