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Japanese Mandalas: Emanations and Avatars

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		*Diamond World Mandala (Kongōkai mandara) from a Mandala of Both Worlds (Ryōkai mandara)* Kamakura period (1185–1333), 13th century Brooklyn Museum. 21.240.1. Museum Collection Fund

		*Womb World Mandala (Taizōkai mandara) from a Mandala of Both Worlds (Ryōkai mandara)* Kamakura period (1185–1333), 13th century Brooklyn Museum. 21.240.2. Museum Collection Fund

		*Dainichi Nyorai (Mahavairochana)* Heian period (794–1185), 12th century The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1926 (26.118)

		Matsubara Shōgetsu (active ca. 1800) *Diamond World Mandala (Kongōkai mandara) from a Mandala of Both Worlds (Ryōkai mandara)* Edo period (1615–1868) Lent by Alvin E. Friedman-Kien and Ryo Toyonaga Collection

		Matsubara Shōgetsu (active ca. 1800) *Womb World Mandala (Taizōkai Mandara) from a Mandala of Both Worlds (Ryōkai mandara)* Edo period (1615–1868) Lent by Alvin E. Friedman-Kien and Ryo Toyonaga Collection

		Standing Tobatsu Bishamonten Heian period (794–1185), late 10th–early 11th century Lent by Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation

		Mandala of Han'nya Bosatsu Nanbokuchō period (1336–92), 14th century The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation, 2000 (2000.289)

		Temple Roof Tile Kamakura period (1185–1333), second half of the 13th century Lent by Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection Photograph by Osamu Watanabe

		*Diamond World Mandala (Kongōkai mandara) from a Mandala of Both Worlds (Ryōkai mandara)* Muromachi period (1392–1568) Lent by Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection

		*Womb World Mandala (Taizōkai mandara) from a Mandala of Both Worlds (Ryōkai mandara)* Muromachi period (1392–1568) Lent by Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection

		Incense Brazier Kamakura period (1185–1333), 13th century Property of Mary Griggs Burke

		Saturn Heian period (794–1185), 12th century The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975 (1975.268.15)

		Scroll of Deities of the Diamond World Mandala (detail) Heian period (794–1185), dated 1083 The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975 (1975.268.3)

		Scroll of Mudras (detail) Heian period (794–1185), 11th�12th century The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The Harry G. C. Packard Collection of Asian Art, Gift of Harry G. C. Packard, and Purchase, Fletcher, Rogers, Harris Brisbane Dick, and Louis V. Bell Funds, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, and The Annenberg Fund Inc. Gift, 1975 (1975.268.2)

		Jūichimen Kannon (Eleven-headed Avalokiteshvara) Kamakura period (1185–1333), early 13th century Lent by the Princeton University Art Museum, Gift of J. Lionberger Davis, Class of 1900, y1963-28

		*One of the Divine Generals from the Twelve Divine Generals (Jūnishinsho)* Kamakura period (1185–1333), 14th century Lent by Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation

		Standing Bishamonten (Vaishravana) Kamakura period (1185–1333), 1st half of the 13th century Property of Mary Griggs Burke

		*Tale for a Long Autumn Night (Aki no yo no naga monogatari emaki)* Nanbokuchō period (1336–92), late 14th century The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Funds from various donors, by exchange, Fletcher Fund and Dodge Fund, 2002 2002.459.1

		*Fragment from the Illustrated Chronicle of the Great Master from Kōya* (Kōya daishi gyōjō zue)** Kamakura period (1185–1333),13th–14th century Lent by John C. Weber Collection Photograph by John Bigelow Taylor

		Star Mandala Heian period (794–1185) Lent by Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection

		Seiryū Gongen Nanbokuchō period (1336–92), mid-14th century Property of Mary Griggs Burke

		Niu Myōjin Kamakura period (1185–1333), early 14th century Lent by Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation

		*Buddhist vestment (Kesa)* Edo period (1615–1868), 18th century The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1919 (19.93.112)

		Dakiniten Nanbokuchō period (1336–92) The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Purchase, Friends of Asian Art Gifts, in honor of Wen C. Fong, 2000 (2000.274)

		Wheel of the Law (Chakra) Kamakura period (1185–1333), late 13th century Property of Mary Griggs Burke

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