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Teaching Gallery: Eyes on Icons: Exploring Japanese Buddhism at the Spencer Museum of Art

White Gallery, Spencer Museum of Art, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas

Student “exhibition” of items related to Sherry Fowler’s seminar on Buddhist icons. Many of the objects were selected by students as part of a mock exhibition assignment for the class.

Works of art

Ayasato smoking a pipe, Suzuki Harunobu — Suzuki Harunobu

Ayasato smoking a pipe, 1770, Edo period (1600–1868)

courtesan offering a pipe to Bodhidharma, Suzuki Harunobu — Suzuki Harunobu

courtesan offering a pipe to Bodhidharma, 1765, Edo period (1600–1868)

Daruma Playing a Shamisen, Katsushika Hokusai — Katsushika Hokusai

Daruma Playing a Shamisen, circa 1830s, Edo period (1600–1868)

miniature shrine — Katsushika Hokusai

miniature shrine, early 1900s, Meiji period (1868–1912)

No. 536, Daibutsu at Kamakura — Katsushika Hokusai

No. 536, Daibutsu at Kamakura, circa 1880, Meiji period (1868–1912)

The Seven Lucky Gods in a Treasure Ship, Suzuki Harunobu — Suzuki Harunobu

The Seven Lucky Gods in a Treasure Ship, late 1760s, Edo period (1600–1868)

Daihannya Haramitta kyō (Mahaprajnaparamita sutra) part 24 — Suzuki Harunobu

Daihannya Haramitta kyō (Mahaprajnaparamita sutra) part 24, 1200s, Kamakura period (1185–1333)

Inbutsu (stamp print) of Fudō Myōō — Suzuki Harunobu

Inbutsu (stamp print) of Fudō Myōō, 1200s–1300s, Kamakura period (1185–1333) or Muromachi period (1336–1573)

zushi (portable shrine) containing Aizen Myōō — Suzuki Harunobu

zushi (portable shrine) containing Aizen Myōō, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Hotei carrying three children across a stream in a bag on his head, Kawanabe Kyōsai — Kawanabe Kyōsai

Hotei carrying three children across a stream in a bag on his head, circa 1880s or 1890s, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Hotei with Karako Children, Hanabusa Itchō — Hanabusa Itchō

Hotei with Karako Children, late 1600s–early 1700s, Edo period (1600–1868)

布袋 (Hotei with two children) — Hanabusa Itchō

布袋 (Hotei with two children), 1800s, Edo period (1600–1868) or Meiji period (1868–1912)

Hotei, Totoya Hokkei — Totoya Hokkei

Hotei, circa mid 1810s, Edo period (1600–1868)

Ebisu, Totoya Hokkei — Totoya Hokkei

Ebisu, circa mid 1810s, Edo period (1600–1868)

spear, pagoda and sash; emblems of the god Bishamon, Totoya Hokkei — Totoya Hokkei

spear, pagoda and sash; emblems of the god Bishamon, circa mid 1810s, Edo period (1600–1868)

Jigoku dayū (Hell Courtesan), Kawanabe Kyōsai; Sawamuraya Seikichi — Kawanabe Kyōsai; Sawamuraya Seikichi

Jigoku dayū (Hell Courtesan), 1874, Meiji period (1868–1912)

Priest Raigō of Mii Temple Transformed into a Rat, 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi — 月岡芳年 Tsukioka Yoshitoshi

Priest Raigō of Mii Temple Transformed into a Rat, 1891, Meiji period (1868–1912)

(The miraculous gourd guarded by sacred snake which appeared in the garden of Emaro in Sanuki province around the time of the birth of Prince Shotoku), Utagawa Kuniyoshi — Utagawa Kuniyoshi

(The miraculous gourd guarded by sacred snake which appeared in the garden of Emaro in Sanuki province around the time of the birth of Prince Shotoku), circa 1840 (later printing), Edo period (1600–1868)