Yakushiji Sutra (Dai-Hannyakyo Vol.221)
- Person
-
作者ASANO no Nakai
- Date
-
制作年 AD8
- Title
- ダイハンニャキョウマキダイ221 （ヤクシジキョウ・ギョヨウキョウ）
- Materials, techniques and shape
- 紙本墨書
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-000816-0000
- License
- CC BY Images license
- Creditline
-
慶應義塾（センチュリー赤尾コレクション）
- URL
- Classification
- Art
- AI Tagging
- Handwriting Font Book Writing Paper
The Dai-Hannyakyo Sutra is the generic term given to the 600 volumes of Buddhist scriptures called the Sutra of the Great Perfection of Wisdom (Skt. Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra, Jp. Hannya Haramitsu or Hannya Haramitta) and is the most authoritative of all the sacred books of Buddhism. The Chinese translation was rendered by Priest Genjo (Ch. Xuanzang, d. 664) who made a great pilgrimage to India in search of scriptures. Just as in the transcribing of the Lotus Sutra, it was widely believed that the very act of copying the Hannyakyo Sutra was sacred and that practitioners of the art benefited from divine intervention. Therefore, the Hannya Sutra was copied frequently throughout the Nara, Heian, and Kamakura periods.The exhibited manuscript is a volume that originally belonged to Section I of the 600-volume Dai-Hannyakyo, which had traditionally been preserved at Yakushi-Ji Temple (in today’s Nara Prefecture). On the overleaf, one can see the circular emblem for “Yakushi-Ji”, hence, the name of this manuscript is the Yakushi-Ji Sutra. This manuscript is attributed to master calligrapher Asano-no-Nakai, but probably was written by a dozen calligraphers, due to the differentiated writing styles. Among the “Issaikyo Sutra of Manuscript Made at the Votive Wish of Empress Shotoku” (made in 768) are areas of writing which show similar calligraphic styles, and as such, the exhibited segment is considered to have been produced at the same Bureau of Sutra Transcription around the same time, during the latter Nara Period (ca. 770). The scripture is written on Amur cork-dyed paper for protection against insects. The roller is coated with powdery lacquer and shaped into a plectrum (of a string instrument).
Overview
Rights
Depository and ID
Components
OPEN DATADESIGN
Keio Object Hub makes data on cultural objects open and tries designing various experiences using open data.
Details
Identifiers
- Title (EN)
- Yakushiji Sutra (Dai-Hannyakyo Vol.221)
Physical description
- Weights and quantities
-
Quantity 1巻
- Materials, techniques and shape
-
Materials 軸木製／本紙きはだ染め
Provenance
As a prototype feature, the Keio Object Hub uses AI (machine learning) to generate keywords for searches and filtering.
For the first launch, Google Cloud's Vision API will be used to analyze the images of each object and automatically generate keywords.