By period
237 works, oldest first.
Asuka period9 · 8 by unknown hands
Miroku Bosatsu in Half-lotus Meditation
7th century
Kōryū-ji, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Standing Kannon Bosatsu, known as Kudara Kannon
first half to mid-7th century
Hōryū-ji, Ikaruga, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Shaka Triad
623
Kondō, Hōryū-ji, Ikaruga, Nara
Kuratsukuri no Tori
Bosatsu in Half-lotus Meditation
7th century
Chūgū-ji, Ikaruga, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Kōmokuten and Tamonten, from the Four Heavenly Kings
7th century
Kondō, Hōryū-ji, Ikaruga, Nara
Sculptor unknown
No photograph available
Amida triad in a single mandorla (Ikkō Sanzon)
said to be Asuka period
Main hall, Zenkō-ji, Nagano
Sculptor unknown
No photograph available
Standing Guze Kannon
7th century
Yumedono, Hōryū-ji, Ikaruga, Nara
Sculptor unknown
No photograph available
Shō Kannon (Āryāvalokiteśvara)
said to be 628
Main hall, Sensō-ji, Taitō, Tokyo
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Standing Kannon (Avalokiteśvara), bronze, two figures
692
Gakuen-ji, Izumo, Shimane
Sculptor unknown
Nara period11 · 11 by unknown hands
Seated Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni)
8th century
Kaniman-ji, Kizugawa, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Yakushi Triad
late 7th–early 8th century (Hakuhō)
Main Hall, Yakushi-ji, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Standing Ashura
ca. 734
Kōfuku-ji, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Standing Fukūkenjaku Kannon (Amoghapāśa)
8th century
Hokke-dō, Tōdai-ji, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Seated Thousand-armed Kannon
8th century
Fujii-dera, Fujiidera, Osaka
Sculptor unknown
Standing Shukongōjin
8th century
Hokke-dō, Tōdai-ji, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Seated Birushana (Vairocana), the Great Buddha of Nara
dedicated 752
Great Buddha Hall, Tōdai-ji, Nara
Sculptor unknown
The Images of the Golden Hall
8th century
Kondō, Tōshōdai-ji, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Jikokuten, from the Four Heavenly Kings
8th century
Kaidan-in, Tōdai-ji, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Seated portrait of the priest Ganjin
c. 763
Miei-dō, Tōshōdai-ji, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha)
second half of the 8th century
Shōrin-ji, Sakurai, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Heian period68 · 61 by unknown hands
Miroku Bosatsu (Maitreya) cliff carving
date unknown (variously late Nara, early Heian, or late Heian)
Kasagi-dera, Kasagi, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Uchigawa cliff inscription
early Heian period
Uchigawa cliff inscription, Gojō, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Standing Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru)
late 8th to early 9th century
Jingo-ji, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Standing Gōzanze Myōō (Trailokyavijaya)
839
Kōdō, Tō-ji, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Taishakuten (Śakra/Indra) Seated in Half-lotus
839
Kōdō, Tō-ji, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha)
9th century
Dōgan-ji Kannon-dō, Kōgen-ji, Nagahama, Shiga
Sculptor unknown
Seated Nyoirin Kannon (Cintāmaṇicakra)
early Heian period, 9th century
Kondō, Kanshin-ji, Kawachinagano, Osaka
Sculptor unknown
Seated Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni)
9th century
Murō-ji, Uda, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha)
9th–10th century
Hokke-ji, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Standing Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni)
985
Seiryō-ji, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Daihizan stone Buddhas
Heian period
Daihizan stone Buddhas
Sculptor unknown
Jigokudani cave Buddhas
Heian period
Jigokudani cave Buddhas
Sculptor unknown
Kasugayama cave Buddhas
Heian period
Kasugayama cave Buddhas
Sculptor unknown
Sanuki stone Buddhas
Heian–Kamakura period
