Iconographic Drawings from the Kaidan’in Doors at Tōdaiji Temple

Ink on paper
H (of each): 121.2 cm, W (of each): 72.4 cm
Kamakura period　12th century-13th century

Iconographic Drawings from the Kaidan’in Doors at Tōdaiji Temple
  • H027020
Iconographic Drawings from the Kaidan’in Doors at Tōdaiji Temple_0
  • H027020
  • 2014/09/26
Iconographic Drawings from the Kaidan’in Doors at Tōdaiji Temple_1
  • H027025
  • 2014/09/26

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These drawings copy the paintings of Bonten (Skt. Brahmā), Taishakuten (Skt. Śakra), and the Four Guardian Kings (Shitennō) from the doors of a zushi enshrined in around 755 (Tenpyō Shōhō 7) at the Kaidan’in of Tōdaiji Temple. The Kusha Mandala, which dates to the latter part of the Heian period (794–1185) and remains at Tōdaiji, features these six deities as they are seen here, suggesting that the zushi representations were so highly regarded as to be authoritative even centuries later.
 
TANIGUCHI KoseiEnglish by Mary Lewine 
Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, p.332, no.208. 

Accession Number 1550-0
Category Paintings
Bibliography Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, 354p.

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