Tile Sutra (Ascribed to have been excavated from sutra mound at Iimori, Fukuoka)

Fired clay
22.8x18.0x1.5
Heian period　12th century

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Tile Sutra (Ascribed to have been excavated from sutra mound at Iimori, Fukuoka)_0

D046996
2007/01/15

Tile Sutra (Ascribed to have been excavated from sutra mound at Iimori, Fukuoka)_1

D046998
2007/01/15

Tile Sutra (Ascribed to have been excavated from sutra mound at Iimori, Fukuoka)_2

D018445
1997/06/11

Tile Sutra (Ascribed to have been excavated from sutra mound at Iimori, Fukuoka)_3

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2007/01/15

Tile Sutra (Ascribed to have been excavated from sutra mound at Iimori, Fukuoka)_4

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2007/01/15

Tile Sutra (Ascribed to have been excavated from sutra mound at Iimori, Fukuoka)_5

A025145
1997/06/11

Tile Sutra (Ascribed to have been excavated from sutra mound at Iimori, Fukuoka)_6

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Tile Sutra (Ascribed to have been excavated from sutra mound at Iimori, Fukuoka)_7

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Tile Sutra (Ascribed to have been excavated from sutra mound at Iimori, Fukuoka)_8

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Tile Sutra (Ascribed to have been excavated from sutra mound at Iimori, Fukuoka)_9

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The text of a sutra was carved into this clay tablet using a spatulalike tool before it was fired. Around two hundred tablets have been identified as belonging to this set. This tablet features part of the seventeenth chapter of the Lotus Sutra (Skt. Saddharmapuṇḍarīka-sūtra; Ch. Fahua jing; J. Hoke kyō), the “Distinction of Benefits.” The numbers six and ten are written on the upper left corner, indicating that this is the tenth tablet for the sixth fascicle of the sutra.

YOSHIZAWA SatoruEnglish by Mary Lewine
Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, p.346, no.68.

Accession Number	851-0
Category	Archaeological Works
Provenance	Ascribed to have been excavated from sutra mound at Iimori, Fukuoka
Bibliography	Buddhist Art Paradise: Jewels of the Nara National Museum. Nara National Museum, 2021.7, 354p. Special Exhibition of Ancient Sutras from the Heian Period : Encountering the Legendary Kunōji Sutras. Nara National Museum, 2015, 172p. (Japanese) Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of Nara National Museum: Object Excavated from Sutra Mounds. Nara National Museum, 1991, 120p. (Japanese)