Muroji (Nara Prefecture): Golden Hall, interior with Yakushi Nyorai and Taishakuten Mandala

Published/Created:

Japan, Nara Prefecture: Muroji, Kondo
ca. 750-850

Notes:

Interior of Kondo (Main Hall) at Muroji showing Yakushi Nyorai (temple’s Shaka Nyorai) in front of Taishakuten Mandala on rear wall.

Variant Titles:

Muroji: Kondo
室生寺金堂

Topics:

Architecture -- Japan -- Nara Prefecture -- (YVRC)
Painting -- Japan -- Heian period, 784-1185 -- (YVRC)

Culture:

Buddhist, Esoteric
Buddhist: Shingon sect

Accession Number:

MHY02213

Genre:

mandalas (AAT)
religious buildings: temples (AAT)

Format:

Image

Rights:

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Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Source Title:

Asian Collection (Mimi Hall Yiengpruksawan Personal Collection)

Source Note:

Zusetsu Nihon no bukkyo 2 Mikkyo, Shinchosha, 1988 図說日本の仏教 2: 密教, 1988

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

Portfolio Item ID: 310327

OID:

579230

PID:

digcoll:2076994