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Chapter 22 of Myohorengekyo (Lotus Sutra)

Museum No.
BK105-2
妙法蓮華経 嘱累品第二十二(一字蓮台法華経) Image 画像を拡大する

Photo No:655-16506-1
Color type:Color

Each character, representing a buddha, sits on a colored lotus dais in this edition of the Lotus Sutra, which is dated to the late Heian period. These volumes in the Kyoto National Museum collection, the "Nyoraijinriki" (The Supernatural Powers of the Buddha) and "Zokurui" (Entrustment) chapters, are from the same set as the Ryoko-ji Temple Lotus Sutra, Volume 7 (in nine volumes, including the Amitartha Sutra and Samantabhadra Bodhisattva Sutra; missing Volume 6). The margins and column lines are rendered in silver, and the lotus petals are painted in pigments of malachite green, ultramarine, crimson, yellow, gold, and silver.

Japan-Heian-Late

Title Chapter 22 of Myohorengekyo (Lotus Sutra)
Designation Important Cultural Property
Artist
Category Calligraphy (B), Japanese Calligraphy, Buddhist Manuscripts
Country Japan
Period Heian Late
Century 12th
Year
Quantity
Materials
Dimensions Height 29cm Width 66.5cm
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Signature/Seals Etc
Donor Moriya Yoshitaka
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