Sanuki stone Buddhas
Sculptor unknown
Seated portrait of the priest Rōben
1018
Kaisan-dō, Tōdai-ji, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Yakushi Nyorai, Ōita Motomachi stone Buddhas
late Heian period (mid-11th century)
Motomachi stone Buddhas, Ōita
Sculptor unknown
Takase stone Buddhas
mid to late Heian period
Takase stone Buddhas, Ōita
Sculptor unknown
Seated Amida Nyorai (Amitābha)
1053
Phoenix Hall, Byōdō-in, Uji, Kyoto
Jōchō
Standing Jūni Shinshō (Twelve Heavenly Generals)
1064
Kōryū-ji, Kyoto
Chōsei
Seated Amida Nyorai (Amitābha)
11th–12th century
Hōkai-ji, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Komasaka cliff carving (Buddha triad)
date unknown (variously late 8th century, Hakuhō, or late Heian)
Komasaka cliff carving, Rittō, Shiga
Sculptor unknown
Wada Great Buddha
Heian period
Wada, Sukagawa, Fukushima
Sculptor unknown
Great Buddha-form cliff carving, Daimon Butsudani
late Heian period
Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Fudō Myōō Triad, Inukai stone Buddhas
late Heian to Kamakura period
Inukai stone Buddhas, Bungo-Ōno, Ōita
Sculptor unknown
Amida Triad cliff carving, Iyadani-ji
Heian–Kamakura period
Iyadani-ji, Mitoyo, Kagawa
Sculptor unknown
Dainichi Nyorai (Mahāvairocana), Kumano cliff carvings
late Heian period
Kumano cliff carvings, Bungotakada, Ōita
Sculptor unknown
Ogata Miyasako East stone Buddhas
late Heian period
Ogata Miyasako East stone Buddhas, Bungo-Ōno, Ōita
Sculptor unknown
Ogata Miyasako West stone Buddhas
late Heian period
Ogata Miyasako West stone Buddhas, Bungo-Ōno, Ōita
Sculptor unknown
Sugao cliff carvings
late Heian period
Sugao cliff carvings, Bungo-Ōno, Ōita
Sculptor unknown
Seated Dainichi Nyorai (Mahāvairocana), Furuzono cliff carvings
late Heian period
Furuzono cliff carvings, Usuki, Ōita
Sculptor unknown
Hoki cliff carvings, group one
late Heian period
Hoki group one, Usuki cliff carvings, Usuki, Ōita
Sculptor unknown
Hoki cliff carvings, group two
late Heian period
Hoki group two, Usuki cliff carvings, Usuki, Ōita
Sculptor unknown
Sannōzan cliff carvings
late Heian period
Sannōzan group, Usuki cliff carvings, Usuki, Ōita
Sculptor unknown
Standing Zaō Gongen
1168
Treasure hall, Sanbutsu-ji, Misasa, Tottori
Sculptor unknown
Seated Dainichi Nyorai (Mahāvairocana)
1176
Enjō-ji, Nara
Unkei
Zuigan-ji cliff carvings
end of Heian to mid-Muromachi period
Zuigan-ji, Kokonoe, Ōita
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Standing Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru)
Heian period
Konpon-chūdō, Enryaku-ji, Ōtsu, Shiga
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Standing Thousand-armed Kannon (Sahasrabhuja)
first half of the 9th century
Ōgashima-ji, Oku, Setouchi, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Standing Kannon (Avalokiteśvara)
9th century
Myōō-ji, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Standing Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru)
early Heian period
Yakushi hall, Kōryū-ji, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha)
early 10th century
Haga-ji, Obama, Fukui
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Fudō Myōō (Acala) with two attendant boys, three figures
10th century
Yūzan-ji, Maniwa, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha)
c. 951
Rokuharamitsu-ji, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Seated Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru)
mid to late 10th century
Yokei-ji, Oku, Setouchi, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Standing Bishamonten (Vaiśravaṇa)
Heian period
Anyō-ji, Kurashiki, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Iwaya-ji stone Buddhas
late Heian period
Iwaya-ji stone Buddhas
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Standing Jizō (Kṣitigarbha)
Heian period
Kōsan-ji, Ibara, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Standing Shō Kannon (Āryāvalokiteśvara)
Heian period, somewhat later than the Yakushi
