This is one scroll of the 600-fascicle Daihannyakyō that was copied in its entirety by the monk Gengō. The scroll was preserved at the Tenmangū shrine at Hōki-ji temple. Hōki-ji, which was located in Tawaramotochō in Nara, no longer exists. It was a sub-temple of the powerful Kōfuku-ji. Tenmangū refers to the shrine whose official name is Ike-niimasu-asagiri-kihata-hime jinja, which was located next to Hōki-ji.
Object label
Daihannya-kyō (Mahāprajñāpāramitā sūtra), Vol.402
Handscroll, ink on paper
H 24.8, L 896.0; 17 papers
Kamakura period 13th century
Jōō 2 1223
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- 1990/01/08
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- 1988/01/30
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- 1988/01/30
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| Accession Number | 1078-0 |
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| Category | Writings |
| Provenance | Formerly kept in Hōki-ji Tenmangū shrine, Nara |
| Bibliography | Buddhist art in Shibuya : masterpieces from the Nara national museum collection. The Shoto Museum of Art, 2022, 127p. (Japanese) Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Nara National Museum: Writings. Nara National Museum, 1990, 136p. (Japanese) |