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Important Art Object

The Nanatsudera Edition of Daihannyaharamittakyo (Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra), Volume 600

Museum No.
BK97-3
大般若波羅蜜多経巻第六百(七寺経) Image

The Nanatsudera Sutras are copies of the entire Buddhist canon, which includes the tripitika (J., sanzô; the "the three baskets" of sutras, precepts, and commentaries) and other treatises, transcribed between 1175 (Jôan 5) and 1179 (Jishô 3). They were commissioned as a Buddhist vow made by Ônakatomi Yasunaga (n.d.), a local official of Owari Province (in the western part of present-day Aichi Prefecture). Today, 3,398 handscrolls and 1,556 accordion-style books (J., orihon) of this set are extant. The horizontal margin at the top and bottom of each scroll is marked in red, a special feature of this set. Only the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (J., Daihannya haramitta kyô, Skt., Mahaprajnaparamita sutra) scrolls in this set have both horizontal and vertical margin lines.

In recent years, the discovery of disputed texts--supposedly long lost sutra copies appearing to be from the Nanatsudera set--have attracted the attention of researchers in the field of Buddhist textual studies.

Japan-Heian-Late

Title The Nanatsudera Edition of Daihannyaharamittakyo (Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra), Volume 600
Designation Important Art Object
Artist
Category Calligraphy (B), Japanese Calligraphy, Buddhist Manuscripts
Country Japan
Period Heian Late
Century 12th
Year
Quantity
Materials
Dimensions Height 26cm Width 807cm
Inscription by
Signature/Seals Etc
Donor Moriya Yoshitaka
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