Vajra with Flaming Jewel-shaped Ends (Hojusho)

Kamakura period
Gilt bronze
l.14.5 cm

・ Zōho – Mikyō hōgu (“Esoteric Ritual Implements – Expanded”),
supervised by the Nara National Museum, Rinsen shoten, 1993, no.146.
・ Buddha’s Smile – Masterpieces of Japanese Buddhist Art, exhibition
catalogue, Okura Shukokan Museum of Fine Arts, 2000, no.85.
・ Uruwashii hotoke to bukkyō kōgei – Chūgoku, Chōsen, Nihon no
bukkyō bijutsu（“Beautiful Buddhas and Buddhist Craft – The Buddhist
Art of China, the Korean Penninsula, and Japan”）, exhibition catalogue,
The Museum Yamato Bunkakan, 2023, no.11.