Carving the Buddhaalpha 日本語

By place

237 works by prefecture, north to south; within each, by temple.

By type By period

Hokkaidō1

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Shō Kannon (Āryāvalokiteśvara), by Enkū 1666 Usu Zenkō-ji, Date, Hokkaidō Enkū

Aomori1

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Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni) before 1778 Kaiden-ji, Rokunohe, Aomori Mokujiki

Iwate1

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Rock-face Great Buddha, Takkoku no Iwaya Heian period Rock-face Great Buddha, Takkoku no Iwaya Sculptor unknown

Miyagi1

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Seated Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru) Sōrin-ji, Kurihara, Miyagi Sculptor unknown

Akita2

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Sixteen Arhats Tentoku-ji, Akita 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

Yamagata3

Sixteen Arhats rocks Sixteen Arhats rocks 1868 Jūrokurakan-iwa, Yuza, Yamagata Sculptor unknown Ōmoriyama cliff carvings Ōmoriyama cliff carvings end of the Kamakura period (ca. 1300) Mt. Ōmori, Higashine, Yamagata Sculptor unknown
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Thirty-three Kannon of Mt. Iwabe Tenpō era (1830–44) Mt. Iwabe, Nan'yō, Yamagata Sculptor unknown

Fukushima7

Thirty-three Kannon cliff carvings at Zaku Thirty-three Kannon cliff carvings at Zaku Edo period Zaku, Kōriyama, Fukushima Sculptor unknown Wada Great Buddha Wada Great Buddha Heian period Wada, Sukagawa, Fukushima Sculptor unknown Thirty-three Kannon cliff carvings at Daiku Thirty-three Kannon cliff carvings at Daiku Edo period Daiku, Kōriyama, Fukushima Sculptor unknown Daihizan stone Buddhas Daihizan stone Buddhas Heian period Daihizan stone Buddhas Sculptor unknown Hundred-shaku Kannon Hundred-shaku Kannon Shōwa period Hyakushaku Kannon, Sōma, Fukushima Sculptor unknown Tategaoka cliff carving Tategaoka cliff carving late Kamakura period Tategaoka, Sukagawa, Fukushima Sculptor unknown
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Sakedachi cliff carvings Edo period (around the Tenmei era, 1781–89) Sakedachi cliff carvings Sculptor unknown

Ibaraki2

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Hyakutai cliff carvings Kamakura period Hyakutai cliff carvings Sculptor unknown
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Hundred figures cliff carving, Mt. Kankyo Kamakura period Mt. Kankyo, Kasumigaura, Ibaraki Sculptor unknown

Tochigi4

Sanuki stone Buddhas Sanuki stone Buddhas Heian–Kamakura period Sanuki stone Buddhas Sculptor unknown
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Ōya cliff carvings Heian to Kamakura period Ōya cliff carvings Sculptor unknown
Iwamoto Kannon cliff carvings Iwamoto Kannon cliff carvings Edo period Iwamoto, Utsunomiya, Tochigi Sculptor unknown
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Peace Kannon of Ōya 1948–1954 Ōya, Utsunomiya, Tochigi Sculptor unknown

Gunma1

Seki cliff carvings Seki cliff carvings Kamakura period Seki cliff carvings Sculptor unknown

Saitama1

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Amida (Amitābha) triad 1196 Honei-ji, Kazo, Saitama Sculptor unknown

Chiba3

Seated Yakushi Nyorai, the Great Buddha of Nihon-ji Seated Yakushi Nyorai, the Great Buddha of Nihon-ji 1783 Nihon-ji, Kyonan, Chiba Ōno Jingorō Eiryō Hundred-shaku Kannon, Nihon-ji Hundred-shaku Kannon, Nihon-ji 1966 Nihon-ji, Kyonan, Chiba Sculptor unknown Eleven-headed Kannon, the Cliff Kannon of Daifuku-ji Eleven-headed Kannon, the Cliff Kannon of Daifuku-ji Edo period Daifuku-ji, Tateyama, Chiba Sculptor unknown