Yokei-ji, Oku, Setouchi, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Kokūzō Bosatsu cliff carving, Mt. Kasagi
mid-Heian period
Kokūzō Bosatsu cliff carving, Mt. Kasagi
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Magari stone Buddhas
end of the Heian period
Magari stone Buddhas
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Nabeyama cliff carvings
Heian period
Nabeyama cliff carvings
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Nisseki-ji cliff carving
Heian period
Nisseki-ji cliff carving
Sculptor unknown
No photograph available
Ōya cliff carvings
Heian to Kamakura period
Ōya cliff carvings
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Rock-face Great Buddha, Takkoku no Iwaya
Heian period
Rock-face Great Buddha, Takkoku no Iwaya
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru)
1071
Dairen-ji, Kyoto
Kakujō
Photographs wanted
Standing Bishamonten (Vaiśravaṇa), main hall
Heian period
Main hall, Kurama-dera, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha)
late Heian period
Anyō-ji, Mimasaka, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha)
late Heian period
Main hall, Jōdo-ji, Onomichi, Hiroshima
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Standing Shō Kannon (Āryāvalokiteśvara)
late Heian period
Hōkai-in, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Seated Nyoirin Kannon (Cintāmaṇicakra)
late Heian period
Main hall, Ishiyama-dera, Ōtsu, Shiga
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Seated Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru)
1103
Ninna-ji, Kyoto
Ensei
Photographs wanted
Seated Shō Kannon (Āryāvalokiteśvara)
end of the Heian period
Kannon hall, Jōroku-ji, Tokushima
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Standing Kichijōten (Śrī-mahādevī)
12th century
Anyō-ji, Kurashiki, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Standing Thousand-armed Kannon (Sahasrabhuja)
end of the Heian period
Kannon hall, Kannon-ji, Wakimisaki, Nagasaki
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Seated Fudō Myōō (Acala)
1155
Kitamukiyama Fudō-in, Kyoto
Kōjo
Photographs wanted
Pair of zuijin (shrine guardian figures)
1162
Takano Shrine, Tsuyama, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
The Five Wisdom Kings (Godai Myōō)
1167
Reihōkan, Daikaku-ji, Kyoto
Myōen
Photographs wanted
Seated Five Wisdom Buddhas (Gochi Nyorai), five figures
end of the 12th century
Henmyō-in, Ushimado, Setouchi, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
Kamakura period72 · 44 by unknown hands
Seated Amida Nyorai (Amitābha)
1186
Ganjōju-in, Izunokuni, Shizuoka
Unkei
Seated Fukūkenjaku Kannon (Amoghapāśa)
1189
Nanen-dō, Kōfuku-ji, Nara
Kōkei
Amida Triad
ca. 1195–1197
Jōdo-dō, Jōdo-ji, Ono, Hyōgo
Kaikei
Seated Yuima Koji (Vimalakīrti)
1196
Tō-kondō, Kōfuku-ji, Nara
Jōkei
Kongara Dōji, from the Eight Great Youths
ca. 1197
Kongōbu-ji, Kōya, Wakayama
Unkei
Seitaka Dōji, from the Eight Great Youths
ca. 1197
Kongōbu-ji, Kōya, Wakayama
Unkei
Fudō Myōō, the Immovable Wisdom King (Achala Vidyaraja)
early 13th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Kaikei
Seated Jizō Bosatsu (Kṣitigarbha)
Kamakura period
Rokuharamitsu-ji, Kyoto
Unkei
Standing Portrait of the Priest Kūya
Kamakura period
Rokuharamitsu-ji, Kyoto
Kōshō
Miroku, the Bodhisattva of the Future
early 13th century
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Kaikei
Seated Hachiman in the Guise of a Monk
1201
Hachiman-den, Kanjinsho, Tōdai-ji, Nara
Kaikei
Jizō Bosatsu (Kṣitigarbha)
ca. 1202
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Kaikei
Standing Jizō Bosatsu (Kṣitigarbha)
ca. 1203–1205
Kōkei-dō, Tōdai-ji, Nara
Kaikei
Kongōrikishi (Niō), Agyō joint work
1203
Nandaimon, Tōdai-ji, Nara
Unkei · Kaikei · Jōkaku · Tankei
Kongōrikishi (Niō), Ungyō joint work
1203
Nandaimon, Tōdai-ji, Nara
Unkei · Kaikei · Jōkaku · Tankei
Standing Mujaku (Asaṅga)
ca. 1212
Hokuen-dō, Kōfuku-ji, Nara
Unkei
Ryūtōki, the dragon-lantern demon
1215
Kōfuku-ji, Nara
Kōben
Tentōki, the heavenly-lantern demon
Kamakura period
