Bodhisattva Ekadaśamukha｜Nara National Museum

Bodhisattva Ekadaśamukha

Wood, joined block construction
H 46.6
Kamakura period　
13th century
Jōkyū 3　

H009083

H009083
2011/02/23

D003743

A020951

A020953

The ink inscription was written inside of the body and the colophon on the Diamond sutra deposited therein, suggesting that this statue was made by the Buddhist sculptor Zen'en in 1221 based upon the faith in the Kasuga deity. The eleven-headed Kannon was enshrined as an original substance of Buddhist deity (honji) in the Forth shrine of Kasuga Shisho Myōjin (the Four Gods of Kasuga).

Shigeki Iwata
Masterworks from the Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall at the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2010, p.141, no.132.

Accession Number	803-0
Category	Sculptures
Artist, Maker or Writer	By Zen'en
Bibliography	Masterworks from the Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall at the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2013, 168p. Faith in Form and Figure: Encountering Buddhist Images. Nara National Museum, 2013, 148p. Jōkei : a Monk at the Heart of Kamakura-era Buddhism : Special 800th Memorial Exhibition. Nara National Museum, 2012, 286p. (Japanese) Masterworks from the Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall at the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2012, 168p. Masterworks from the Nara Buddhist Sculpture Hall at the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2010, 160p. Masterpieces from the Collection of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 1997, 350p. (Japanese) Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Nara National Museum: Sculptures. Nara National Museum, 1989, 111p. (Japanese)

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803-1		Bodhisattva Ekadaśamukha
803-2		Kongō-hannya-haramitsu-kyō (Vajracchedika-sutra)

Accession Number	803-1
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Object Name/Title	Bodhisattva Ekadaśamukha

Accession Number	803-2
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Object Name/Title	Kongō-hannya-haramitsu-kyō (Vajracchedika-sutra)