Image: Okura Museum of Art, Tokyo
The Okura Museum of Art in Tokyo is presenting ‘Beauty of Prayer and Salvation—Encounter with the National Treasure Samantabhadra Bodhisattva Riding an Elephant,’ an exhibition centred on the museum’s display of the National Treasure ‘Samantabhadra Bodhisattva Riding an Elephant.’ The exhibition is currently open and runs through September 27, 2026.
The presentation marks the first time in approximately four years that the Okura Museum of Art has exhibited ‘Samantabhadra Bodhisattva Riding an Elephant,’ according to the museum’s announcement. The work is identified by the museum as a National Treasure, but the announcement does not provide further information about its date, materials, maker, provenance or the number of additional works included in the exhibition.
The exhibition’s Japanese title, translated as ‘Beauty of Prayer and Salvation,’ frames the presentation around religious devotion and deliverance. Its full title refers specifically to an encounter with the National Treasure image, placing that work at the centre of the museum’s current programme. No further curatorial theme or interpretive detail is supplied in the announcement.
The Okura Museum of Art, also known as the Okura Museum of Art in Tokyo, is the institution presenting the exhibition. The museum’s notice invites visitors to attend during the remaining period of the show and directs audiences to its website for additional information.
The available announcement does not state the exhibition’s opening date, admission arrangements, related programmes or precise installation details. It confirms only that the display is being held at the Okura Museum of Art in Tokyo and that visitors can see ‘Samantabhadra Bodhisattva Riding an Elephant’ there until Sunday, September 27, 2026.
