X2010:1.29 Fragment of the Lotus Sutra (Myōhō rengekyō; Sanskrit Saddharmapundarika-sutra), fascicle 3, chapter 5, "Herbs"

Item

Title

X2010:1.29
Fragment of the Lotus Sutra (Myōhō rengekyō; Sanskrit Saddharmapundarika-sutra), fascicle 3, chapter 5, "Herbs"

Culture

Korean

Style/period

Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910)

Material

Sutra fragment; gold on indigo-dyed paper

Measurements

28.0 x 8.5 cm

Identifier

X2010-1-29_20120702_132713_hr

Item Locator

X2010:1.29

Description

Border Height (界高): 21.4 Ruled line width (罫幅): 2.2 estimate (lines only faintly visible)
4 lines, 17 ch. per line, gold on indigo-dyed paper, ruled line faded
Korean sutra; calligraphy fromJoseon period; Lotus Sutra (Chōsen kyō; Ri-chō nen ji; Hokekyō; 朝鮮経/李朝年字/法華経)

Source

妙法蓮華經; Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra; Sutra of the Lotus of the Wonderful Dharma; fascicle 3 T09n0262_003_0019b
[0019b06] 「迦葉!當知如來亦復如是,出現於世,如大雲起,以大音聲、普遍世界天、人、阿修羅,如彼大雲遍覆三千大千國土。於大眾中、而唱是言:『我是如來、應供、正遍知、明行足、善逝、世間解、無上士、調御丈夫、天人師、佛、世尊,未度者令度,未解者令解,未安者令安,未涅槃者令得涅槃,今世後世,如實知之。Could be based on an alternate version, or a mistake. "今" in "今世," which is the last character on the fragment appears as "令"
Frederick Starr Collection

Spatial Coverage

Korea

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

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