Special/Planned Exhibits
[This exhibition has ended]
2014 Autumn Special Exhibition "Gods and Buddhas Protecting the Nation"
October 11, 2014 (Saturday) - January 12, 2015 (Monday, public holiday)
October 11, 2014 (Saturday) - January 12, 2015 (Monday, public holiday)
First period: October 11, 2014 (Saturday) - November 24 (Monday, public holiday)
Second period: November 26, 2014 (Wednesday) - January 12, 2015 (Monday, public holiday)
*Closed from December 28, 2014 (Sunday) to January 4, 2015 (Sunday)
Second period: November 26, 2014 (Wednesday) - January 12, 2015 (Monday, public holiday)
*Closed from December 28, 2014 (Sunday) to January 4, 2015 (Sunday)
Kobo Daishi Kukai, who founded Mount Koya, spread Shingon Buddhism to the world with the idea of protecting the nation. Protecting the nation is the idea of protecting the country with Buddhist teachings. In Konin 14 (823), Emperor Saga bestowed To-ji Temple (Kyoogokoku-ji Temple) to Kukai as a temple to protect the nation. In the first year of Jowa (834), Kukai also dedicated to Emperor Ninmyo a Go-Nanatsu-Nichi ritual at Shingon-in Temple in the Imperial Palace from Jowa 2 (835), January 8 to 14 to pray for the peace of the nation and the emperor's health. There are records that rituals for protecting the nation were held at Mount Koya, and many related cultural properties still exist.
Therefore, the autumn special exhibition, entitled "Gods and Buddhas Protecting the Nation," will display a number of cultural assets related to the protection of the nation, including Buddhas enshrined in ceremonies praying for the peace of the nation, scriptures for the protection of the nation, and paintings and sculptures of gods and Buddhas who are said to have gone to war to protect the nation.
Therefore, the autumn special exhibition, entitled "Gods and Buddhas Protecting the Nation," will display a number of cultural assets related to the protection of the nation, including Buddhas enshrined in ceremonies praying for the peace of the nation, scriptures for the protection of the nation, and paintings and sculptures of gods and Buddhas who are said to have gone to war to protect the nation.
Main exhibits
Sculpture | Nakiri Fudoson statue replica | Treasure Museum | |
Crafts | Important Cultural Property | Five copper bells | Shochiin Temple |
Crafts | Nine-pronged bell, owned by Empress Jingu | Volunteer Hachiman Lecture | |
Crafts | Bath oil tara | Kongobu-ji Temple | |
Painting | Important Cultural Property | One of the five powerful Bodhisattva statues with no fear | Fugenin [first half] |
Painting | Helmet Bishamonten statue | Ryukoin Temple | |
Painting | Five Power Bodhisattva Statue | Ryukoin Temple | |
Painting | Mongol Extermination Four Shrines Myojin Statue | Chinese New Year | |
Painting | Grand Marshal Myoo statue | Kongobu-ji Temple | |
Painting | The Great Mandala of the Niō Sutra | Kongobu-ji Temple | |
Calligraphy | National treasure | Blue paper gold and silver lettering sutra Nihonnō Hannya sutra Five Power Bodhisattva Statue | Kongobu-ji Temple [First Period] |
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Important Cultural Property One of the Five Great Powerful Bodhisattvas, the Fearless Ten Powerful Roar, Fugen-in Temple