Kōfuku-ji, Nara
Kōben
Bodhisattva Ekadaśamukha
1221
Nara National Museum
Zenkei
Standing Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni), Seiryō-ji type
1249
Main hall, Saidai-ji, Nara
Zenkei
Fudō Myōō (Achala), Fukō-ji cliff carving
Kamakura period
Fukō-ji, Bungo-Ōno, Ōita
Sculptor unknown
Ōno-dera stone Buddha
Kamakura period
Ōno-dera stone Buddha
Sculptor unknown
Seki cliff carvings
Kamakura period
Seki cliff carvings
Sculptor unknown
Seated portrait said to be Tankei
Kamakura period
Rokuharamitsu-ji, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Seated portrait said to be Unkei
Kamakura period
Rokuharamitsu-ji, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Seated Amida Nyorai, the Great Buddha of Kamakura
casting begun 1252
Kōtoku-in, Kamakura, Kanagawa
Sculptor unknown
Seated Thousand-armed Kannon
1254
Sanjūsangen-dō, Rengeō-in, Kyoto
Tankei
Hitokuwa Jizō cliff carving
mid-Kamakura period
Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Asahi Kannon (Maitreya with two Jizō)
1265
Yagyū road, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Attendants of the Four Heavenly Kings
Kamakura period, 1267
Tokyo National Museum
Kōen
Miroku (Maitreya) cliff carving at Miroku-no-tsuji
1274
Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Ichigan Fudō (Achala of the single wish)
Kamakura period
Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Kubikiri Jizō cliff carving
Kamakura period
Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Nemuri-botoke, the sleeping figure
Kamakura period
Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Tategaoka cliff carving
late Kamakura period
Tategaoka, Sukagawa, Fukushima
Sculptor unknown
Amida triad cliff carving, known as the Laughing Buddhas
Kamakura period
Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Triad in the Thicket cliff carving
Kamakura period
Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Three Jizō cliff carving, Gansen-ji
late Kamakura period
Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Twenty-five Bodhisattvas, Moto-Hakone stone figures
1293–1311 (late Kamakura period)
Moto-Hakone stone figures, Hakone, Kanagawa
Sculptor unknown
Hanakake Jizō (the noseless Jizō)
Kamakura period
Mutsuura road, Kanazawa ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa
Sculptor unknown
Kurano cliff carvings
end of the Kamakura period
Kurano cliff carvings, Satsumasendai, Kagoshima
Sculptor unknown
Nebotoke, the fallen figure
Kamakura period
Yagyū road, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Ōmoriyama cliff carvings
end of the Kamakura period (ca. 1300)
Mt. Ōmori, Higashine, Yamagata
Sculptor unknown
Ruri Fudō, Jōruri-ji inner sanctuary
Kamakura period
Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Shinjō cliff carving
Kamakura period
Shinjō, Kōka, Shiga
Sculptor unknown
Miroku (Maitreya) cliff carving, Wazuka
1300
North bank of the Wazuka river, Wazuka, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Hikawa stone Buddhas: seated Amida (Amitābha)
end of the Kamakura to early Muromachi period
Hikawa, Misugi, Tsu, Mie
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Amida (Amitābha) triad
1196
Honei-ji, Kazo, Saitama
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Standing Bishamonten (Vaiśravaṇa) and Fudō Myōō (Acala)
early Kamakura period
Nichiō-ji, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Seated Amida Nyorai (Amitābha) of the five kalpas of meditation
Kamakura period
Amida hall, Kanjinsho, Tōdai-ji, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Standing Shō Kannon (Āryāvalokiteśvara) with Bonten and Taishakuten joint work
1201
Treasure hall, Takisan-ji, Okazaki, Aichi
Unkei · Tankei
Photographs wanted
Standing Amida Nyorai (Amitābha), by Kaikei
1211
Tōju-in, Ushimado, Setouchi, Okayama
Kaikei
Photographs wanted
Seated Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni)
Kamakura period
Main hall, Daihōon-ji, Kyoto
Gyōkai
Photographs wanted
Standing Bishamonten (Vaiśravaṇa) with two attendants
