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Head of Kannon Bosatsu (Avalokitesvara)
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Sculpture · Edo, 1601–1800TNM
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Important Cultural Property
The Buddha Dainichi
大日如来坐像
At a glance — Sculpture · Edo period · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.
Fact Sheet
- Designation
- Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
- Category
- Sculpture
- Period
- Edo period
- Date
- 1601–1800
- Held by
- Tokyo National Museum
- Location
- Ueno, Tokyo
- Catalogue ID
- cobas-58494
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This is a sculpture of the Buddha Dainichi, regarded in Esoteric Buddhism as the creator of the universe. Sculptures like this, including that of other buddhas, were also confiscated from suspected Christians. Not all were venerated as Christian religious figures; it is possible that some were worshipped as Buddhist deities.
— 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-58494 (permanent)
- Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-58494
- 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 Buddha Dainichi（大日如来坐像）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-58494. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/the-buddha-dainichi-tokyo-national-museum/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
- Genre: Sculpture
- Category: Historical materials:Christian-related materials
- Material: Bronze
- Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
- 員数: 1軀
- 分類: 彫刻
- 品質形状: 銅造
- 種別: 歴史資料:キリシタン関係遺品
- 法量: 総高9.6
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