Tokyo12

Attendants of the Four Heavenly Kings Attendants of the Four Heavenly Kings Kamakura period, 1267 Tokyo National Museum Kōen Seated Jizo Bosatsu(Ksitigrbha) Seated Jizo Bosatsu(Ksitigrbha) Muromachi Period, 14th century Tokyo National Museum Sculptor unknown Standing Male Shinto Deity Standing Male Shinto Deity Muromachi period, 15th century Tokyo National Museum Sculptor unknown Standing Zenzai Dōji (Sudhana) Standing Zenzai Dōji (Sudhana) Muromachi period, 15th century Tokyo National Museum Sculptor unknown Standing Kannon Bosatsu (Avalokitesvara) Standing Kannon Bosatsu (Avalokitesvara) Meiji era, 19th century Tokyo National Museum Morikawa Toen Standing Sanbokojin (Traditionally identified as Vajrayaksa) Standing Sanbokojin (Traditionally identified as Vajrayaksa) Meiji era, 19th-20th century Tokyo National Museum Takamura Kōun Standing Kannon Bosatsu (Avalokitesvara) Standing Kannon Bosatsu (Avalokitesvara) 1925 (Taisho 14) Tokyo National Museum Kanō Tessai The Bodhisattva Kannon Riding a Dragon The Bodhisattva Kannon Riding a Dragon Shōwa era, 20th century Tokyo National Museum Satō Chōzan Kanzeon Bosatsu (Avalokiteśvara), relief Kanzeon Bosatsu (Avalokiteśvara), relief 2025 the life standard, Azabu-Jūban, Tokyo Takuo Hasegawa
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Tenshō (Rebirth) Taishō period Tokyo University of the Arts, Taitō, Tokyo Hirakushi Denchū
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Standing Gigeiten (Sarasvatī of the arts) 1893 University Art Museum, Tokyo University of the Arts, Taitō, Tokyo Takeuchi Kyūichi
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Shō Kannon (Āryāvalokiteśvara) said to be 628 Main hall, Sensō-ji, Taitō, Tokyo Sculptor unknown

Kanagawa5

Twenty-five Bodhisattvas, Moto-Hakone stone figures 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) Hanakake Jizō (the noseless Jizō) Kamakura period Mutsuura road, Kanazawa ward, Yokohama, Kanagawa 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
Seated Amida Nyorai, the Great Buddha of Kamakura Seated Amida Nyorai, the Great Buddha of Kamakura casting begun 1252 Kōtoku-in, Kamakura, Kanagawa Sculptor unknown Mt. Takatori cliff carving Mt. Takatori cliff carving Shōwa period Mt. Takatori, Yokosuka, Kanagawa Sculptor unknown

Niigata1

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Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha), three figures Chōkoku-ji, Sado, Niigata Sculptor unknown

Toyama2

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Nisseki-ji cliff carving Heian period Nisseki-ji cliff carving Sculptor unknown
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Fudō Myōō (Acala) rock carving at Kurito 1844 Kurito, Nanto, Toyama Sculptor unknown

Ishikawa1

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Thousand-armed Kannon (Sahasrabhuja) Nata-dera, Komatsu, Ishikawa Sculptor unknown

Fukui1

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Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha) early 10th century Haga-ji, Obama, Fukui Sculptor unknown

Yamanashi2

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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

Nagano1

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Amida triad in a single mandorla (Ikkō Sanzon) said to be Asuka period Main hall, Zenkō-ji, Nagano Sculptor unknown

Gifu1

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Sakashita cliff carving Kyōhō era, Edo period Saihō-ji, Sakashita, Nakatsugawa, Gifu Sculptor unknown

Shizuoka1

Seated Amida Nyorai (Amitābha) Seated Amida Nyorai (Amitābha) 1186 Ganjōju-in, Izunokuni, Shizuoka Unkei

Aichi1

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Standing Shō Kannon (Āryāvalokiteśvara) with Bonten and Taishakuten joint work 1201 Treasure hall, Takisan-ji, Okazaki, Aichi Unkei · Tankei

Mie2

Hikawa stone Buddhas: seated Amida (Amitābha) Hikawa stone Buddhas: seated Amida (Amitābha) end of the Kamakura to early Muromachi period Hikawa, Misugi, Tsu, Mie Sculptor unknown
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Ishiyama Kannon stone Buddhas Kamakura period Ishiyama Kannon stone Buddhas Sculptor unknown

