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1 Mounted Archery at Nikkō Tōshōgū Shrine Edo period, 18th century Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on silk LACMA
2 Horse Races at Kamo Edo period, c. 1634-44
Sliding-door panels remounted as a pair of
six-panel folding screens; ink, color and
gold on gilded paper
CMA
1 Sumo Wrestlers and RefereeHeian period, 12th
centuryHinoki cypress with traces of ink and color Mikami Jinja
Shiga
Prefecture ICP
5 Mounted ArcherKamakura period, 12th-
13th centuryWood with color Kasuga Taisha IAO
3Ritual of the Third Month: Sumo, Bugaku,
and Lion Dance
2Ritual of the Third Month: Mounted
Archery
17Nō Costume with Design of Snow-Covered
Willows and Swallowtail ButterfliesICP
18Nō Costume with Design of Pine, Wisteria,
and Swallowtail ButterfliesICP
24 Swollen-Nosed Elder (Hanakobu Akujō)Muromachi period, 16th
century
Wood with color, metal fittings, and traces
of hairICP
22 Zen Acolyte (Kasshiki) Mask Momoyama period Wood with color ICP
19 Evil-Expelling (Tsuina) Mask Edo period Wood with color Kasuga Jinja, Seki ICP
6 21 Young Woman (Wakai Onna) MaskNanbokuchō period,
14th centuryWood with color Kasuga Jinja, Seki ICP
5Momoyama period, late
16th century
Embroidery and gold and silver leaf on
plain-weave silkKasuga Jinja, Seki
SHINTO: DISCOVERY OF THE DIVINE IN JAPANESE ART
ENTERTAINING THE GODS
6
4
3
6
Kasuga Jinja, Seki
4Edo period, 17th
century
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color
and gold on gilded paperIzumo Ōyashiro
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23 Vengeful Spirit of a Man (Ryō no Otoko) Muromachi period Wood with color ICP
20 Clench-Mouthed Demon (Beshimi) Mask Kamakura period Wood with color ICP
7 Sword Blade 1596 Steel Gifu
Prefecture ICP
8 Sword Blade 1600 Steel Gifu
Prefecture ICP
16 Bugaku Costume Top: RingaEdo period, 16th-17th
century
Front: patterned silk guaze with design of
nyoi (monk's staff), scroll pattern, and
linked clouds on yellow-green ground;
border; gold brocade with design of
paulownia and bamboo on red satin
ground, embroidery
9 Costume Top: Korobase Edo period, 17th century
Front: dark blue plain-weave silk; sleeve
openings: gold brocade with design of
paulownia, bamboo, and arabesques on
satin ground; net; hemp thread; lining:
light blue plain-weave silk with
embroidery
12 Bugaku Mask: NasoriHeian period, 12th
century
Wood with color and gold leaf over
lacquerICP
15 Bugaku Mask: Kotoraku, Kodō (Guest) Edo period Wood with red and black lacquer
14 Bugaku mask: Saisōrō Edo period Wood with color
10 Bugaku Mask: Korobase Muromachi period
Wood with color over white ground over
black lacquer and black lacquer over red
lacquer; bronze bell suspended by cord;
eyeholes fitted with bronze inserts and red
lacquer surrounds; eyebrows in applied
hide
11 Bugaku Mask: Ryōō Edo period, 17th centuryWood with color and gold leaf over
lacquer
10 13 Bugaku Mask: Sanju Edo period, 17th century Wood with vermillion lacquerKasuga Taisha,
Nara
11 7 Bugaku Screens Edo period, 17th centuryPair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color
and gold on gilded paperPrivate Collection
108
Kasuga Jinja, Seki
109
6 Kasuga Jinja, Seki
9Kasuga Taisha,
Nara
10Kasuga Taisha,
Nara
10Kasuga Taisha,
Nara
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11 8 Bugaku Screens Edo period, 1660sPair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color
and gold on gilded paperIzumo Ōyashiro
Shimane
Prefecture ICP
Muromachi period, 16th
centuryCMA
Muromachi period; first
half of the 15th centuryMIA
13 Kasuga Sacred Deer Reliquary
Kamakura period to
Nanbokuchō period,
14th century
Minature shrine: lacquered wood; Sacred
deer: gilt bronze, crystalNNM
14 Mirror with Departure from KashimaNanbokuchō period,
14th century
Bronze with molded and incised elements
and modern cord
Nanbokuchō period,
14th century
Nanbokuchō period to
Muromachi period, 14th
to 15th century
AASF
Five Buddhist Avatars Descending over the
Kasuga Shrine
Muromachi period, 15th
centuryAASF
Kasuga Shrine MandalaNanbokuchō period,
14th centuryHonolulu
17 Portrait of Fujiwara no MuchimaroKamakura period, 13th-
14th centuryHanging scroll; ink and colors on silk CMA
CMA
PUAM
33
30
CMA
15
28
Departure from Kashima Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
29
GODS AND GREAT HOUSES
12
31
Kasuga Sacred Deer Mandala Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
32
16
39
Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
38
27
18
36
Kasuga Shrine MandalaKamakura period, 14th
centuryHanging scroll; ink and colors on silk
37
