Konshi ginji Kegonkyō, [8th cent.].

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2068192

Description

Title
Konshi ginji Kegonkyō, [8th cent.].
Alternative Title
Konshi ginji Kegonkyo
Konshiginjikegonkyo
Konshiginjikegonkyō
紺紙銀字華厳経, [8th cent.].
Contributor
Tripitaka. Sutrapitaka. Avatamsakasutra
Published / Created
[8th cent.]
Abstract

A fragment of a sutra copied in silver on indigo-colored paper. An 8th century copy. Original. This piece, retrieved from a fire at the monastery To-dai-zhi long ago, is one of the oldest remnants of the kind known in Japan.

Manuscript, in an unidentified hand.

Description
"A fragment of a sutra copied in silver on indigo-colored paper. An 8th century copy. Original.", "This piece, retrieved from a fire at the monastery Tō-dai-zhi long ago, is one of the oldest remnants of the kind known in Japan." (K. Asakawa. "Gifts of the Yale Association of Japan," 1945).
In Chinese.
Scroll: 23.0 x 108.6 cm rolled to 23.0 x 26.7 cm in diameter. One roll in a wood box.
Yale Association of Japan Collection original call number: Ab2.
Extent
1 scroll; 23 cm.
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
Chinese

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
YAJ 7a1

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
text
Genre
Manuscripts
Scrolls (information artifacts)
Subject (Name)
Tripitaka. Sutrapitaka. Avatamsakasutra
Subject (Topic)
Hua yan Buddhism
Japanese manuscripts
Tripiṭaka.--Sūtrapiṭaka.--Avataṃsakasūtra
Yale Association of Japan Collection

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Citation
Konshi ginji Kegonkyō. Yale Association of Japan Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.

Identifiers

Orbis Record
9425681
Object ID (OID)
2068192

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