Mandalas of the Two Worlds (Ryōkai Mandara); Sword with the Dragon Kurikara (Kulika Nāgarāja) and Two Child Acolytes 両界曼荼羅・倶利迦羅龍剣二童子像りょうがいまんだら・くりからりゅうけんにどうじぞう
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{i=>[Ryōgai Mandara], content=>[This set of paintings includes the Mandalas of the Two Worlds (, ) and a fearsome emanation of the deity Fudō Myōō (Skt. Acala) as the Dragon Kurikara (Skt. Kulika Nāgarāja). This latter icon would have been enshrined with the mandalas of the two worlds hanging on either side of it. The set can be identified as belonging to a Tendai-sect context, in part because its version of the Diamond World (Skt. Vajradhātu; J. Kongōkai) mandala features eighty-one deities: a feature that accords with Tendai iconographic traditions.]}
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
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July 20, 2026