Shiga7

Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha) Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha) 9th century Dōgan-ji Kannon-dō, Kōgen-ji, Nagahama, Shiga Sculptor unknown
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Tomikawa cliff carvings Kamakura period Tomikawa cliff carvings Sculptor unknown
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Thirteen Buddhas of Mt. Iwato Mt. Iwato, Azuchi, Ōmihachiman, Shiga Sculptor unknown
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Standing Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru) Heian period Konpon-chūdō, Enryaku-ji, Ōtsu, Shiga Sculptor unknown
Shinjō cliff carving Shinjō cliff carving Kamakura period Shinjō, Kōka, Shiga Sculptor unknown Komasaka cliff carving (Buddha triad) Komasaka cliff carving (Buddha triad) date unknown (variously late 8th century, Hakuhō, or late Heian) Komasaka cliff carving, Rittō, Shiga Sculptor unknown
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Seated Nyoirin Kannon (Cintāmaṇicakra) late Heian period Main hall, Ishiyama-dera, Ōtsu, Shiga Sculptor unknown

Kyoto46

Great Buddha-form cliff carving, Daimon Butsudani Great Buddha-form cliff carving, Daimon Butsudani late Heian period Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto Sculptor unknown Hitokuwa Jizō cliff carving Hitokuwa Jizō cliff carving mid-Kamakura period Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto Sculptor unknown Miroku (Maitreya) cliff carving at Miroku-no-tsuji Miroku (Maitreya) cliff carving at Miroku-no-tsuji 1274 Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto Sculptor unknown Ichigan Fudō (Achala of the single wish) Ichigan Fudō (Achala of the single wish) Kamakura period Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto Sculptor unknown Kubikiri Jizō cliff carving Kubikiri Jizō cliff carving Kamakura period Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto Sculptor unknown Nemuri-botoke, the sleeping figure Nemuri-botoke, the sleeping figure Kamakura period Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto Sculptor unknown Amida triad cliff carving, known as the Laughing Buddhas Amida triad cliff carving, known as the Laughing Buddhas Kamakura period Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto Sculptor unknown Triad in the Thicket cliff carving Triad in the Thicket cliff carving Kamakura period Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto Sculptor unknown Three Jizō cliff carving, Gansen-ji Three Jizō cliff carving, Gansen-ji late Kamakura period Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto Sculptor unknown Ruri Fudō, Jōruri-ji inner sanctuary Ruri Fudō, Jōruri-ji inner sanctuary Kamakura period Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto Sculptor unknown Fudō Myōō (Achala) cliff carving at Uchi-no-kura Fudō Myōō (Achala) cliff carving at Uchi-no-kura 1334 Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto Sculptor unknown Two figures at Karausu-no-tsubo Two figures at Karausu-no-tsubo 1343 Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto Sculptor unknown Ana Yakushi (Yakushi in the hollow) Ana Yakushi (Yakushi in the hollow) date not recorded Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto Sculptor unknown Daimon stone Buddha Daimon stone Buddha date not recorded Tōno, Kizugawa, Kyoto Sculptor unknown Seated Jizō Bosatsu (Kṣitigarbha) Seated Jizō Bosatsu (Kṣitigarbha) Kamakura period Rokuharamitsu-ji, Kyoto Unkei Standing Portrait of the Priest Kūya Standing Portrait of the Priest Kūya Kamakura period Rokuharamitsu-ji, Kyoto Kōshō Seated portrait said to be Tankei Seated portrait said to be Tankei Kamakura period Rokuharamitsu-ji, Kyoto Sculptor unknown Seated portrait said to be Unkei Seated portrait said to be Unkei Kamakura period Rokuharamitsu-ji, Kyoto Sculptor unknown
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Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha) c. 951 Rokuharamitsu-ji, Kyoto Sculptor unknown
Miroku Bosatsu in Half-lotus Meditation Miroku Bosatsu in Half-lotus Meditation 7th century Kōryū-ji, Kyoto Sculptor unknown Standing Jūni Shinshō (Twelve Heavenly Generals) Standing Jūni Shinshō (Twelve Heavenly Generals) 1064 Kōryū-ji, Kyoto Chōsei
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Standing Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru) early Heian period Yakushi hall, Kōryū-ji, Kyoto Sculptor unknown
Standing Bishamonten (Vaiśravaṇa), Reihōden Standing Bishamonten (Vaiśravaṇa), Reihōden Reihōden, Kurama-dera, Kyoto Sculptor unknown Standing Kichijōten (Śrī-Mahādevī) Standing Kichijōten (Śrī-Mahādevī) Reihōden, Kurama-dera, Kyoto Sculptor unknown
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Standing Bishamonten (Vaiśravaṇa), main hall Heian period Main hall, Kurama-dera, Kyoto Sculptor unknown
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The Five Wisdom Kings (Godai Myōō) 1167 Reihōkan, Daikaku-ji, Kyoto Myōen
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The Five Wisdom Kings (Godai Myōō), Godai hall 1975 Godai hall, Daikaku-ji, Kyoto Matsuhisa Hōrin
Standing Gōzanze Myōō (Trailokyavijaya) Standing Gōzanze Myōō (Trailokyavijaya) 839 Kōdō, Tō-ji, Kyoto Sculptor unknown Taishakuten (Śakra/Indra) Seated in Half-lotus Taishakuten (Śakra/Indra) Seated in Half-lotus 839 Kōdō, Tō-ji, Kyoto Sculptor unknown
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Standing Senju Kannon (Sahasrabhuja), main hall Main hall, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto Sculptor unknown
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Seated Senju Kannon (Sahasrabhuja), inner sanctuary Kamakura period Inner sanctuary, Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto Sculptor unknown
Standing Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru) Standing Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru) late 8th to early 9th century Jingo-ji, Kyoto 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 Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru) 1103 Ninna-ji, Kyoto Ensei
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Seated Fudō Myōō (Acala) 1155 Kitamukiyama Fudō-in, Kyoto Kōjo
Miroku (Maitreya) cliff carving, Wazuka Miroku (Maitreya) cliff carving, Wazuka 1300 North bank of the Wazuka river, Wazuka, Kyoto Sculptor unknown
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Seated Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni) Kamakura period Main hall, Daihōon-ji, Kyoto Gyōkai
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Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru) 1071 Dairen-ji, Kyoto Kakujō
Seated Amida Nyorai (Amitābha) Seated Amida Nyorai (Amitābha) 1053 Phoenix Hall, Byōdō-in, Uji, Kyoto Jōchō
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Tōno stone Buddhas Heian to Muromachi period Tōno stone Buddhas Sculptor unknown
Seated Amida Nyorai (Amitābha) Seated Amida Nyorai (Amitābha) 11th–12th century Hōkai-ji, Kyoto Sculptor unknown Standing Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni) Standing Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni) 985 Seiryō-ji, Kyoto Sculptor unknown Miroku Bosatsu (Maitreya) cliff carving Miroku Bosatsu (Maitreya) cliff carving date unknown (variously late Nara, early Heian, or late Heian) Kasagi-dera, Kasagi, Kyoto Sculptor unknown
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Kokūzō Bosatsu cliff carving, Mt. Kasagi mid-Heian period Kokūzō Bosatsu cliff carving, Mt. Kasagi Sculptor unknown
Seated Thousand-armed Kannon Seated Thousand-armed Kannon 1254 Sanjūsangen-dō, Rengeō-in, Kyoto Tankei Seated Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni) Seated Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni) 8th century Kaniman-ji, Kizugawa, Kyoto Sculptor unknown

