"Kushamandarazu"

Other sculptures include the Thousand-Armed Kannon in the Sammai-do (Shinjuku-do), the seated Maitreya Bodhisattva (on loan from the Nara National Museum) also known as the "Great Buddha of Trial" and said to be a Buddha with good reason, the seated Kariteimo in the Nigatsu-do dining hall, and the standing statues of Jikokuten and Tamonten, which were moved from Eikyu-ji Temple in Tenri during the anti-Buddhist movement in the early Meiji period. Paintings include the "Kusya Mandala," a work from the late Heian period but with a revivalist style, as well as the "Kegon Fifty-Five Places Scroll," also known as the "Zenzai Doji Emaki," and the framed "Kegon Fifty-Five Places Painting," both of which are said to date to the second half of the 12th century. Among the handicrafts are the Goshishi Nyoi, a five-lion Nyoi that was owned by Shoho and became a necessary item for the Vima-kai after his death, a relic that shows the development of teachings at Todai-ji.

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Kusha Mandala" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…このほか彫刻では三昧堂(四月堂)の千手観音像，〈試みの大仏〉とも呼ばれ良弁念持仏と伝える弥勒菩薩座像(奈良国立博物館寄託)，二月堂食堂の訶梨帝母（かりていも）座像，明治初期の廃仏毀釈の際，天理の永久寺より移された持国天･多聞天立像がある。絵画では平安後期の作ながら復古的作風の《俱舎曼荼羅図》があり，また《善財童子絵巻》とも称される《華厳五十五所絵巻》，額装の《華厳五十五所絵》はともに12世紀後半といわれる。工芸では聖宝が所持し，その没後，維摩会の必需品となった五獅子如意があり，東大寺における教学の展開を示す遺品となっている。…

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