Section of the Lotus Sutra
Original Language Title法華経切
Series TitleCollection of old sutra fragments (Ko shakyo dankan shû)
CultureJapanese
DateKamakura period (1185-1333)
MediumHandscroll fragment mounted as an album leaf; gold and silver on indigo-blue-dyed paper
DimensionsImage: 9 13/16 x 6 13/16 inches (24.92 x 17.3 cm)
Mount: 13 x 23 1/8 inches (33.02 x 58.75 cm)
Mount: 13 x 23 1/8 inches (33.02 x 58.75 cm)
Credit LineGift of John M. Crawford Jr.
Object numberF75-18/19
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Gallery LabelThe Lotus Sutra was frequently copied because the text itself states that transcribing sutras grants merit. If a sutra was expensive to make, as in this sutra written in gold on expensive blue paper, more merit was earned.
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Nara period (645-794 C.E.)
F75-18/8
Muromachi period (1392-1568)
F75-18/16
Nara period (645-794 C.E.)
F75-18/4
Kamakura period (1185-1333)
F75-18/10
Emperor Shōmu
Nara period (645-794 C.E.)
F75-18/1
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