c. 1225
Reihōden, Sekkei-ji, Kōchi
Tankei
Photographs wanted
Standing Jizō Bosatsu (Kṣitigarbha), carved unclothed
ca. 1228
Denkō-ji, Nara
Zenkei
Photographs wanted
Seated Aizen Myōō (Rāgarāja)
1247
Aizen-dō, Saidai-ji, Nara
Zenkei
Photographs wanted
Fukuma cliff carvings
Kamakura period
Fukuma cliff carvings
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Hyakutai cliff carvings
Kamakura period
Hyakutai cliff carvings
Sculptor unknown
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Ishiyama Kannon stone Buddhas
Kamakura period
Ishiyama Kannon stone Buddhas
Sculptor unknown
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Kuchido cliff carvings
end of Kamakura to Muromachi period
Kuchido cliff carvings
Sculptor unknown
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Standing portrait of the monk Kūya
Kamakura period
Main hall, Jōdo-ji, Matsuyama, Ehime
Sculptor unknown
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Seated Dainichi Nyorai, Ōsako cliff carving
late Kamakura period
Seated Dainichi Nyorai, Ōsako cliff carving
Sculptor unknown
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Seated Senju Kannon (Sahasrabhuja), inner sanctuary
Kamakura period
Inner sanctuary, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
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Tomikawa cliff carvings
Kamakura period
Tomikawa cliff carvings
Sculptor unknown
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Tōno stone Buddhas
Heian to Muromachi period
Tōno stone Buddhas
Sculptor unknown
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Standing Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni), Seiryō-ji type
1258
Raidō, Tōshōdai-ji, Nara
Sculptor unknown
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Seated Thousand-armed Kannon with two attendants
late 13th century
Mio-ji, Niimi, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Hundred figures cliff carving, Mt. Kankyo
Kamakura period
Mt. Kankyo, Kasumigaura, Ibaraki
Sculptor unknown
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Rock-carved Amida triad at Amaterasu-sumemioya Shrine
end of the Kamakura period
Amaterasu-sumemioya Shrine, Kazuno, Akita
Sculptor unknown
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Higashifumoto cave Buddhas: Yakushi triad with the Twelve Generals
late Kamakura period
Higashifumoto, Kobayashi, Miyazaki
Sculptor unknown
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Cliff carving at the head of the Hakusan road
Kamakura period
Head of the Hakusan road, Kanazawa ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Relief portrait of Kōbō Daishi (Kūkai)
1302
Daishi hall, Jingo-ji, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Muromachi period24 · 24 by unknown hands
Fudō Myōō (Achala) cliff carving at Uchi-no-kura
1334
Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Two figures at Karausu-no-tsubo
1343
Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Seated Jizo Bosatsu(Ksitigrbha)
Muromachi Period, 14th century
Tokyo National Museum
Sculptor unknown
Ataya stone figures
Muromachi period
Yagyū, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Udono cliff carvings
Nanboku-chō to Muromachi/Sengoku periods (14th–16th century)
Udono cliff carvings, Ōchi, Karatsu, Saga
Sculptor unknown
Standing Male Shinto Deity
Muromachi period, 15th century
Tokyo National Museum
Sculptor unknown
Standing Zenzai Dōji (Sudhana)
Muromachi period, 15th century
Tokyo National Museum
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Seated Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni)
1358
Myōkoku-ji, Bizen, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Nagayu line-engraved cliff carvings
Muromachi period
Nagayu, Taketa, Ōita
Sculptor unknown
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Jizō Bosatsu cliff carving, Seiun-ji
Muromachi period
Seiun-ji, Kōshū, Yamanashi
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Monju Bosatsu cliff carving, Seiun-ji
