Photographs wanted
96 works whose location and date are known, but for which no freely usable photograph exists yet.
This archive currently records not what exists, but what someone photographed and released for free use. That is a bias, not a judgement. These pages are here so that the lack of a photograph is not a reason to leave a work out.
Works96
Photographs wanted
Standing Bishamonten (Vaiśravaṇa), main image
Chōgosonshi-ji, Heguri, Nara
Sculptor unknown
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Seated portrait of the monk Chōgen
Amida-ji, Hōfu, Yamaguchi
Sculptor unknown
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Standing Fudō Myōō (Acala), the 'Mizuhiki Fudō'
Main hall, Chōju-ji (Kihara Fudōson), Kumamoto
Sculptor unknown
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Thirteen Buddhas of Mt. Iwato
Mt. Iwato, Azuchi, Ōmihachiman, Shiga
Sculptor unknown
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Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha), three figures
Chōkoku-ji, Sado, Niigata
Sculptor unknown
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Sixteen Arhats
Tentoku-ji, Akita
Sculptor unknown
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Thousand-armed Kannon (Sahasrabhuja)
Nata-dera, Komatsu, Ishikawa
Sculptor unknown
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Seated Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru)
Sōrin-ji, Kurihara, Miyagi
Sculptor unknown
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Standing Kannon (Avalokiteśvara), bronze, two figures
692
Gakuen-ji, Izumo, Shimane
Sculptor unknown
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Standing Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru)
Heian period
Konpon-chūdō, Enryaku-ji, Ōtsu, Shiga
Sculptor unknown
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Standing Thousand-armed Kannon (Sahasrabhuja)
first half of the 9th century
Ōgashima-ji, Oku, Setouchi, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
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Standing Kannon (Avalokiteśvara)
9th century
Myōō-ji, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
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Standing Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru)
early Heian period
Yakushi hall, Kōryū-ji, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
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Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha)
early 10th century
Haga-ji, Obama, Fukui
Sculptor unknown
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Fudō Myōō (Acala) with two attendant boys, three figures
10th century
Yūzan-ji, Maniwa, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
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Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha)
c. 951
Rokuharamitsu-ji, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
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Seated Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru)
mid to late 10th century
Yokei-ji, Oku, Setouchi, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
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Standing Bishamonten (Vaiśravaṇa)
Heian period
Anyō-ji, Kurashiki, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
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Iwaya-ji stone Buddhas
late Heian period
Iwaya-ji stone Buddhas
Sculptor unknown
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Standing Jizō (Kṣitigarbha)
Heian period
Kōsan-ji, Ibara, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
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Standing Shō Kannon (Āryāvalokiteśvara)
Heian period, somewhat later than the Yakushi
Yokei-ji, Oku, Setouchi, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
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Kokūzō Bosatsu cliff carving, Mt. Kasagi
mid-Heian period
Kokūzō Bosatsu cliff carving, Mt. Kasagi
Sculptor unknown
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Magari stone Buddhas
end of the Heian period
Magari stone Buddhas
Sculptor unknown
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Nabeyama cliff carvings
Heian period
Nabeyama cliff carvings
Sculptor unknown
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Nisseki-ji cliff carving
Heian period
Nisseki-ji cliff carving
Sculptor unknown
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Rock-face Great Buddha, Takkoku no Iwaya
Heian period
Rock-face Great Buddha, Takkoku no Iwaya
Sculptor unknown
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Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru)
1071
Dairen-ji, Kyoto
Kakujō
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Standing Bishamonten (Vaiśravaṇa), main hall
Heian period
Main hall, Kurama-dera, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
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Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha)
late Heian period
Anyō-ji, Mimasaka, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
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Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha)
late Heian period
Main hall, Jōdo-ji, Onomichi, Hiroshima
Sculptor unknown
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Standing Shō Kannon (Āryāvalokiteśvara)
