The Bija A, representing Vairocana (Dainichi)
Japan
Color and gold on silk
H x W (image): 120.7 x 42.4 cm (47 1/2 x 16 11/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1898.509a-d
Buddhist ritual bell
Japan
Bronze
H x Diam (overall): 18.7 x 6.3 cm (7 3/8 x 2 1/2 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1903.292
Buddhist ritual bell
Japan
Bronze
H (overall): 15.6 cm (6 1/8 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1903.293
Buddhist ritual bell
Japan
Bronze
H x W (overall): 14.6 x 6.3 cm (5 3/4 x 2 1/2 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1903.294
Buddhist ritual bell
Japan
Bronze
H x W (overall): 14.4 x 6.3 cm (5 11/16 x 2 1/2 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1903.295
Buddhist ritual bell
Japan
Bronze
H x W (overall): 14.4 x 6.3 cm (5 11/16 x 2 1/2 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1903.296
Amitabha’s paradise
Heian period, 794-1185
Japan
Color and gold on silk
H x W (image): 109.6 x 55.4 cm (43 1/8 x 21 13/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1904.112
Eleven-headed Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Jūichimen Kannon)
Japan
Color and gold on silk
H x W (image): 102.2 × 41 cm (40 1/4 × 16 1/8 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1904.350
Amitabha rising above the hills
Japan
Color and gold on silk panel
H x W (image): 89.6 x 65.3 cm (35 1/4 x 25 11/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1906.268a-c
Amitabha (Amida) welcoming souls to paradise
Japan
Color and gold on silk
H x W (image): 110.1 x 41.8 cm (43 3/8 x 16 7/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1907.537
Sutra container with cover
Japan
Gilt bronze
H x W: 28.2 x 12.4 cm (11 1/8 x 4 7/8 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1909.253a-b
Gokei Monju
Japan
Ink and color on silk
H x W: 105.6 x 48.8 cm (41 9/16 x 19 3/16 in)
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Freer Gallery of Art
F1911.316
Hōrōkaku Mandara
Japan
Color and gold on silk panel
H x W (image): 144.2 × 86.7 cm (56 3/4 × 34 1/8 in)
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Freer Gallery of Art
F1929.2a-c
Kako Genzai Ingakyo (Sutra of Cause and Effect)
Japan
Ink and color on paper
H x W (image): 26.9 × 75.1 cm (10 9/16 × 29 9/16 in)
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Freer Gallery of Art
F1962.2
The Bodhisattva – Fugen (Fugen Bosatsu)
Japan
Ink, color, gold, and silver on silk
H x W (image): 155.9 x 83.3 cm (61 3/8 x 32 13/16 in)
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Freer Gallery of Art
F1963.6
The Bodhisattva Fugen and attendants
Japan
Ink, color, and gold on silk
H x W (image): 140.9 × 73.1 cm (55 1/2 × 28 13/16 in)
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Freer Gallery of Art
F1963.14
Ewer
Japan
Lacquer on wood
H x W: 35.5 x 19.3 cm (14 x 7 5/8 in)
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Freer Gallery of Art
F1967.5a-b
Basin, three-legged; with natural wood sides
Japan
Lacquer
H x W: 17.2 x 35 cm (6 3/4 x 13 3/4 in)
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Freer Gallery of Art
F1967.12a-c
Sutra: Kan Fugen bosatsu gyobo kyo
Japan
Gold and silver on indigo-dyed paper
H x W (overall): 25.4 x 76.9 cm (10 x 30 1/4 in)
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Freer Gallery of Art
F1968.60
Daigensui Myō’ō
Japan
Color and gold on silk
H x W (image): 162.5 x 113.1 cm (64 x 44 1/2 in)
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Freer Gallery of Art
F1978.38
Lotus Sutra, Chapters 20-23
Japan
Handscroll; color, gold, and silver on indigo-dyed paper, rock crystal jiku
H x W (overall): 26 x 877.3 cm (10 1/4 x 345 3/8 in)
Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Freer Gallery of Art
F1980.199
Prince Shotoku (Shotoku Taishi) and Attendants
Japan
