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Two temple guardians
anonymous, c. 1300 - c. 1400, sculpture, AK-RAK-2007-1-B
These guards stand at the entrance to a temple to ward off evil. They are holding a vajra, with which to crush ignorance. Their open and shut mouths represent the first and last letters of the Japanese script: A and N: this symbolises the totality of sounds and letters, of knowledge. Worshippers who…
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
Jizo Bodhisattva
anonymous, c. 1300 - c. 1350, hanging scroll, AK-MAK-162
The Buddha Amida
anonymous, c. 1125 - c. 1175, sculpture, AK-MAK-294
On display in Asian pavilion, room 2
Osaka album
Utagawa Hirosada, 1847 - 1849, RP-P-2007-729
Tea caddy with a brown glaze
anonymous, anonymous, c. 1650 - c. 1699, AK-MAK-762
Candlestick with a conical bulb…
anonymous, c. 1775 - c. 1799, candlestick, AK-NM-6656-A
Zeeroute
Kamisaka Sekka, 1903, book, RP-P-2005-571
Schetsen van Hokusai - deel 7
Katsushika Hokusai, 1819 - 1821, book, RP-P-2004-509
Netsuke in the form of a rabbit
Ranichi, c. 1790 - c. 1800, AK-MAK-995