Osaka2

Seated Thousand-armed Kannon Seated Thousand-armed Kannon 8th century Fujii-dera, Fujiidera, Osaka Sculptor unknown Seated Nyoirin Kannon (Cintāmaṇicakra) Seated Nyoirin Kannon (Cintāmaṇicakra) early Heian period, 9th century Kondō, Kanshin-ji, Kawachinagano, Osaka Sculptor unknown

Hyōgo2

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Kizu cliff carvings Muromachi period Kizu cliff carvings, Kobe, Hyōgo Sculptor unknown
Amida Triad Amida Triad ca. 1195–1197 Jōdo-dō, Jōdo-ji, Ono, Hyōgo Kaikei

Nara47

Standing Fukūkenjaku Kannon (Amoghapāśa) Standing Fukūkenjaku Kannon (Amoghapāśa) 8th century Hokke-dō, Tōdai-ji, Nara Sculptor unknown Standing Shukongōjin Standing Shukongōjin 8th century Hokke-dō, Tōdai-ji, Nara Sculptor unknown Seated Birushana (Vairocana), the Great Buddha of Nara Seated Birushana (Vairocana), the Great Buddha of Nara dedicated 752 Great Buddha Hall, Tōdai-ji, Nara Sculptor unknown Jikokuten, from the Four Heavenly Kings Jikokuten, from the Four Heavenly Kings 8th century Kaidan-in, Tōdai-ji, Nara Sculptor unknown Seated portrait of the priest Rōben Seated portrait of the priest Rōben 1018 Kaisan-dō, Tōdai-ji, Nara Sculptor unknown Seated Hachiman in the Guise of a Monk Seated Hachiman in the Guise of a Monk 1201 Hachiman-den, Kanjinsho, Tōdai-ji, Nara Kaikei Standing Jizō Bosatsu (Kṣitigarbha) Standing Jizō Bosatsu (Kṣitigarbha) ca. 1203–1205 Kōkei-dō, Tōdai-ji, Nara Kaikei Kongōrikishi (Niō), Agyō Kongōrikishi (Niō), Agyō joint work 1203 Nandaimon, Tōdai-ji, Nara Unkei · Kaikei · Jōkaku · Tankei Kongōrikishi (Niō), Ungyō Kongōrikishi (Niō), Ungyō joint work 1203 Nandaimon, Tōdai-ji, Nara Unkei · Kaikei · Jōkaku · Tankei
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Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha), the Small Kannon Nigatsu-dō, Tōdai-ji, Nara Sculptor unknown
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Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha), the Great Kannon Nigatsu-dō, Tōdai-ji, Nara 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
Asahi Kannon (Maitreya with two Jizō) Asahi Kannon (Maitreya with two Jizō) 1265 Yagyū road, Nara Sculptor unknown Nebotoke, the fallen figure Nebotoke, the fallen figure Kamakura period Yagyū road, Nara Sculptor unknown Hōsō Jizō (Smallpox Jizō) Hōsō Jizō (Smallpox Jizō) date not recorded Yagyū Kaidō, Yagyū, Nara Sculptor unknown Three Jizō figures, Takisaka Three Jizō figures, Takisaka date not recorded Takisaka road, Yagyū Kaidō, Nara Sculptor unknown Takisaka Jizō Takisaka Jizō date not recorded Takisaka road, Yagyū Kaidō, Nara Sculptor unknown Yūhi Kannon (Evening-sun Kannon) Yūhi Kannon (Evening-sun Kannon) date not recorded Yagyū Kaidō, Kasugano, Nara Sculptor unknown Standing Ashura Standing Ashura ca. 734 Kōfuku-ji, Nara Sculptor unknown Seated Fukūkenjaku Kannon (Amoghapāśa) Seated Fukūkenjaku Kannon (Amoghapāśa) 1189 Nanen-dō, Kōfuku-ji, Nara Kōkei Seated Yuima Koji (Vimalakīrti) Seated Yuima Koji (Vimalakīrti) 1196 Tō-kondō, Kōfuku-ji, Nara Jōkei Standing Mujaku (Asaṅga) Standing Mujaku (Asaṅga) ca. 1212 Hokuen-dō, Kōfuku-ji, Nara Unkei Ryūtōki, the dragon-lantern demon Ryūtōki, the