Sutra Container for Jingo-ji Issaikyo
- Date
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制作年 AD12
- Title
- ジンゴジコンシキンジイッサイキョウキョウビツ
- Materials, techniques and shape
- Lacquered wood
- Collections
- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Keio Museum Commons Campus Mita
The transcription of “Issaikyo” was very popular from the Nara Period (8th Century) through the Heian Period to the Kamakura Period (13th Century). Issaikyo is the general term for all the sutra consisting of 5,048 volumes. One of those transcriptions was by a pious retired Emperor Toba (1103-1156). It was originally dedicated to some qualified temple in Kyoto, but later, was transferred to Jingoji Temple at Takao in the suburbs of Kyoto by the retired Emperor GoShirakawa (1127-1192), who was the second son of Toba. The transcription therefore, is called “Jingoji Kyo (also Jingoji issaikyo)”.This Sutra chest contained the Jingoji kyo, which was written in gold letters on dark blue rolls of paper. The rolls were categlized into groups and kept in this chest. The overall shape, the four delicate legs, and the intricately carved lid express the excellent beauty of this artistic piece. The ornamental metal fittings, gold-plated on copper, which must have required a high degree of technique, portray the aristocratic aestheticism of the period.
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- Sutra Container for Jingo-ji Issaikyo
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- Weights and quantities
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Quantity 1合
- Attachments
- 外箱寸法40.5×53.0×H32.5
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