late Heian period
Hōkai-in, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
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Seated Nyoirin Kannon (Cintāmaṇicakra)
late Heian period
Main hall, Ishiyama-dera, Ōtsu, Shiga
Sculptor unknown
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Seated Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru)
1103
Ninna-ji, Kyoto
Ensei
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Seated Shō Kannon (Āryāvalokiteśvara)
end of the Heian period
Kannon hall, Jōroku-ji, Tokushima
Sculptor unknown
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Standing Kichijōten (Śrī-mahādevī)
12th century
Anyō-ji, Kurashiki, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
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Standing Thousand-armed Kannon (Sahasrabhuja)
end of the Heian period
Kannon hall, Kannon-ji, Wakimisaki, Nagasaki
Sculptor unknown
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Seated Fudō Myōō (Acala)
1155
Kitamukiyama Fudō-in, Kyoto
Kōjo
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Pair of zuijin (shrine guardian figures)
1162
Takano Shrine, Tsuyama, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
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The Five Wisdom Kings (Godai Myōō)
1167
Reihōkan, Daikaku-ji, Kyoto
Myōen
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Seated Five Wisdom Buddhas (Gochi Nyorai), five figures
end of the 12th century
Henmyō-in, Ushimado, Setouchi, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
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Amida (Amitābha) triad
1196
Honei-ji, Kazo, Saitama
Sculptor unknown
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Standing Bishamonten (Vaiśravaṇa) and Fudō Myōō (Acala)
early Kamakura period
Nichiō-ji, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
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Seated Amida Nyorai (Amitābha) of the five kalpas of meditation
Kamakura period
Amida hall, Kanjinsho, Tōdai-ji, Nara
Sculptor unknown
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Standing Shō Kannon (Āryāvalokiteśvara) with Bonten and Taishakuten joint work
1201
Treasure hall, Takisan-ji, Okazaki, Aichi
Unkei · Tankei
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Standing Amida Nyorai (Amitābha), by Kaikei
1211
Tōju-in, Ushimado, Setouchi, Okayama
Kaikei
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Seated Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni)
Kamakura period
Main hall, Daihōon-ji, Kyoto
Gyōkai
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Standing Bishamonten (Vaiśravaṇa) with two attendants
c. 1225
Reihōden, Sekkei-ji, Kōchi
Tankei
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Standing Jizō Bosatsu (Kṣitigarbha), carved unclothed
ca. 1228
Denkō-ji, Nara
Zenkei
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Seated Aizen Myōō (Rāgarāja)
1247
Aizen-dō, Saidai-ji, Nara
Zenkei
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Fukuma cliff carvings
Kamakura period
Fukuma cliff carvings
Sculptor unknown
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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
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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
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Relief portrait of Kōbō Daishi (Kūkai)
1302
Daishi hall, Jingo-ji, Kyoto
Sculptor unknown
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Seated Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni)
1358
Myōkoku-ji, Bizen, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
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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
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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
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Seated Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru)
Muromachi period
Yūzan-ji, Maniwa, Okayama
Sculptor unknown
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Shō Kannon (Āryāvalokiteśvara), by Enkū
1666
Usu Zenkō-ji, Date, Hokkaidō
Enkū
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Ōiwa Kōbō-in cliff carvings
Edo period or later
Ōiwa Kōbō-in cliff carvings
Sculptor unknown
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Sakedachi cliff carvings
Edo period (around the Tenmei era, 1781–89)
Sakedachi cliff carvings
Sculptor unknown
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Sakashita cliff carving
Kyōhō era, Edo period
Saihō-ji, Sakashita, Nakatsugawa, Gifu
Sculptor unknown
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Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni)
before 1778
Kaiden-ji, Rokunohe, Aomori
Mokujiki
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Thirty-three Kannon of Mt. Iwabe
Tenpō era (1830–44)
Mt. Iwabe, Nan'yō, Yamagata
Sculptor unknown
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Fudō Myōō (Acala) rock carving at Kurito
1844
Kurito, Nanto, Toyama
Sculptor unknown
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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
Photographs wanted
Peace Kannon of Ōya
1948–1954
Ōya, Utsunomiya, Tochigi
Sculptor unknown
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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