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25Momoyama period,
16th century
26 1515
34 Kasuga Shrine MandalaKamakura period, 13th
century
35 Kasuga Shrine and Kōfukiji MandalaKamakura period, 14th
century
41Kamakura period, 14th
century
40Muromachi period, 15th
centuryHanging scroll; ink , color, and gold on silk YUAG
44
Sacred Name of Tenjin "Namu Tenman
Daijizai Tenjin" Invocation and Seated
Tenjin in Formal Attire
Invocation, Momoyama
period, 17th century;
Painting; Edo period,
1619
Invocation: ink on paper with gold
Painting: hanging scroll; ink, color, and
gold on silk
Dazaifu
Tenmangū
45Sacred Name of Tenjin "Namu Tenman
Daijizai Tenjin" Invocation
Muromachi period, 16th
centuryHanging scroll; ink on paper CMA
51 Festival at Yoki Tenman Jinja Edo period, 18th centuy Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk Hasedera
50 Legend of Tenjin Edo period, 19th centuryFrom a set of five hanging scrolls; ink,
color, and gold on paperOsaka Tenmangū
53
Record of One Thousand-Linked Verse
Session Held by Imagawa Ryōshun, "Fu
nanihito renga" (Linked Verses Devoted to
"Person")
1382 Book; ink and color on paper
54
Record of One Hundred-Linked Verse
Session held by Yamanaka Nagatorshi,
"Musō no renga" (Dream Linked Verses)
1598 Book; ink, gold, and silver on paper
25 43 Standing Tenjin in Formal Court AttireMomoyama period,
17th centuryHanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk Osaka Tenmangū
19 Portrait of Fujiwara no Kamatari
Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk NNM
20
21Mandala of the Sacred Name of the
Kasuga Deity
22
23
24Dazaifu
Tenmangū
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25 42 Seated Tenjin in Formal Court AttireMuromachi period, 16th
centuryHanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk Osaka Tenmangū
46Devotional Shrine with Image of Tenjin
Visiting China Edo period, 17th century
Lacquered wood with maki-e and applique
figure (oshi-e)Sata Tenjingū
52Writing Desk and Inkstone Box with Pine
and Wisteria Design
Muromachi period, 16th
century
Wood with lacquer and sprinkled gold
powder (maki-e)ICP
47
Illustrated Scrolls of the Miraculous
Origins of Matsuzaki Tenjin Shrine, scroll 2
of 6
1311Set of six handscrolls; ink, color, and gold
on silkICP
47
Illustrated Scrolls of the Miraculous
Origins of Matsuzaki Tenjin Shrine, scroll 6
of 6
1311Set of six handscrolls; ink, color, and gold
on silkHōfu Tenmangū ICP
49 The Tenjin Shrine Scrolls, scroll 1 of 2
49 The Tenjin Shrine Scrolls, scroll 2 of 2
29 48Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin
Shrine, scroll 2 of 5
Kamakura period, 13th
century
One of a set of five handscrolls; ink, color,
and gold on paperMMA
29 48Illustrated Legends of the Kitano Tenjin
Shrine, scroll 4 of 5
Kamakura period, 13th
century
One of a set of five handscrolls; ink, color,
and gold on paperMMA
30 Lion
31 Koma-inu (Korean Dog)
32 Seated Male Attendant Deity Heian period Wood Private Collection
28 Edo period, 17th centurySet of two handscrolls; ink and color on
paperMIA
GODS EMBODIED
26
Hōfu Tenmangū
27
55
Kamakura period, 14th
centuryWood with traces of color CMA
55
56
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33 DaishogunHeian period, 12th
centuryWood with pigments NNM
65 Seated Tenjin 1259 Wood with color Yoki Tenman Jinja ICP
66 Seated Tenjin 1261 Wood with color Egara Tenjinsha ICP
35 WakamiyaHeian period, 12th
centuryWood with traces of color PUAM
86 Votive Plaque of the Ten Sannō Shrines 1218 Gilt bronze ICP
91Votive Plaque of the Original Buddhist
Forms of the Twelve Kumano Avatars
Kamakura period, 14th
centuryGilt bronze ICP
37 Male and Female Kami
Heian period to
Kamakura period, 12th-
13th century
Pair of sculptures; wood with color MIA
38 Female KamiHeian period, 10th
centuryJapanese cypress with traces of color
The Museum
Yamato BunkakanIAO
39 Male Kami CMA
Female Kami CMA
Male Kami
Female Kami
Hachiman in the Guise of a Buddhist Monk AIC
34
69
36 NNM
64
59
70
62
Heian period, 10th
centuryJapanese cypress with traces of color
39
57
58
MMA
61
60
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42Nachi Pilgrimage Mandala (Nachi Sankei
Mandara)
Edo period, 16th-early
17th century
Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold leaf on
paperVassar College
43 Zaō Gongen Heian period, 12th
century
Gilt bronze with repoussé and incised
details
44 Zaō GongenKamakura period, 13th
centuryWood with color
76 Yoshino MandalaMuromachi period, first
half of the 16th centuryHanging scroll; ink and color on paper Nyoirinji
83Ise Mandala of Both Shrines (Ise Ryōkū
Mandara)
Momoyama period, late