dragon-lantern demon 1215 Kōfuku-ji, Nara Kōben Tentōki, the heavenly-lantern demon Tentōki, the heavenly-lantern demon Kamakura period Kōfuku-ji, Nara Kōben Standing Kannon Bosatsu, known as Kudara Kannon Standing Kannon Bosatsu, known as Kudara Kannon first half to mid-7th century Hōryū-ji, Ikaruga, Nara Sculptor unknown Shaka Triad Shaka Triad 623 Kondō, Hōryū-ji, Ikaruga, Nara Kuratsukuri no Tori Kōmokuten and Tamonten, from the Four Heavenly Kings Kōmokuten and Tamonten, from the Four Heavenly Kings 7th century Kondō, Hōryū-ji, Ikaruga, Nara Sculptor unknown
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Standing Guze Kannon 7th century Yumedono, Hōryū-ji, Ikaruga, Nara Sculptor unknown
The Images of the Golden Hall The Images of the Golden Hall 8th century Kondō, Tōshōdai-ji, Nara Sculptor unknown Seated portrait of the priest Ganjin Seated portrait of the priest Ganjin c. 763 Miei-dō, Tōshōdai-ji, Nara Sculptor unknown
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Standing Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni), Seiryō-ji type 1258 Raidō, Tōshōdai-ji, Nara Sculptor unknown
Standing Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni), Seiryō-ji type Standing Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni), Seiryō-ji type 1249 Main hall, Saidai-ji, Nara Zenkei
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Seated Aizen Myōō (Rāgarāja) 1247 Aizen-dō, Saidai-ji, Nara Zenkei
Bosatsu in Half-lotus Meditation Bosatsu in Half-lotus Meditation 7th century Chūgū-ji, Ikaruga, Nara Sculptor unknown
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Standing Jizō Bosatsu (Kṣitigarbha), carved unclothed ca. 1228 Denkō-ji, Nara Zenkei
Seated Dainichi Nyorai (Mahāvairocana) Seated Dainichi Nyorai (Mahāvairocana) 1176 Enjō-ji, Nara Unkei Jigokudani cave Buddhas Jigokudani cave Buddhas Heian period Jigokudani cave Buddhas Sculptor unknown Ōno-dera stone Buddha Ōno-dera stone Buddha Kamakura period Ōno-dera stone Buddha Sculptor unknown Bodhisattva Ekadaśamukha Bodhisattva Ekadaśamukha 1221 Nara National Museum Zenkei Uchigawa cliff inscription Uchigawa cliff inscription early Heian period Uchigawa cliff inscription, Gojō, Nara Sculptor unknown Seated Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni) Seated Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni) 9th century Murō-ji, Uda, Nara Sculptor unknown Kasugayama cave Buddhas Kasugayama cave Buddhas Heian period Kasugayama cave Buddhas Sculptor unknown
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Standing Bishamonten (Vaiśravaṇa), main image Chōgosonshi-ji, Heguri, Nara Sculptor unknown
Ataya stone figures Ataya stone figures Muromachi period Yagyū, Nara Sculptor unknown Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha) Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha) 9th–10th century Hokke-ji, Nara Sculptor unknown Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha) Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha) second half of the 8th century Shōrin-ji, Sakurai, Nara Sculptor unknown Yakushi Triad Yakushi Triad late 7th–early 8th century (Hakuhō) Main Hall, Yakushi-ji, Nara Sculptor unknown

