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Great Wisdom Sutra from the Chusonji Temple Sutra Collection (Chusonjikyo). Japan, Heian period (794-1185). ca. 1175. The frontispiece of this sutra chapter illustrates the Buddha’s first sermon, at the Deer Park near Sarnarth in India. The Buddha and the two bodhisattvas who flank him are seated on lotus platforms. Behind the bodhisattvas sit the five ascetics, dressed in simple robes, who became the Buddha’s disciples. Several dappled deer set the scene. This chapter of the Great Wisdom Sutra (Daihannyakyo; Sanskrit: Mahaprajnaparamita) is one of more than five thousand scrolls of Buddhist scripture that were dedicated in 1176 to the northern Japanese temple Chusonji by the nobleman Fujiwara Hidehira (died 1187) for the salvation of his father, Motohira (died 1157). An inscription notes that the text follows the translation by the Chinese monk Xuanzang (602-664). Handscroll; gold and silver on indigo-dyed paper, 10 x 7 1/8 in. (25.4 x 18.1 cm). Dr. and Mrs. Roger G. Gerry Collection, Bequest of Dr. and Mrs. Roger G. Gerry, 2000 (2002.447.1).

Location The Metropolitan Museum of Art/New York, NY/USA

Unique Identifier ART539315

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 7206px × 3473px

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