National Treasure
The Eccentrics Hanshan and Shide (From a Scroll of Zen Paintings)
寒山拾得図(禅機図断簡)
Paintings · Nanbokuchō, 14th centuryTNM
Home › Browse › Paintings › Nanbokuchō period › The Blessings of the Wisdom King Fudō
Important Cultural Property
The Blessings of the Wisdom King Fudō
不動利益縁起絵巻
At a glance — Painting · Nanbokuchō period, 14th century · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.
Fact Sheet
- Designation
- Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
- Category
- Paintings
- Date
- 1301–1400
- Held by
- Tokyo National Museum
- Location
- Ueno, Tokyo
- Catalogue ID
- cobas-47476
Find more
- Same period
- Nanbokuchō paintings →
- At this museum
- All 1632 works here →
Stories of divine intervention are a favorite subject for Japanese picture scrolls. Read from right to left, this one tells a story about the powerful Buddhist deity Wisdom King Fudō. In this tale, a selfless monk saves his master by transferring the master’s illness to himself. Fudō takes pity on the monk and performs a miracle to save him, an act that sends Fudō on a journey to the Buddhist hell.
— 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-47476 (permanent)
- Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-47476
- Holder's collection: ColBase — Tokyo National Museum
- Photograph: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0. CC BY 4.0 licence
Cite this page: “The Blessings of the Wisdom King Fudō（不動利益縁起絵巻）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-47476. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/the-blessings-of-the-wisdom-king-fud/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
- Genre: Painting
- Category: Paintings, sketches, and prints:Japan:Yamato-e
- Material: Color on paper
- Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
- 員数: 1巻
- 分類: 絵画
- 品質形状: 紙本着色
- 種別: 絵画:日本:やまと絵
- 法量: 28.4x947.5
Also at the Tokyo National Museum More →
National Treasure
Snowy Landscape
雪景山水図軸
Paintings · Kamakura, 1201–1400TNM
National Treasure
Volume 7 of "The Biography of the Traveling Preacher Ippen"
一遍聖絵 巻第七
Paintings · Kamakura, 1299TNM
National Treasure
Reading in Bamboo Grove
竹斎読書図
Paintings · Muromachi, 1447TNM
National Treasure
Snowy Landscape
雪景山水図軸
Paintings · Kamakura, 13th centuryTNM
National Treasure
The Buddha Descending from the Mountain
出山釈迦図
Paintings · Kamakura, 13th centuryTNM
National Treasure
“The Emperor Escapes to Rokuhara” from The Illustrated Tale of Heiji
平治物語絵巻 六波羅行幸巻
Paintings · Kamakura, 13th centuryTNM
National Treasure
Autumn and Winter Landscapes
秋冬山水図
Paintings · Muromachi, 15th centuryTNM
More paintings of the Nanbokuchō period More →
National Treasure
The Eccentrics Hanshan and Shide (From a Scroll of Zen Paintings)
寒山拾得図(禅機図断簡)
Paintings · Nanbokuchō, 14th centuryTNM
Important Cultural Property
Arhat
羅漢図軸
Paintings · Nanbokuchō, 14th centuryTNM
Important Cultural Property
Artisans' Poetry Contest Held at Tōhokuin Temple
東北院職人歌合絵巻
Paintings · Nanbokuchō, 14th centuryTNM
Important Cultural Property
Birds at the Waterside in Snow
雪汀遊禽図軸
Paintings · Nanbokuchō, 14th centuryTNM
Important Cultural Property
Calf
放犢図軸
Paintings · Nanbokuchō, 14th centuryTNM
Important Cultural Property
Detached Segment of Illustrated Scroll of Love Story of Courtier Sagoromo
狭衣物語絵巻断簡
Paintings · Nanbokuchō, 14th centuryTNM
Important Cultural Property
Detached Segment of Illustrated Scroll of Love Story of Courtier Sagoromo
狭衣物語絵巻断簡
Paintings · Nanbokuchō, 14th centuryTNM
Important Cultural Property
Detached Segment of Illustrated Scroll of Love Story of Courtier Sagoromo
狭衣物語絵巻断簡
Paintings · Nanbokuchō, 14th centuryTNM
Advertisement