Wakayama2

Kongara Dōji, from the Eight Great Youths Kongara Dōji, from the Eight Great Youths ca. 1197 Kongōbu-ji, Kōya, Wakayama Unkei Seitaka Dōji, from the Eight Great Youths Seitaka Dōji, from the Eight Great Youths ca. 1197 Kongōbu-ji, Kōya, Wakayama Unkei

Tottori1

Standing Zaō Gongen Standing Zaō Gongen 1168 Treasure hall, Sanbutsu-ji, Misasa, Tottori Sculptor unknown

Shimane1

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Standing Kannon (Avalokiteśvara), bronze, two figures 692 Gakuen-ji, Izumo, Shimane Sculptor unknown

Okayama19

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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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Seated Yakushi Nyorai (Bhaiṣajyaguru) Muromachi period Yūzan-ji, Maniwa, Okayama Sculptor unknown
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Standing Bishamonten (Vaiśravaṇa) Heian period Anyō-ji, Kurashiki, Okayama Sculptor unknown
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Standing Kichijōten (Śrī-mahādevī) 12th century Anyō-ji, Kurashiki, Okayama 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 Shō Kannon (Āryāvalokiteśvara) Heian period, somewhat later than the Yakushi Yokei-ji, Oku, Setouchi, Okayama Sculptor unknown
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Standing Jizō (Kṣitigarbha) Heian period Kōsan-ji, Ibara, Okayama Sculptor unknown
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Seated Fudō Myōō (Acala) 1442 Kōsan-ji, Ibara, Okayama 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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Standing Thousand-armed Kannon (Sahasrabhuja) first half of the 9th century Ōgashima-ji, Oku, Setouchi, Okayama Sculptor unknown
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Seated Shaka Nyorai (Śākyamuni) 1358 Myōkoku-ji, Bizen, Okayama 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 Bishamonten (Vaiśravaṇa) and Fudō Myōō (Acala) early Kamakura period Nichiō-ji, Okayama Sculptor unknown
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Standing Kannon (Avalokiteśvara) 9th century Myōō-ji, Okayama Sculptor unknown
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Standing Amida Nyorai (Amitābha), by Kaikei 1211 Tōju-in, Ushimado, Setouchi, Okayama Kaikei
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Standing Shō Kannon (Āryāvalokiteśvara) late Heian period Hōkai-in, Okayama Sculptor unknown
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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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Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha) Muromachi period Chōfuku-ji, Mimasaka, Okayama Sculptor unknown
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Pair of zuijin (shrine guardian figures) 1162 Takano Shrine, Tsuyama, Okayama Sculptor unknown

