{"id":29131,"date":"2024-01-26T17:46:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T08:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tsumugu-admin.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/?p=29131"},"modified":"2024-01-26T17:46:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T08:46:01","slug":"chusonji-golden-hall-tokyo-national-museum-202401","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tsumugu.yomiuri.co.jp\/en\/events\/chusonji-golden-hall-tokyo-national-museum-202401\/","title":{"rendered":"Treasures of Chuson-ji temple’s Golden Hall on display at Tokyo National Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A special exhibition to mark the 900th anniversary of the construction of the Golden Hall (Konjiki-do<\/em>) at Chuson-ji temple — a part of the World Heritage site “Hiraizumi — Temples, Gardens and Archaeological Sites Representing the Buddhist Pure Land” in the northeastern Iwate Prefecture — is now running at the Tokyo National Museum in Tokyo’s Ueno Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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From a press preview of the exhibition on Jan. 22.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Special Exhibition
The Golden Hall of Ch\u016bson-ji Temple<\/strong><\/p>

Jan 23 (Tue) – Apr 14 (Sun), 2024<\/p>

Tokyo National Museum
(Ueno Park, Tokyo)
<\/p>*See outline below for details<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

At “The Golden Hall of Ch\u016bson-ji Temple,” the exhibition in the museum’s Japanese Gallery (Honkan), visitors can admire all eleven wooden statues covered in gold leaf from the central altar of the hall dedicated to Amida Nyorai (the Buddha of Limitless Light) — all of which are designated national treasures and on view outside the temple grounds for the first time — as well as some of the ornaments that formerly adorned the hall. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Reporters at the press preview view the Seated Buddha Amida (Heian Period, 12th century), the central image of the Golden Hall. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Standing Bodhisattva Kannon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Standing Bodhisattva Seishi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Chuson-ji, a temple of the esoteric Tendai school, was founded in 850 by En’nin (posthumously known as Jikaku Daishi), who later became the third zasu<\/em> or abbot of the school. In the 12th century, Fujiwara no Kiyohira (1056-1128), the first of the Oshu-Fujiwara clan that then ruled the Tohoku region, relocated to Hiraizumi and built a huge temple complex, which included the Golden Hall (completed in 1124). A 1\/5 scale model of the Golden Hall (20th century) is also on display in the exhibition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A 1\/5 scale model of the Golden Hall (20th century) is also on display.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition runs through Apr. 14, 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other highlights<\/h6>\n\n\n\n
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A canopy formerly used over the Seated Buddha Amida<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sutras from the Chuson-ji Canon (Issai-kyo<\/em> in Alternating Gold and Silver Characters on Blue Paper)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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A full-size reproduction of the Golden Hall using 8K technology is shown.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

(Photos by Kazuki Matsuura)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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