This large-scale sutra-chest houses a major portion of the voluminous Daihannyakyō. The chest holds 200 of the 600 scrolls of the sutra. There is a vermilion lacquer inscription inside the lid, indicating that it was produced in 1349 (Jōwa 5) and kept in the Sansho-sha shrine of Yoshida Honjō estate in Harima province (modern-day Katō city in Hyōgo prefecture).
Object label
Sūtra chest
Wood, lacquered
L 71.7, W 44.7, H 64.5
Nanbokuchō period 14th century
Jōwa 5 1349
- A023462
- A023462
- A023463
- A023465
- A023466
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| Accession Number | 833-0 |
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| Category | Decorative Arts |
| Bibliography | Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Nara National Museum: Buddhist Implements. Nara National Museum, 1992, 121p. (Japanese) |