Chapter from the Expanded Flower Garland Sutra, one of the “Jingoji Sutras”, before 1156
Unknown Japaneseexpand_more
Gold and silver ink on indigo paperexpand_more
Mary Griggs Burke Collection, Gift of the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundationexpand_more 2015.79.21
Not on Viewexpand_more
One of several thousand scrolls comprising the Buddhist Tripitaka in its entirety, this scroll is a copy of one chapter of the Expanded Flower Garland Sutra (Avatamsaka-mahavaipulya sutra), which is a discussion of the Six Ways (Satparamitra) of proper conduct on the road to enlightenment. The image on the frontispiece, painted in gold and silver ink, shows the Buddha preaching at Vulture Peak, flanked by bodhisattvas and monks. A red seal designates the previous owner as Jingoji, a temple in Kyoto. Tradition at that temple holds that the commission was initiated by Emperor Toba (1103–1156) and then donated to Jingoji by his son, the Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1125–1192).
Details
- Title
- Chapter from the Expanded Flower Garland Sutra, one of the “Jingoji Sutras”
- Role
- Artist
- Accession Number
- 2015.79.21
- Provenance
- Jingoji, Kyoto Dawson's Book Shop until 1964
- Catalogue Raisonne
- Murase, Art through a Lifetime, no. 23
- Curator Approved
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