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Lot 227
Japan.- Printed Sutra Scroll, [Japan], [Muromachi period / 14th century].
Hammer Price: £2,000
Description
Japan.- Printed Sutra Scroll, number 262 of a "Kasuga-ban" woodblock-printed version of the Daihannyaharamittakyo sutra, text in lines of 17 characters each, old worming and repairs, attached at end to a wooden roller, housed in a fitted wooden box, 27ft 9in. x 10 7/16 in. (8480 x 265mm.), [Japan], [Muromachi period / 14th century].
⁂ These woodblock-printed editions of Buddhist scriptures, produced in Nara from the eleventh to the seventeenth century, are popularly referred to as Kasuga-ban, from the name of the celebrated Shinto shrine located in that city.
Description
Japan.- Printed Sutra Scroll, number 262 of a "Kasuga-ban" woodblock-printed version of the Daihannyaharamittakyo sutra, text in lines of 17 characters each, old worming and repairs, attached at end to a wooden roller, housed in a fitted wooden box, 27ft 9in. x 10 7/16 in. (8480 x 265mm.), [Japan], [Muromachi period / 14th century].
⁂ These woodblock-printed editions of Buddhist scriptures, produced in Nara from the eleventh to the seventeenth century, are popularly referred to as Kasuga-ban, from the name of the celebrated Shinto shrine located in that city.
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