Tang-Model Mandala Images (within Esoteric Buddhist Imagery)

Ink on paper (hakubyō line drawing) · Heian period · 12th century · Ninnaji, Kyoto

Hakubyō designs labeled "ancestral model from Tang lands": earlier section shows the Five Buddhas of the Diamond Realm; later section shows the thousand-armed Gundari (Gundari Myō-ō).

Exhibition: Celebrating 1250 Years Since the Birth of the Great Master Kūkai: Kūkai and the Treasures of Shingon Buddhism — Tokyo National Museum · 2026-07-14 – 2026-09-06