Muromachi period
Seiun-ji, Kōshū, Yamanashi
Sculptor unknown
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Seated Fudō Myōō (Acala)
1442
Kōsan-ji, Ibara, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
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Daimonbō cliff carvings
Muromachi period
Daimonbō cliff carvings
Sculptor unknown
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Dōnosako cliff carvings
Muromachi period
Dōnosako cliff carvings
Sculptor unknown
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Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha)
Muromachi period
Chōfuku-ji, Mimasaka, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
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Kawanaka Fudō
Muromachi period
Kawanaka Fudō
Sculptor unknown
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Kizu cliff carvings
Muromachi period
Kizu cliff carvings, Kobe, Hyōgo
Sculptor unknown
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Motomiya cliff carvings
Muromachi period
Motomiya cliff carvings
Sculptor unknown
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Nakanobō cliff carvings
Muromachi period
Nakanobō cliff carvings
Sculptor unknown
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Naramoto cliff carvings
Muromachi period
Naramoto cliff carvings
Sculptor unknown
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Shimoichi cliff carvings
Muromachi period
Shimoichi cliff carvings
Sculptor unknown
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Four-sided stone Buddhas, Shiroyama Yakushi-dō
Muromachi period
Four-sided stone Buddhas, Shiroyama Yakushi-dō
Sculptor unknown
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Umenoki cliff carvings
Muromachi period
Umenoki cliff carvings
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Seated Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru)
Muromachi period
Yūzan-ji, Maniwa, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
Edo period17 · 11 by unknown hands
Iwamoto Kannon cliff carvings
Edo period
Iwamoto, Utsunomiya, Tochigi
Sculptor unknown
Standing Nyorai, by Enkū
early Edo period
Temples, shrines and private collections across Japan
Enkū
Eleven-headed Kannon, the Cliff Kannon of Daifuku-ji
Edo period
Daifuku-ji, Tateyama, Chiba
Sculptor unknown
Pair of Niō (temple guardians)
1737
Sanmon gate, Tōrin-ji, Ishigaki, Okinawa
Sculptor unknown
Thirty-three Kannon cliff carvings at Daiku
Edo period
Daiku, Kōriyama, Fukushima
Sculptor unknown
Takata cliff carvings
mid-Edo period
Takata cliff carvings, Minamikyūshū, Kagoshima
Sculptor unknown
Thirty-three Kannon cliff carvings at Zaku
Edo period
Zaku, Kōriyama, Fukushima
Sculptor unknown
Seated Yakushi Nyorai, the Great Buddha of Nihon-ji
1783
Nihon-ji, Kyonan, Chiba
Ōno Jingorō Eiryō
Seated Five Wisdom Buddhas (Gochi Nyorai)
c. 1791–1797
Mokujiki Gochi-kan, site of Hyūga Kokubun-ji, Saito, Miyazaki
Mokujiki
Fudō Myōō (Achala Vidyaraja), The Immovable Wisdom King
1805
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Mokujiki
Photographs wanted
Shō Kannon (Āryāvalokiteśvara), by Enkū
1666
Usu Zenkō-ji, Date, Hokkaidō
Enkū
Photographs wanted
Ōiwa Kōbō-in cliff carvings
Edo period or later
Ōiwa Kōbō-in cliff carvings
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Sakedachi cliff carvings
Edo period (around the Tenmei era, 1781–89)
Sakedachi cliff carvings
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Sakashita cliff carving
Kyōhō era, Edo period
Saihō-ji, Sakashita, Nakatsugawa, Gifu
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni)
before 1778
Kaiden-ji, Rokunohe, Aomori
Mokujiki
Photographs wanted
Thirty-three Kannon of Mt. Iwabe
Tenpō era (1830–44)
Mt. Iwabe, Nan'yō, Yamagata
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Fudō Myōō (Acala) rock carving at Kurito
1844
Kurito, Nanto, Toyama
Sculptor unknown
Modern era10 · 1 by unknown hands
Sixteen Arhats rocks
1868
Jūrokurakan-iwa, Yuza, Yamagata
Sculptor unknown
