Ishikawa no Toshitari (688–762), who had this sutra copied, was the head bureaucrat in Izumo Province among those dispatched by the central government to serve in its provincial branches. We learn from the dedicatory text at the end of the scroll that he commissioned both the sutra and the production of statues on behalf of his deceased son. The Kanjō zuigan ōjō kyō copies part of the Consecration Sutra (Ch. Guanding jing; J. Kanjō kyō) offering passages to chant on behalf of the departed and ways to achieve rebirth in the Pure Land.
 
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Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, p.347, no.50.