Bodhisattva with One Leg Pendent

菩薩半跏像

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At a glance — Art Object · Asuka period · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

Fact Sheet

Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category: Art Objects
Period: Asuka period
Date: 501–700
Held by: Tokyo National Museum
Location: Ueno, Tokyo
Catalogue ID: cobas-117801

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Sitting with one leg crossed and resting his chin on his hand, this Buddhist statue is among other statues in this posture that were worshipped widely particularly in ancient Korea and Japan. In Japan, they may have been accepted as statues representing the bodhisattva Miroku, which people of the time believed to appear in the distant future.

— Museum description: Tokyo 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-117801 (permanent)
Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-117801
Holder's collection: ColBase — Tokyo National Museum
Photograph: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0. Detail views are crops of the same image. CC BY 4.0 licence

Cite this page: “Bodhisattva with One Leg Pendent（菩薩半跏像）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-117801. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/bodhisattva-with-one-leg-pendent-tokyo-national-museum/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.

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