X2010:1.5 Fragment of the Lotus Sutra (Myōhō rengekyō; Sanskrit Saddharmapundarika-sutra), fascicle 1, chapter 2: “Expedient Means”
Item
Title
X2010:1.5
Fragment of the Lotus Sutra (Myōhō rengekyō; Sanskrit Saddharmapundarika-sutra), fascicle 1, chapter 2: “Expedient Means”
Fragment of the Lotus Sutra (Myōhō rengekyō; Sanskrit Saddharmapundarika-sutra), fascicle 1, chapter 2: “Expedient Means”
Culture
Japanese
Style/period
Kamakura (1192–1333)
Material
Sutra fragment; gold on indigo-dyed paper
Measurements
12.6 x 4.5 cm
Identifier
X2010-1-5_20120702_110728_hr
Item Locator
X2010:1.5
Description
Border Height (界高): 5.4 Ruled line width (罫幅): 0.5
8 lines, 17 ch. per line
Lotus Stura in gold calligraphy on indigo-purple paper; Sutra that was a cache inside a Buddhist statue; Kamakura period calligraphic style; bottom row, thick mulberry paper used for backing (Konshi kinji Hokekyō; Butsuzō tainai kyō; Kamakura jidai ji; Gedan urauchigami; 紺紫金字法華経／仏像胎内経／䥥倉時代字／下段裏内紙)
Source
妙法蓮華經; Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra; Sutra of the Lotus of the Wonderful Dharma; T9n0262_0007b
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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