Hiroshima1

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Standing Eleven-headed Kannon (Ekādaśamukha) late Heian period Main hall, Jōdo-ji, Onomichi, Hiroshima Sculptor unknown

Yamaguchi1

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Seated portrait of the monk Chōgen Amida-ji, Hōfu, Yamaguchi Sculptor unknown

Tokushima1

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Seated Shō Kannon (Āryāvalokiteśvara) end of the Heian period Kannon hall, Jōroku-ji, Tokushima Sculptor unknown

Kagawa1

Amida Triad cliff carving, Iyadani-ji Amida Triad cliff carving, Iyadani-ji Heian–Kamakura period Iyadani-ji, Mitoyo, Kagawa Sculptor unknown

Ehime1

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Standing portrait of the monk Kūya Kamakura period Main hall, Jōdo-ji, Matsuyama, Ehime Sculptor unknown

Kōchi1

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Standing Bishamonten (Vaiśravaṇa) with two attendants c. 1225 Reihōden, Sekkei-ji, Kōchi Tankei

Fukuoka1

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Ōiwa Kōbō-in cliff carvings Edo period or later Ōiwa Kōbō-in cliff carvings Sculptor unknown

Saga1

Udono cliff carvings Udono cliff carvings Nanboku-chō to Muromachi/Sengoku periods (14th–16th century) Udono cliff carvings, Ōchi, Karatsu, Saga Sculptor unknown

Nagasaki1

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Standing Thousand-armed Kannon (Sahasrabhuja) end of the Heian period Kannon hall, Kannon-ji, Wakimisaki, Nagasaki Sculptor unknown

Kumamoto1

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Standing Fudō Myōō (Acala), the 'Mizuhiki Fudō' Main hall, Chōju-ji (Kihara Fudōson), Kumamoto Sculptor unknown

Ōita29

Seated Dainichi Nyorai (Mahāvairocana), Furuzono cliff carvings Seated Dainichi Nyorai (Mahāvairocana), Furuzono cliff carvings late Heian period Furuzono cliff carvings, Usuki, Ōita Sculptor unknown Hoki cliff carvings, group one Hoki cliff carvings, group one late Heian period Hoki group one, Usuki cliff carvings, Usuki, Ōita Sculptor unknown Hoki cliff carvings, group two Hoki cliff carvings, group two late Heian period Hoki group two, Usuki cliff carvings, Usuki, Ōita Sculptor unknown Sannōzan cliff carvings Sannōzan cliff carvings late Heian period Sannōzan group, Usuki cliff carvings, Usuki, Ōita Sculptor unknown
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Shimoichi cliff carvings Muromachi period Shimoichi cliff carvings Sculptor unknown
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Nakanobō cliff carvings Muromachi period Nakanobō cliff carvings Sculptor unknown
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Motomiya cliff carvings Muromachi period Motomiya cliff carvings Sculptor unknown
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Kuchido cliff carvings end of Kamakura to Muromachi period Kuchido 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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Dōnosako cliff carvings Muromachi period Dōnosako cliff carvings Sculptor unknown
Yakushi Nyorai, Ōita Motomachi stone Buddhas Yakushi Nyorai, Ōita Motomachi stone Buddhas late Heian period (mid-11th century) Motomachi stone Buddhas, Ōita 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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Daimonbō cliff carvings Muromachi period Daimonbō cliff carvings Sculptor unknown
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Iwaya-ji stone Buddhas late Heian period Iwaya-ji stone Buddhas Sculptor unknown
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Kawanaka Fudō Muromachi period Kawanaka Fudō Sculptor unknown
Fudō Myōō (Achala), Fukō-ji cliff carving Fudō Myōō (Achala), Fukō-ji cliff carving Kamakura period Fukō-ji, Bungo-Ōno, Ōita Sculptor unknown
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Magari stone Buddhas end of the Heian period Magari stone Buddhas Sculptor unknown
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Umenoki cliff carvings Muromachi period Umenoki cliff carvings Sculptor unknown
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Naramoto cliff carvings Muromachi period Naramoto cliff carvings Sculptor unknown
Dainichi Nyorai (Mahāvairocana), Kumano cliff carvings Dainichi Nyorai (Mahāvairocana), Kumano cliff carvings late Heian period Kumano cliff carvings, Bungotakada, Ōita Sculptor unknown Fudō Myōō Triad, Inukai stone Buddhas Fudō Myōō Triad, Inukai stone Buddhas late Heian to Kamakura period Inukai stone Buddhas, Bungo-Ōno, Ōita Sculptor unknown Zuigan-ji cliff carvings Zuigan-ji cliff carvings end of Heian to mid-Muromachi period Zuigan-ji, Kokonoe, Ōita Sculptor unknown
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Fukuma cliff carvings Kamakura period Fukuma cliff carvings Sculptor unknown
Ogata Miyasako East stone Buddhas Ogata Miyasako East stone Buddhas late Heian period Ogata Miyasako East stone Buddhas, Bungo-Ōno, Ōita Sculptor unknown Ogata Miyasako West stone Buddhas Ogata Miyasako West stone Buddhas late Heian period Ogata Miyasako West stone Buddhas, Bungo-Ōno, Ōita Sculptor unknown Sugao cliff carvings Sugao cliff carvings late Heian period Sugao cliff carvings, Bungo-Ōno, Ōita Sculptor unknown
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Nabeyama cliff carvings Heian period Nabeyama cliff carvings Sculptor unknown
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Nagayu line-engraved cliff carvings Muromachi period Nagayu, Taketa, Ōita Sculptor unknown
Takase stone Buddhas Takase stone Buddhas mid to late Heian period Takase stone Buddhas, Ōita Sculptor unknown

