"Benefits of the Teacher of the Law" Chapter of the "Lotus Sutra" 

This chapter from the [Lotus Sutra] promises blessings to all who recite and copy this sacred Buddhist writing. Japan’s nobility commissioned many ornately decorated copies of the sutra as acts of devotion. This example features gold and silver decorations that have elegantly tarnished over the centuries.

Cultural property designation

Important Cultural Property

Quantity

Artist

Period/Century

Heian period, 12th century

Country/Origin

Excavation site

Material

Ink on decorated paper

Size

Inscriptions

Donor

Collection reference no.

B-2500

Genre

Calligraphy

Category

Calligraphy > Category > Books > Buddhist texts