Gilt bronze, Korea (Unified Silla) · 670–800 · Los Angeles County Museum of Art

Map of places, shops, museums and temples of the Medicine Buddha

Places, shops, museums and temples on one world map, mostly in Asia, with a list of 45 museums and temples and the works they hold.

Places (126) Shops (139) Museums and temples (45)

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Museums and temples

Where to see Medicine Buddha works. Asia first, then museums elsewhere. Links were checked on 17 October 2026; opening hours and displays change, so check before visiting.

薬師寺 Yakushi-ji
Nara
The bronze Yakushi triad of the main hall, late 7th–early 8th century, a National Treasure. The temple is part of a UNESCO World Heritage site.
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新薬師寺 Shin-Yakushi-ji
Nara
A seated Yakushi and eleven of the original clay Twelve Generals (8th century), all National Treasures.
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法隆寺 Hōryū-ji
Ikaruga
A bronze Yakushi in the Golden Hall, with an inscription giving the year 607. World Heritage since 1993.
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神護寺 Jingo-ji
Kyoto
A standing wooden Yakushi, early Heian period, a National Treasure; it is the temple’s main image.
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醍醐寺 Daigo-ji
Kyoto
The main image of the temple is a Yakushi; a Yakushi hall was first built in 907.
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仁和寺 Ninna-ji
Kyoto
A small sandalwood Yakushi carved in 1103 by Ensei and Chōen, a National Treasure; its halo shows the Seven Medicine Buddhas.
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東寺 Tō-ji
Kyoto
A seated Yakushi of 1603 in the Golden Hall, with the twelve generals around its pedestal.
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浄瑠璃寺 Jōruri-ji
Kizugawa
A seated Yakushi in the three-storey pagoda, possibly the temple’s original main image.
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興福寺東金堂 Kōfuku-ji
Nara
The Eastern Golden Hall (Tōkondō) is devoted to Yakushi; it is a stop on the Saigoku pilgrimage of the Medicine Buddha.
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法界寺 Hōkai-ji (Hino Yakushi)
Kyoto
The temple, called Hino Yakushi, grew around a Yakushi statue made in 1051.
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黒石寺 Kokuseki-ji
Ōshū
A seated Yakushi in wood with an inscription of the early Heian period, an Important Cultural Property.
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勝常寺 Shōjō-ji
Yugawa
A Yakushi triad of the 9th century, a National Treasure, among the oldest statues of northern Japan.
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秋篠寺 Akishino-dera
Nara
A seated Yakushi with two attendants (Important Cultural Property).
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奈良国立博物館 Nara National Museum
Nara
Holds in trust the standing wooden Yakushi of Gangō-ji (National Treasure); also statues of the Twelve Generals.
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東京国立博物館 Tokyo National Museum
Tokyo
Holds Kamakura-period statues of the Twelve Generals (13th century), in wood with crystal eyes.
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京都国立博物館 Kyoto National Museum
Kyoto
Holds the lacquered wooden Yakushi of Kōzan-ji, made at the end of the Nara period.
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국립경주박물관 Gyeongju National Museum
Gyeongju
Holds the gilt-bronze standing Yakushi of Baengnyulsa (late 8th century), a National Treasure of Korea.
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갓바위 Gatbawi
Gyeongsan
A stone seated buddha on Mount Palgong, 9th century, today called a Medicine Buddha.
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동화사 Donghwasa
Daegu
A large stone statue of the Medicine Buddha, made in 1992.
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국립중앙박물관 National Museum of Korea
Seoul
The national collection of Korean Buddhist art.
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莫高窟 Mogao Caves
Dunhuang
Murals of the Medicine Buddha and of his Pure Land, especially in Caves 220 and 322 (7th century).
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广胜寺 Guangsheng Temple
Hongtong
The temple from which the great mural of the Medicine Buddha now at the Met comes (about 1319).
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故宫博物院 Palace Museum
Beijing
Imperial collections, rich in Buddhist art of the Qing dynasty.
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上海博物馆 Shanghai Museum
Shanghai
One of the major collections of Chinese art, including Buddhist sculpture.
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塔尔寺 Kumbum Monastery
Huangzhong
A great monastery of Qinghai, which opened a medical college in 1725.
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ལྕགས་པོ་རི Chakpori
Lhasa
The hill in Lhasa where a medical college was founded in 1696, destroyed in 1959.
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國立故宮博物院 National Palace Museum
Taipei
Imperial collections taken to Taiwan, including Buddhist manuscripts and objects.
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Men-Tsee-Khang
Dharamshala
An institute of Tibetan medicine and astrology founded in Lhasa in 1916, re-established in Dharamshala in 1961.
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National Archives of India
New Delhi
Keeps many of the Gilgit manuscripts, among them the Sanskrit sutra of the Medicine Buddha.
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Patan Museum
Lalitpur
A museum of Newar and Himalayan art in a former palace of Patan.
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National Museum of Bhutan
Paro
The national museum of Bhutan, in the Ta Dzong of Paro, with thangkas and statues.
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Занабазарын нэрэмжит Дүрслэх урлагийн музей · Zanabazar Museum
Ulaanbaatar
A museum of Mongolian art, known for the bronzes of the school of Zanabazar.
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Агинский дацан · Aginsky Datsan
Aginskoye
A Buryat monastery whose Manla temple, devoted to the Medicine Buddha, dates from 1816; medical faculty from 1884.
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Иволгинский дацан · Ivolginsky Datsan
Verkhnyaya Ivolga
A major Buddhist monastery near Ulan-Ude; it has a medical faculty.
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Цугольский дацан · Tsugol Datsan
Tsugol
One of the oldest datsans of Buryatia; it had a school of Tibetan medicine and kept a copy of the Atlas of Tibetan Medicine.
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York
A large mural of the Medicine Buddha from Guangsheng Temple, Shanxi, about 1319.
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Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago
A thangka of the Medicine Buddha, Tibet, 13th–14th century.
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Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland
A Japanese painting of the Medicine Buddha and the Twelve Generals, Kamakura period.
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Brooklyn Museum
New York
A bronze Medicine Buddha, about 12th century (71.166).
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Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles
A gilt-bronze standing Medicine Buddha of Unified Silla (late 7th–8th century) and a 15th-century Guge painting.
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National Museum of Asian Art (Freer)
Washington
A painting of the Eight Medicine Buddhas and a Javanese bronze of the 8th–9th century.
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Государственный Эрмитаж · State Hermitage Museum
Sankt-Peterburg
Thangkas of the Medicine Buddha from Khara-Khoto, 12th–14th century.
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Wellcome Collection
London
Tibetan paintings of the Medicine Buddha, among them a gouache.
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Linden-Museum
Stuttgart
A Tibetan gilt-bronze Medicine Buddha, 14th–15th century.
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Rubin Museum of Art
New York
Its building closed in 2024; the collection remains online and on loan.
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