Scroll from the Compendium of Iconographic Drawings (Zuzōshō)

Scroll from the Compendium of Iconographic Drawings (Zuzōshō)

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This scroll is from a transcription of the Zuzōshō, a ten-scroll encyclopedia of Esoteric Buddhist iconography, or imagery, first compiled in the 1130s. The section displayed describes the wrathful Aizen Myōō, one of the Esoteric Buddhist deities known as Wisdom Kings, in text and image.

Asian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scroll from the Compendium of Iconographic Drawings (Zuzōshō)Scroll from the Compendium of Iconographic Drawings (Zuzōshō)Scroll from the Compendium of Iconographic Drawings (Zuzōshō)Scroll from the Compendium of Iconographic Drawings (Zuzōshō)Scroll from the Compendium of Iconographic Drawings (Zuzōshō)

The Met's collection of Asian art—more than 35,000 objects, ranging in date from the third millennium B.C. to the twenty-first century—is one of the largest and most comprehensive in the world. Each of the many civilizations of Asia is represented by outstanding works, providing an unrivaled experience of the artistic traditions of nearly half the world.