Accession number
PML 79012
Published
[Nara, Japan], [approximately 770]
Credit line
Gift of the trustees of the William S. Glazier collection, 1984.
Notes
Buddhist charm of the Empress Shōtoku, Japan, ca. 770 A.D.
Sanskrit prayer translitered into Chinese characters.
One (text: Jīshin) of the "million paper prayers". These are the earliest known examples of block-printing on paper.
Text taken from the sūtra: Vimala suddha prabhāsa mahādharanī (Japanese: Mu-ku zhō-kwō dai dhārani kyō).
The slip is preserved with its original three-story wooden pagoda (Hyakumanto).
In a case with PML 51237.
Sanskrit prayer translitered into Chinese characters.
One (text: Jīshin) of the "million paper prayers". These are the earliest known examples of block-printing on paper.
Text taken from the sūtra: Vimala suddha prabhāsa mahādharanī (Japanese: Mu-ku zhō-kwō dai dhārani kyō).
The slip is preserved with its original three-story wooden pagoda (Hyakumanto).
In a case with PML 51237.
Description
1 scroll.
Provenance
William S. Glazier.
Classification
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