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Bussetsu Chojashiseikyo (Sutra Offered by Empress Komyo on the First Day of the Fifth Month)

Museum No.
BK55
仏説長者子制経(光明皇后御願経・五月一日経) Image 画像を拡大する

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This is one manuscript from a set of copied sutras donated by Empress Komyo (701-760) for the memorial service of her deceased parents Fujiwara Fuhito and Lady Tachibana, as well as to confirm her own faith in Buddhism. Although these manuscripts were copied over a period of more than ten years, beginning in 738, they came to be known as the "Sutras of the First Day of the Fifth Month," because they were dated on this day in 740. From its format and calligraphic style, this set is considered to represent the zenith of copied sutras from the Nara period.

Japan-Nara

Title Bussetsu Chojashiseikyo (Sutra Offered by Empress Komyo on the First Day of the Fifth Month)
Designation Important Art Object
Artist
Category Calligraphy (B), Japanese Calligraphy, Buddhist Manuscripts
Country Japan
Period Nara
Century 8th
Year 740
Quantity
Materials
Dimensions Height 26.3cm Width 209cm
Inscription by
Signature/Seals Etc
Donor Moriya Yoshitaka
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