Volume 157 of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra 1383 Unidentified artist This accordion-style book is one volume of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, a foundational Mahayana Buddhist scripture. The six-hundred-volume version that circulated in East Asia was translated into Chinese by the scholar-monk Xuanzang (602-664). The image that opens this sutra shows the Buddha and his attendant bodhisattvas at center surrounded by a host of disparate figures.Xuanzang himself (carrying a large backpack full of texts) and his fearsome protector Jinja Daishō stand on either side of the central triad. They are surrounded by a collection of demigods charged with protecting this scripture and believers. This same subject can be seen in painted form in a scroll displayed in the adjacent gallery.. Volume 157 of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra. Unidentified artist Japanese. Japan. 1383. Woodblock printed book (orihon, accordion-style); ink on paper. Nanbokuchō period (1336-92). Illustrated B

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Volume 157 of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra 1383 Unidentified artist This accordion-style book is one volume of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, a foundational Mahayana Buddhist scripture. The six-hundred-volume version that circulated in East Asia was translated into Chinese by the scholar-monk Xuanzang (602-664). The image that opens this sutra shows the Buddha and his attendant bodhisattvas at center surrounded by a host of disparate figures.Xuanzang himself (carrying a large backpack full of texts) and his fearsome protector Jinja Daishō stand on either side of the central triad. They are surrounded by a collection of demigods charged with protecting this scripture and believers. This same subject can be seen in painted form in a scroll displayed in the adjacent gallery.. Volume 157 of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra. Unidentified artist Japanese. Japan. 1383. Woodblock printed book (orihon, accordion-style); ink on paper. Nanbokuchō period (1336-92). Illustrated B

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