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ART539315
Nigatsudo Burned Sutra. Unidentified Artist. Japan. Nara period (710-794), ca. 744. This fragment of the Flower Garland Sutra (Kegonkyo) comes from a set of sixty handscrolls donated to the temple Todaiji in Nara in 744. Damaged by a fire at the temple’s Nigatsudo Hall, the surviving sections are known today as Nigatsudo Burned Sutras (Nigatsudo yakegyo). The fragments also represent some of the earliest surviving examples of the practice of transcribing Buddhist texts using precious materials. Hanging scroll; silver ink on indigo-dyed paper, 9 3/4 x 21 1/8 in. (24.8 x 53.7 cm). Purchase, Mrs. Jackson Burke Gift, 1978 (1981.75).
Location
The Metropolitan Museum of Art/New York, NY/USA
Unique Identifier
ART539314
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
7362px × 5325px
Photo Credit
Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY
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8th century CE
Buddhism
Hanging Scroll Painting
Japanese Art
Late Nara Period (710-784)
Sutra