The exhibition of Hirayama Ikuo, Drawing Ruins From The Near And Middle East To The Mediterranean, Together With Greece And Rome Collections has been held at Hirayama Ikuo Silk Road Museum in Nagasaka, Hokuto, Yamanashi Prefecture during September 9 through December 27, 2023 (https://www.silkroad-museum.jp/english/).
Caravans travelling the Silk Road, paintings by Ikuo Hirayama, 2005
Mosaic Pavement
5-6 Century A.D., Syria, Marble
Seated Bodhisattva
Afghanistan Kushan Empire, 2-4 Century A.D, Statue
Standing Buddha
Gandhara, 7 Century A.D, Bronze
Dharmacakra and Stupa Relief, Satavahana Dynasty, Amaravati, India, 2-3 Century A.D, Limestone
Relief depicting Buddha’s life, Great Departure
Gandhara, Kushan Empire, 2-4 Century A.D, Chlorite schist
Relief depicting Buddha (The preparation of the seat of enlightement)
Gandhara, Kushan Empire, 2-3 Century A.D, Grey schist
A relief Buddha’s life story in the shape of an ancestral temple (Overcoming demons, attaining enlightement and the four heavenly kings serving bowls)
Gandhara, Kushan Empire, 3-4 Century A.D, Grey schist
Relief of the journey to Pure Land
Gandhara, Kushan Empire, 2-4 Century A.D, Grey schist
Relief depicting the story of Buddha’s life (Birth, departure, achievement of Buddhahood, setting into motion the wheel of Dhamma)
Gandhara, Kushan Empire, 1-3 Century A.D, Schist
Head of an old donor
Gandhara, Kushan Empire, 3–4 Century A.D, Clay