Stupa: Hyakuman tô (one of one million pagodas) / Artist Unknown, Japan
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- Accession Number
- 1969/2.21
- Title
- Stupa: Hyakuman tô (one of one million pagodas)
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Japan
- Artist Nationality
- Japanese
- Medium and Support
- carved wood with traces of gesso
- Object Creation Date
- 764-770
- Object Creation Place
- Asia (continent)
- Japan (nation)
- Kinki (region)
- Nara (prefecture)
- Ikaruga-chô (inhabited place)
- Creation Place 1
- Asia (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Japan (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Kinki (region)
- Creation Place 4
- Nara (prefecture)
- Creation Place 5
- Ikaruga-chô (inhabited place)
- Period
- Japan, Nara period (710-794)
- Dimensions
- 21.2 cm x 10.4 cm x 10.4 cm (8 3/8 in. x 4 1/8 in. x 4 1/8 in.)
- Century
- 8th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Wood and Woodcarving
- Primary Object Type
- stupa
- Physical Description
- Wooden miniture model of a tower, comprised of a round base, a bar in the middle where three larger discs and six or seven small discs are inserted. A bulb-shaped ornament rests on top.
- Subject Matter
- This miniature wooden stupa, or pagoda, is one of one million Buddhist small stupas commissioned by Kôken (718–770), Empress Regnant of Japan (r. 749-758), to celebrate her triumph in 764 over Fujiwara Nakamaro, whose rebellion had earlier forced her from the throne. The central axis of the stupa would have been hollowed out to contain a dharani, a powerful Buddhist prayer, which amimates and sacralizes the stupa.
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- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 1983 x 3413
- File Size
- 923 KB
- Record
- 1969/2.21
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"Stupa: Hyakuman tô (one of one million pagodas); Artist Unknown, Japan." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1969-sl-2.21/1969_2_21.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024.