Calligraphy: Ancient India and Japanese Sutras, Textiles: Various Techniques
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Pendent Ornament of Canopy, With painted white tiger and snake design on light brown ground (detail), Asuka period, 7th century
The Gallery of Horyuji Treasures Room 6
July 11, 2017 (Tue) - August 6, 2017 (Sun)Includes:
Calligraphy:
Shoman-gyo (Lion's Roar of Queen Srimala Sutra), Kamakura period, 13th century (Important Cultural Property)
Textiles:
Pendent Ornament of Canopy, With painted white tiger and snake design on light brown ground, Asuka period, 7th century
Cloth, With flowering plants and birds design in block printing on brown ground, Nara period, 8th century
Fragment of Kanton, Asuka-Nara period, 7th–8th century