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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

At a glance — Painting · Kamakura period, 13th century · held by Nara National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

Fact Sheet

Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category: Paintings
Period: Kamakura period, 13th century
Date: 1201–1300
Held by: Nara National Museum
Location: Nara Park, Nara
Catalogue ID: cobas-16101

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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.]}

— Museum description: Nara National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財), Government of Japan
Catalogue ID: cobas-16101 (permanent)
Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-16101
Holder's collection: ColBase — Nara National Museum
Photograph: Nara National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0. CC BY 4.0 licence

Cite this page: “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）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-16101. Nara National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/mandalas-of-the-two-worlds-ry-kai-mandara-sword-with-the-dragon-kurikara-kulika-n-gar-ja/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.

Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)

Category: Paintings, sketches, and prints:Japan:Buddhist paintings
Genre: Paintings
Material: Hanging scroll; ink and colors on silk
Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
員数: ３幅
分類: 絵画
種別: 絵画:日本:仏画
品質形状: 絹本著色掛幅

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