Miyazaki2

Seated Five Wisdom Buddhas (Gochi Nyorai) Seated Five Wisdom Buddhas (Gochi Nyorai) c. 1791–1797 Mokujiki Gochi-kan, site of Hyūga Kokubun-ji, Saito, Miyazaki Mokujiki
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Higashifumoto cave Buddhas: Yakushi triad with the Twelve Generals late Kamakura period Higashifumoto, Kobayashi, Miyazaki Sculptor unknown

Kagoshima3

Kurano cliff carvings Kurano cliff carvings end of the Kamakura period Kurano cliff carvings, Satsumasendai, Kagoshima Sculptor unknown Amida Nyorai, Kiyomizu cliff carvings Amida Nyorai, Kiyomizu cliff carvings 1895 Kiyomizu cliff carvings, Minamikyūshū, Kagoshima Kihara Sannosuke Takata cliff carvings Takata cliff carvings mid-Edo period Takata cliff carvings, Minamikyūshū, Kagoshima Sculptor unknown

Okinawa1

Pair of Niō (temple guardians) Pair of Niō (temple guardians) 1737 Sanmon gate, Tōrin-ji, Ishigaki, Okinawa Sculptor unknown

Outside Japan4

Fudō Myōō, the Immovable Wisdom King (Achala Vidyaraja) Fudō Myōō, the Immovable Wisdom King (Achala Vidyaraja) early 13th century The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Kaikei Jizō Bosatsu (Kṣitigarbha) Jizō Bosatsu (Kṣitigarbha) ca. 1202 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Kaikei Fudō Myōō (Achala Vidyaraja), The Immovable Wisdom King Fudō Myōō (Achala Vidyaraja), The Immovable Wisdom King 1805 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Mokujiki Miroku, the Bodhisattva of the Future Miroku, the Bodhisattva of the Future early 13th century Museum of Fine Arts, Boston Kaikei

Not recorded4

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Kannon Bosatsu in relief 1893 Present location unknown Ishikawa Kōmei
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Fudō Myōō (Achala) Shōwa period Present location unknown Sawada Seikō
Standing Nyorai, by Enkū Standing Nyorai, by Enkū early Edo period Temples, shrines and private collections across Japan Enkū
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Prince Shōtoku as a boy 1913 No longer extant; destroyed in the 1923 Great Kantō earthquake Ishikawa Kōmei