16th centuryHanging scroll; ink and color on paper Jingu Chokokan
Mie Prefecture
ICP
82 Hie-Sannō Festival Screens Edo period, 17th centuryPair of Six-panel folding screens; ink, color
and gold on gilded paperMFA, Houston
81 Hie-Sannō Festival Screens Edo period, c. 1660-80Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color,
gold and gold leaf on paperLACMA
78Higashiyama and Cherry Blossom Viewing
at Yoshino
Edo period, early 17th
century
Pair of Six-panel folding screens; ink, color,
gold and gilding on paper
Suntory Museum
of Art
80 Hie-Sannō Festival ScreensMuromachi period, 16th
century
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color,
gold and gold leaf on paper
Suntory Museum
of Art
75
CMA
74
45
46
47
72
NNM
MOVING WITH THE GODS
41 73 En no Gyoja with Zenki and Koki
En: Kamakura period,
13th century; Zenki and
Koki: Muromachi period,
15th century
Wood with color CMA
40 63 Male and Female KamiHeian period, 12th
centuryPair of sculptures; wood with color
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77Cherry Blossom Viewing at Itsukushima
and Yoshino
Edo period, first half of
the 17th century
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color,
and gold leaf on paperMMA
79Amusements at the Golden Pavilion and
Kitano ShrineEdo period, c. 1635-65
Pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color,
and gold and silver leaf on paper
John C. Weber
Collection
50 Cosmetics Box and Contents Edo period, 17th centuryLacquer with sprinkled gold and silver
powder (maki-e)Izumo Ōyashiro
51 Mandala of the Four Deities of Mt. KōyaMuromachi period, 16th
centuryHanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk CMA
52 Akiba GongenEdo period, early 17th
centuryWood with color and gold MIA
84 Sannō Shrine MandalaKamakura period, 14th
centuryHanging scroll; ink and color on silk
The Museum
Yamato BunkakanICP
85 Sannō Mandala 1447 Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk NNM ICP
54 Hachiman Wakamiya Kamakura period Hanging scroll; ink, color and gold on silk Private Collection
55 67 Youthful Seated KamiHeian period, 12th
centuryWood with color
Iwashimizu
HachimangūICP
GIFTS FOR THE GODS
49 107Musical Instruments Donated by
Cloistered Emperor Reigen1715 see catalogue for full information
Iwashimizu
Hachimangū
48
106
COMBINATIONS: KAMI AND BUDDHIST DEITIES
87
99
53
105
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55 68 Youthful Seated KamiKamakura period, 13th
centuryWood with color
Iwashimizu
HachimangūICP
102 Komori MyōjinNanbokuchō period,
14th centuryHanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
The Museum
Yamato Bunkakan
98 DakinitenNanbokuchō period, late
14th centuryHanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk MIA
103 The Thirty Guardian DeitiesMuromachi period, 15th
centuryHanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk Private Collection
104 Iwashimizu Shrine MandalaKamakura period, 14th
centuryHanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Kyoto National
MuseumICP
58 93Mandala of the Original Buddhas of
Kumano
Kamakura period, 13th
centuryHanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk
Agency for
Cultural Affairs,
Japan
ICP
58 92 Mandala of the The Shrines at Kumano
Kamakura period to
Nanbokuchō period,
14th century
Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and cut
gold on silkCMA
59 90 Kumano Shrine Mandala
Kamakura period,
second half of the 13th
century
Hanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk MFA, Boston
59 89 Kumano Shrine MandalaNanbokuchō period,
14th centuryHanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk MMA
60 Niu MyōjinKamakura period, 14th
centuryHanging scroll; ink, color, and gold on silk MMA
61Descent of the Northern Dipper and Nine
Planets at Kasuga
Nanbokuchō period,
14th century
Hanging scroll; ink, color, gold, and cut
gold on silkCMA
97Boxes for the Kasuga Dragon Jewels; Outer
Box
97Boxes for the Kasuga Dragon Jewels; Inner
Box
56
57
88
96
62Nanbokuchō period,
14th centuryLacquered wood with color NNM ICP
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63 95 Kasuga Mandala Reliquary Shrine 1479 Lacquered wood with color TNM
CMA
AIC
65 Kasuga Mandala with Aizen MyōōKamakura period, 14th
centuryHanging scroll; ink and color on silk AASF
66 Uhō DōjiKamakura period, 13th
centuryWood MIA
67 Standing Izusan Gongen
Heian period to
Kamakura period, 12th-
13th century
Wood with color NNM
Set of two handscrolls; ink, color, and gold
on paper
94
100
71
64 101
Illustrated Miraculous Origins of the Yūzū
Nenbutsu School (Yūzū Nenbutsu Engi
Emaki)
Kamakura period, 14th
century