Section of the Flower Garland Sutra (Avatamsaka Sutra) known as the Nigatsudō Burnt Sutra
Original Language Title二月堂焼経切 大方広仏華厳経
Series TitleCollection of old sutra fragments (Ko shakyo dankan shû)
CultureJapanese
DateNara period (645-794 C.E.)
MediumHandscroll fragment mounted as an album leaf; silver on indigo-blue-dyed paper
Credit LineGift of John M. Crawford Jr.
Object numberF75-18/4
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DescriptionThis is a section from the series of sutras found in the ash after the Nigatsudō of Tōdaiji had burned down in February 1667.
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Muromachi period (1392-1568)
F75-18/16
Nara period (645-794 C.E.)
F75-18/8
Asano no Gyoyō
Nara period (645-794 C.E.)
F75-18/3
10th century C.E.
F75-18/13
Nara period (645-794 C.E.)
F75-18/7
Kamakura period (1185-1333)
F75-18/10
