Seated Yakushi Nyorai (Medicine Buddha)
wood, polychrome · Heian period · 12th century · Nakayama-dera, Hyōgo
Another face preserved for eight hundred years at Nakayama-dera, the famed temple for safe childbirth: the silent Heian-period Yakushi Nyorai.
Exhibition: Celebrating 1250 Years Since the Birth of the Great Master Kūkai: Kūkai and the Treasures of Shingon Buddhism — Tokyo National Museum · –