The Queen Mother of the West and the Scholar-Official Dongfang Shuo 西王母・東方朔図せいおうぼ とうぼうさくず
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Chinese legends were a favorite theme for paintings displayed at Zen temples. The paintings here were originally mounted on sliding doors at Daisen'in, a sub-temple of the great Zen monastery Daitokuji in Kyoto. On the left is the goddess known as the Queen Mother of the West. On the right is the scholar Dongfang Shuo, who stole and ate the Queen Mother’s peaches of immortality.
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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.
Last updated
July 20, 2026