A fragment of a sutra copied in silver on indigo-colored paper. An 8th century copy. Original. This piece, retrieved from a fire at the monastery To-dai-zhi long ago, is one of the oldest remnants of the kind known in Japan. and Manuscript, in an unidentified hand.
Alternative Title:
Konshi ginji Kegonkyo, Konshiginjikegonkyo, Konshiginjikegonkyō, and 紺紙銀字華厳経, [8th cent.].
Description:
"A fragment of a sutra copied in silver on indigo-colored paper. An 8th century copy. Original.", "This piece, retrieved from a fire at the monastery Tō-dai-zhi long ago, is one of the oldest remnants of the kind known in Japan." (K. Asakawa. "Gifts of the Yale Association of Japan," 1945)., In Chinese., Scroll: 23.0 x 108.6 cm rolled to 23.0 x 26.7 cm in diameter. One roll in a wood box., and Yale Association of Japan Collection original call number: Ab2.
Subject (Name):
Tripitaka. Sutrapitaka. Avatamsakasutra
Subject (Topic):
Hua yan Buddhism, Japanese manuscripts, Tripiṭaka.--Sūtrapiṭaka.--Avataṃsakasūtra, and Yale Association of Japan Collection
"140 pieces of original autographs of famous Japanese calligraphers of all ages between the 8th and the early 17th centuries." (K. Asakawa. "Gifts of the Yale Association of Japan," 1945)., 30.5-chō; 39.4 x 1550 cm. An album, in an old wooden case., In Japanese., and Yale Association of Japan Collection original call number: Ad1.
Subject (Topic):
Calligraphy, Japanese--To 1600, Japanese manuscripts, and Yale Association of Japan Collection