The Arts under State Buddhism at the Nara Court

Question 1

Yakushi Triad

Answer 1

late 7th or early 8th c.,
Main Hall, Yakushiji,
bronze (originally gilt)

Question 2

Great Buddha(Daibutsu)

Answer 2

Tôdaiji, Nara,

lotus base with engraving of Shaka, mid-8th c.

Question 3

“Never Empty Lasso” Kannon (Fukûkenjaku Kannon)

Answer 3

Hall of the Lotus Sutra (Hokkedô), Tôdaiji, Nara,
740s,
dry lacquer with gold leaf,
142 in.tall

Question 4

Tamonten

Answer 4

Ordination Hall, Tôdaiji, Nara,
mid-8th c.,
clay with paint,
64 in. tall

Question 5

Thunderbolt Bearer (Shukongôjin)

Answer 5

733,
painted clay,
68 1/2 in. tall
Hall of the Lotus Sutra (Hokkedô), Tôdaiji, Nara

Question 6

Shôsôin, Tôdaiji, Nara, 756

Answer 6

Treasure repository

Interior-condition is automatically controlled by the wood interlock

Question 7

Gigaku mask

Answer 7

wood,
752,
Shôsôin, Nara

Question 8

Lotus-flower-shaped incense burner pedestal featuring karyôbinga motif

Answer 8

lacquer and gold leaf on wood, 
6½ in. tall, 
8th c., 
Nara period (Japan), 
Shôsôin, Nara

Question 9

Bodhisattva, ink painting on hemp

Answer 9

8th c., Shôsôin, Nara

Question 10

Lady under a Tree

Answer 10

c. 752-56,
ink and color on paper,
49 1/2 in. tall,
Shôsôin, Nara

Question 11

Kichijôten,

Answer 11

color on hemp,
approx. 21 in. high,
3rd quarter of 8th c.,
Yakushiji, Nara

Question 12

Shôsôin

Answer 12

Treasure repository

Question 13

Kômyô

Answer 13

Empress Komyo- Emperor Shomu’s wife

donated the objects in Shosoin upon his death

Question 14

Nara

Answer 14

Modern Heijo-kyo

Question 15

Chang’an (present-day Xi’an)

Answer 15

A place in China where Kukai and his envoy lodged and went to meet the Tang court. He

Question 16

Tang dynasty (618-907)

Answer 16

Chinese reign-

Question 17

Kichijôten

Answer 17

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Question 18

Byôbu

Answer 18

Japanese folding screens