X2010:1.2 Fragment of the Lotus Sutra (Myōhō rengekyō; Sanskrit Saddharmapundarika-sutra), fascicle 4, chapter 9: “Prophecies Conferred on Learners and Adepts”
Item
Title
X2010:1.2
Fragment of the Lotus Sutra (Myōhō rengekyō; Sanskrit Saddharmapundarika-sutra), fascicle 4, chapter 9: “Prophecies Conferred on Learners and Adepts”
Fragment of the Lotus Sutra (Myōhō rengekyō; Sanskrit Saddharmapundarika-sutra), fascicle 4, chapter 9: “Prophecies Conferred on Learners and Adepts”
Culture
Japanese
Style/period
Heian (794–1192)
Date
circa 12th century
Material
Sutra fragment; ink on paper decorated with gold and silver, and underdrawing of flora motif in gold pigment
Measurements
27.9 x 5.6 cm
Identifier
X2010-1-2_20110906_142323_hr
Item Locator
X2010:1.2
Description
Border Height (界高): 21.6 Ruled line width (罫幅): 1.8
3 lines, 23 ch. per line, verse blocks of 5 ch.; ruled lines and underdrawing of flora in gold pigment; a wash in silver applied to margins; application of silver-leaf ornamentation of different size all over
Fujiwara period; Ornamented sutra (Fujiwara jidai; Sōshokukyō; 藤原時代／装飾経)
Source
妙法蓮華經; Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra; Sutra of the Lotus of the Wonderful Dharma; T09n0262_0030b
所供養諸佛，如上說塵數，／護持其法藏，後當成正覺。／各於十方國，悉同一名號，／俱時坐道場，以證無上慧，／皆名為寶相。國土及弟子，／正法與像法，悉等無有異。The last character, "意," in the fragment deviates from the norm, which is "異"
Frederick Starr Collection
Spatial Coverage
Japan
Language
Japanese
Repository
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Institution
University of Oregon
Type
Image
Format
image/jpeg
Rights
In Copyright
Rights Holder
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art