Ink, color, and gold on silk
H x W (image): 110.3 × 73.1 cm (43 7/16 × 28 13/16 in)
Purchase — funds provided by the Parnassus Foundation, courtesy of Jane and Raphael Bernstein; Mr. and Mrs. Frank H. Pearl; Jeffrey P. Cunard; and the Charles Lang Freer Endowment
Freer Gallery of Art
F2001.1a-f
The Buddha Shakyamuni with the bodhisattvas Samantabhadra and Manjushri
Japan
Ink, color, and gold on silk
H x W (image): 114.7 x 51.8 cm (45 3/16 x 20 3/8 in)
Gift of Victor and Takako Hauge
Freer Gallery of Art
F2007.7a-f
Lotus Sutra, chapter 24‐25
Japan
Bronze with gilding
H x W x D: 21.2 × 17.9 × 0.2 cm (8 3/8 × 7 1/16 × 1/16 in)
Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto
Freer Gallery of Art
F2014.6.1a-d
Section of “Ananda’s Perfect Memory,” Chapter 45 of the Sutra of the Wise and Foolish
Japan
Ink on paper
H x W (image): 27.3 x 44.5 cm (10 3/4 x 17 1/2 in)
H x W (mount): 100 × 58.6 cm (39 3/8 × 23 1/16 in)
W (jiku): 64.2 cm (25 1/4 in)
Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto in honor of Tajima Mitsuru
Freer Gallery of Art
F2014.6.2a-g
Section of “The Bodhisattva Wonderful Sound,” Chapter 24 of the Lotus Sutra
Japan
Gold and silver on indigo-dyed paper
H x W (image): 28.5 × 56.2 cm (11 1/4 × 22 1/8 in)
Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto in honor of Yanagi Takashi and his sons, Kōichi and Kōji
Freer Gallery of Art
F2014.6.3a-c
Section of “The Former Affairs of the Bodhisattva Medicine King,” Chapter 23 of the Lotus Sutra
Japan
Ink, gold, silver, and color on paper
H x W (image): 24.7 × 40.7 cm (9 3/4 × 16 in)
Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto in honor of Tajima Mitsuru
Freer Gallery of Art
F2014.6.5
Section of “The Emergence of the Treasure Tower,” with Pagoda Decoration, Chapter 11 of the Lotus Sutra
Japan
Ink on paper with thin mica-coating and mica-stamped decoration
H x W (image): 29.2 × 34.8 cm (11 1/2 × 13 11/16 in)
Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto in honor of Tajima Mitsuru
Freer Gallery of Art
F2014.6.6a-g
Sutra container with sacred gem top
Japan
Bronze
H x Diam (assembled bronze container): 29 × 10.6 cm (11 7/16 × 4 3/16 in)
Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto
Freer Gallery of Art
F2014.6.8a-j
Section of “Simile and Parable,” with Pagoda Decoration, Chapter 3 of the Lotus Sutra
Japan
Gold on indigo-dyed paper, with silver-rule lines and mica stamped decoration
H x W (image): 29.7 × 14.1 cm (11 11/16 × 5 9/16 in)
Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto
Freer Gallery of Art
F2014.6.11a-h
Section of the Sutra of Hokke sanho
Japan
Ink, color, gold and silver on paper
H x W (with rollers): 138 x 45.6 cm (54 5/16 x 17 15/16 in)
Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto
Freer Gallery of Art
F2014.6.12a-c
Section of the Sutra of Contemplation on the Buddha of Immeasurable Life
Japan
Malachite, gold, and silver on paper
H x W (image): 25.3 × 13.3 cm (9 15/16 × 5 1/4 in)
Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto
Freer Gallery of Art
F2014.6.13a-d
Section of “Sermon”, chapter 2 of the Sutra of Innumerable Meanings
Japan
Ink on purple-dyed paper with mica, color, gold, and silver
H x W (image): 25.6 × 12.9 cm (10 1/16 × 5 1/16 in)
Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto
Freer Gallery of Art
F2014.6.14a-e
Segment of a sutra from Mount Koya
Japan
Gold on indigo-dyed paper
H x W (image): 24.9 × 50.3 cm (9 13/16 × 19 13/16 in)
Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto
Freer Gallery of Art
F2014.6.17a-d
Passage from Commentary on the Sutra of Golden Light, segment from the limuro-gire
Early Heian period, 9th century
Japan
Ink on paper
H x W (image): 27.3 × 8.9 cm (10 3/4 × 3 1/2 in)
Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto
Freer Gallery of Art
F2014.6.18a-f