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Section of an Unidentified Sutra

Section of an Unidentified Sutra

Series TitleCollection of old sutra fragments (Ko shakyo dankan shû)
CultureJapanese
DateHeian period (794-1185)
MediumHandscroll fragment mounted as an album leaf; ink on paper
DimensionsUnframed: 10 × 7 1/2 inches (25.4 × 19.05 cm)
Credit LineGift of John M. Crawford Jr.
Object numberF75-18/22
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Thousands of texts comprise the sacred teachings of Buddhism. Passages from the famous sutras are known to us from publications passed down over the centuries. For many fragments though, like this example, the text to which it once belonged remains unknown.
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Section of an unidentified sutra from Kôfukuji monastery known as the "Usuzumi kyô gire" (thin ink sutra fragment)
12th century
F75-18/17
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Unidentified Sutra known as the "Kiyohirakyô"
12th century
F75-18/9
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Section of the Preface from the Lotus Sutra, known as the "Decorated sutra fragment"
Kamakura period (1185-1333)
F75-18/10
Section of Lotus Sutra
Section of Lotus Sutra
Muromachi period (1392-1568)
F75-18/21
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Section of the Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Dai hannyakyô) known as the "Gyoyōkyō gire" (Gyoyō sutra fragment)
Asano no Gyoyō
Nara period (645-794 C.E.)
F75-18/3
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Section of the Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom, Volume 590, known as the Daizōji sutra fragment
10th century C.E.
F75-18/13
Section of the Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Dai hannyakyô) known as the "Kôfukuji Eionkyô gire" (Eion sutra fragment)
Section of the Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom (Dai hannyakyô) known as the "Kôfukuji Eionkyô gire" (Eion sutra fragment)
Nara period (645-794 C.E.)
F75-18/7
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Section of the Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom known as the "Prince Ueki sutra fragment"
12th century
F75-18/12
Section of the Greater Sutra for Perfection of Wisdom ("Dai Hannya kyō") known as the Eion sutra fragment ("Kōfukuji Eiongukyō gire")
Section of the Greater Sutra for Perfection of Wisdom ("Dai Hannya kyō") known as the Eion sutra fragment ("Kōfukuji Eiongukyō gire")
Heian period (794-1185)
F75-18/6
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Section of the Sutra of Wise Men and Fools (Kengukyō) known as the "Ōjōmu gire" (Great Shōmu fragment)
Emperor Shōmu
Nara period (645-794 C.E.)
F75-18/2
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Section of the Lotus Sutra (Hokkekyō) known as the "Tōdaiji gire" (Todaiji fragment)
Emperor Shōmu
Nara period (645-794 C.E.)
F75-18/1
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Section of the Greater Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom known as the "Eiongukyō fragment"
Heian period (794-1185)
F75-18/11