Important Cultural Property
Tōdaiji Kaidan'in Tobiraezuzō

Handscroll; ink on paper
H 28.9, L 1114.0, Total L 11136.5
Heian period　12th century

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These drawings copy the paintings on the doors of a zushi enshrined in around 755 (Tenpyō Shōhō 7) at the Kaidan’in of Tōdaiji Temple. The drawings were copied before Taira no Shigehira (1157–1185) set fire to Kōfukuji and Tōdaiji during the Siege of Nara in 1180 (Jishō 4), when these exquisite Tenpyō-period paintings and countless other masterworks were lost. Altogether there are sixteen images; they include bodhisattvas making offerings, Bonten (Skt. Brahmā), Taishakuten (Skt. Śakra), the Four Guardian Kings (Shitennō), and the Niō, the intimidating duo often installed at temple gates.
 
TANIGUCHI KoseiEnglish by Mary Lewine 
Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, p.332, no.207. 

Accession Number 1423-0
Category Paintings
Bibliography Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, 354p. The Buddhist master sculptor Kaikei : timeless beauty from the Kamakura period : special exhibition. Nara National Museum, 2017.4, 264p. Children's Exhibition: Exploring Buddhist coloring. Nara National Museum, 2007, 46p. (Japanese)

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