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 Nationality
Japanese
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)
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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1983 x 3413
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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.
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