Objects excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara



Heian period　11th century-12th century

Objects excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara
  • D017724
Objects excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara_0
  • D017724
  • 1997/03/13

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Aristocrats of the Heian period (794–1185) buried sutras and other objects in sutra mounds (kyōzuka) on purified land, praying for their entry into the Pure Land and for the peace in the realm. This piece was among the objects buried at Mount Kinpusen, a sacred site of mountain worship, and includes an octagonal bronze mirror and copper plates cut into the shapes of deities and Buddhas. 
Object label 

Accession Number 493-0
Category Archaeological Works
Provenance Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara
Bibliography Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Nara National Museum: Object Excavated from Sutra Mounds. Nara National Museum, 1991, 120p. (Japanese)

Related Objects

Accession Number Image Object Name/Title
493-1 Bronze plate sutra (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara) Bronze plate sutra (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-2 Bronze plate sutra (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara) Bronze plate sutra (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-3 Bronze plate sutra (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara) Bronze plate sutra (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-4 Bronze plate sutra (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara) Bronze plate sutra (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-5 No image Zaō Gongen (Head), (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-6 No image Bronze object (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-7 No image Bronze plate (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-8 No image Sutra case (body), (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-9 No image Zaō Gongen (Leg), (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-10 No image Zaō Gongen (Arm), (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-11 Kyōzō (Mirror-face image), (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara) Kyōzō (Mirror-face image), (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-12 Myōō (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara) Myōō (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-13 No image Eaves metal fitting (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-14 Kyōzō (Mirror -face image) of Fudō Myōō (Acalanātha), (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara) Kyōzō (Mirror -face image) of Fudō Myōō (Acalanātha), (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-15 Shintō God (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara) Shintō God (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-16 No image Buddhist statue (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-17 No image Buddhist statue (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-18 No image Zaō Gongen (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-19 Eight-lobed mirror with design of auspicious flowers and two pheonixes (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara) Eight-lobed mirror with design of auspicious flowers and two pheonixes (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-20 No image Five-lobed mirror with design of auspicious flowers and two pheonixes (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-21 Mirror with design of flowering plants and two birds (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara) Mirror with design of flowering plants and two birds (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-22 Mirror with design of plum tree and two sparrows (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara) Mirror with design of plum tree and two sparrows (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-23 Kyōzō (Mirror-face image) of Buddha and attendants (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara) Kyōzō (Mirror-face image) of Buddha and attendants (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-24 Kyōzō (Mirror-face imate) of Zaō Gongen (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara) Kyōzō (Mirror-face imate) of Zaō Gongen (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-25 No image Zaō Gongen (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-26 No image Buddhist statue (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-27 No image Zaō Gongen (Leg), (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-28 No image Eaves metal fitting (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-29 No image Eaves metal fitting (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
493-30 No image Zaō Gongen (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-1
Image Bronze plate sutra (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Object Name/Title Bronze plate sutra (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-2
Image Bronze plate sutra (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Object Name/Title Bronze plate sutra (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-3
Image Bronze plate sutra (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Object Name/Title Bronze plate sutra (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-4
Image Bronze plate sutra (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Object Name/Title Bronze plate sutra (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-5
Image No image
Object Name/Title Zaō Gongen (Head), (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-6
Image No image
Object Name/Title Bronze object (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-7
Image No image
Object Name/Title Bronze plate (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-8
Image No image
Object Name/Title Sutra case (body), (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-9
Image No image
Object Name/Title Zaō Gongen (Leg), (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-10
Image No image
Object Name/Title Zaō Gongen (Arm), (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-11
Image Kyōzō (Mirror-face image), (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Object Name/Title Kyōzō (Mirror-face image), (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-12
Image Myōō (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Object Name/Title Myōō (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-13
Image No image
Object Name/Title Eaves metal fitting (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-14
Image Kyōzō (Mirror -face image) of Fudō Myōō (Acalanātha), (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Object Name/Title Kyōzō (Mirror -face image) of Fudō Myōō (Acalanātha), (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-15
Image Shintō God (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Object Name/Title Shintō God (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-16
Image No image
Object Name/Title Buddhist statue (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-17
Image No image
Object Name/Title Buddhist statue (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-18
Image No image
Object Name/Title Zaō Gongen (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-19
Image Eight-lobed mirror with design of auspicious flowers and two pheonixes (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Object Name/Title Eight-lobed mirror with design of auspicious flowers and two pheonixes (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-20
Image No image
Object Name/Title Five-lobed mirror with design of auspicious flowers and two pheonixes (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-21
Image Mirror with design of flowering plants and two birds (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Object Name/Title Mirror with design of flowering plants and two birds (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-22
Image Mirror with design of plum tree and two sparrows (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Object Name/Title Mirror with design of plum tree and two sparrows (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-23
Image Kyōzō (Mirror-face image) of Buddha and attendants (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Object Name/Title Kyōzō (Mirror-face image) of Buddha and attendants (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-24
Image Kyōzō (Mirror-face imate) of Zaō Gongen (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Object Name/Title Kyōzō (Mirror-face imate) of Zaō Gongen (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-25
Image No image
Object Name/Title Zaō Gongen (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-26
Image No image
Object Name/Title Buddhist statue (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-27
Image No image
Object Name/Title Zaō Gongen (Leg), (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-28
Image No image
Object Name/Title Eaves metal fitting (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-29
Image No image
Object Name/Title Eaves metal fitting (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)
Accession Number 493-30
Image No image
Object Name/Title Zaō Gongen (Excavated from sutra mound at Kimpu-sen, Nara)

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