Standing Kannon Bosatsu (Avalokitesvara)
Meiji era, 19th century
Tokyo National Museum
Morikawa Toen
Amida Nyorai, Kiyomizu cliff carvings
1895
Kiyomizu cliff carvings, Minamikyūshū, Kagoshima
Kihara Sannosuke
Standing Sanbokojin (Traditionally identified as Vajrayaksa)
Meiji era, 19th-20th century
Tokyo National Museum
Takamura Kōun
Standing Kannon Bosatsu (Avalokitesvara)
1925 (Taisho 14)
Tokyo National Museum
Kanō Tessai
The Bodhisattva Kannon Riding a Dragon
Shōwa era, 20th century
Tokyo National Museum
Satō Chōzan
Photographs wanted
Standing Gigeiten (Sarasvatī of the arts)
1893
University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Taitō, Tokyo
Takeuchi Kyūichi
Photographs wanted
Kannon Bosatsu in relief
1893
Present location unknown
Ishikawa Kōmei
Photographs wanted
Prince Shōtoku as a boy
1913
No longer extant; destroyed in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake
Ishikawa Kōmei
Photographs wanted
Tenshō (Rebirth)
Taishō period
Tokyo University of the Arts, Taitō, Tokyo
Hirakushi Denchū
Contemporary7 · 4 by unknown hands
Mt. Takatori cliff carving
Shōwa period
Mt. Takatori, Yokosuka, Kanagawa
Sculptor unknown
Hundred-shaku Kannon, Nihon-ji
1966
Nihon-ji, Kyonan, Chiba
Sculptor unknown
Hundred-shaku Kannon
Shōwa period
Hyakushaku Kannon, Sōma, Fukushima
Sculptor unknown
Kanzeon Bosatsu (Avalokiteśvara), relief
2025
the life standard, Azabu-Jūban, Tokyo
Takuo Hasegawa
Photographs wanted
Peace Kannon of Ōya
1948–1954
Ōya, Utsunomiya, Tochigi
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Fudō Myōō (Achala)
Shōwa period
Present location unknown
Sawada Seikō
Photographs wanted
The Five Wisdom Kings (Godai Myōō), Godai hall
1975
Godai hall, Daikaku-ji, Kyoto
Matsuhisa Hōrin
Date not recorded19
Not recorded in the sources consulted. Not unexamined — unknown.
Standing Bishamonten (Vaiśravaṇa), Reihōden
Reihōden, Kurama-dera, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Standing Kichijōten (Śrī-Mahādevī)
Reihōden, Kurama-dera, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Ana Yakushi (Yakushi in the hollow)
date not recorded
Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Daimon stone Buddha
date not recorded
Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Hōsō Jizō (Smallpox Jizō)
date not recorded
Yagyū Kaidō, Yagyū, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Three Jizō figures, Takisaka
date not recorded
Takisaka road, Yagyū Kaidō, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Takisaka Jizō
date not recorded
Takisaka road, Yagyū Kaidō, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Yūhi Kannon (Evening-sun Kannon)
date not recorded
Yagyū Kaidō, Kasugano, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Standing Bishamonten (Vaiśravaṇa), main image
Chōgosonshi-ji, Heguri, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Seated portrait of the monk Chōgen
Amida-ji, Hōfu, Yamaguchi
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Standing Fudō Myōō (Acala), the 'Mizuhiki Fudō'
Main hall, Chōju-ji (Kihara Fudōson), Kumamoto
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Thirteen Buddhas of Mt. Iwato
Mt. Iwato, Azuchi, Ōmihachiman, Shiga
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha), three figures
Chōkoku-ji, Sado, Niigata
Sculptor unknown
No photograph available
Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha), the Small Kannon
Nigatsu-dō, Tōdai-ji, Nara
Sculptor unknown
No photograph available
Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha), the Great Kannon
Nigatsu-dō, Tōdai-ji, Nara
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Sixteen Arhats
Tentoku-ji, Akita
Sculptor unknown
No photograph available
Standing Senju Kannon (Sahasrabhuja), main hall
Main hall, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Thousand-armed Kannon (Sahasrabhuja)
Nata-dera, Komatsu, Ishikawa
Sculptor unknown
Photographs wanted
Seated Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru)
Sōrin-ji, Kurihara, Miyagi
Sculptor unknown