Artworks

Fragment of the Izumo Edition of the Daihōshakkyō Sutra

Artwork · attributed to Empress Kōmyō · 8th century · sutra · Kyoto National Museum

A leaf from a copy of the Daihōshakkyō (Sutra Treasury of the Buddhist Law), part of a collection of forty-nine sutras. The paper is coloured, with a border of chrysanthemums at the top, and the writing is in a formal clerical script with thick strokes. Attributed to Kōmyō, consort of Emperor Shōmu. 1 Mason 2005, p. 47, fig. 49. ↩ Literatur Mason 2005: Penelope E. Mason, History of Japanese Art, 2nd, Pearson Education LTD. 2005.