Special/Planned Exhibits
[This exhibition has ended]
2016 Spring Exhibition
"Special Feature: The World of Sutras"
Period: April 16, 2016 (Saturday) - July 3 (Sunday)
"Special Feature: The World of Sutras"
Period: April 16, 2016 (Saturday) - July 3 (Sunday)
First period: April 16, 2016 (Saturday) - May 22 (Sunday)
Second Term: May 24, 2016 (Tuesday) - July 3 (Sunday)
Second Term: May 24, 2016 (Tuesday) - July 3 (Sunday)
The Issaikyo is a collection of Buddhist scriptures, and has been repeatedly copied and published since ancient times. In Japan,LuxuryWe will introduce four types of Buddhist scriptures, including the "Ichi-kyo Sutra with Gold and Silver Letters on Blue Paper" and "Ichi-kyo Sutra with Gold Letters on Blue Paper" from the Heian period, which are representative of these, as well as the "Song Edition Ichi-kyo Sutra" and "Koryo Edition Ichi-kyo Sutra" that were printed in China and the Korean peninsula and brought to Japan, and guide you into the beautiful world of Buddhist scriptures.
Main exhibits
National treasure | Blue paper gold and silver lettering of the scriptures | <Kongobu-ji Temple>※ |
National treasure | Bifukumonin Reiji | <Kongobu-ji Temple> |
Important Cultural Property | Gold-lettered Sutra on Dark Blue Paper | <Kongobu-ji Temple>※ |
Important Cultural Property | Song Edition of the Complete Buddhist Canon | <Kongobu-ji Temple> |
Important Cultural Property | The Goryeo Edition of the Buddhist Canon | <Kongobu-ji Temple> |
Important Cultural Property | Luminous Prajnaparamita Sutra Volume 9 (Empress Komyo Gansutra) | <Ryukoin Temple> |
Unspecified | Sorrow sutra volume (Empress Komyo Gansutra) | <Hoki-in Temple> |
*Partially replaced in the first and second half of the year
Important Cultural Property: Sixtieth volume of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (among all sutras in gold letters on dark blue paper)
Special exhibition of "Throwing Flowers - Entering Esoteric Buddhism" by Tatsuo Takayama
Additionally, the main building’s Shiunden Hall will host a special exhibition of the folding screen by Japanese painter Tatsuo Takayama (1912-2007) “Touka – Entering Esoteric Buddhism,” donated to Kongobu-ji Temple in 1999.
"Touka - Entering Esoteric Buddhism" by Tatsuo Takayama
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