Among Zoroastrian burial items, there is a camel-shaped zoomorphic OSTADON lying there. It was found…
Ryukoku University, located in Kyoto, is a Buddhist higher education institution that celebrates its 380th anniversary in 2019.
Throughout its long history, the university has been engaged and continues to be engaged in diverse areas of research not only in the field of Buddhism, but also in the field of humanities and technical sciences. At present, about 18 thousand students study here.
The Ryukoku University Museum opened in 2011. The goal of the museum was to present the history of Buddhism, so it could be rightfully called the “Museum of Buddhism.” The museum owns a collection of important scientific material assembled throughout the history of the university; various thematic exhibitions are held here.
The University owns a number of unique materials related to the so-called “Otani collection”. These are objects assembled from different parts of Asia by the 1902 expedition of the twentieth abbot of Nishi-Honganji temple, Otani Kodzui.
You can learn more about the topic in the book-album "Cultural legacy of Central Asia in Japanese Museums" (volume XX) in the series "Cultural Legacy of Uzbekistan in the World Collections".
The general sponsor of the project is the oilfield services company Eriell-Group.
