Introduction to Asian Art
ART HIST 240-0         Professor Sarah E. Fraser
Lotus Sutra
 
  1. Heike Nokyo, Frontispiece (Lotus Sutra, ch. 4). Handscroll/banner, gold leaf/silver foil/decorated paper w/ ink and color. Japan, d. 1164 CE. Taira family.
  2. Heike Nokyo, Frontispiece (Lotus Sutra, ch. 27). Handscroll/banner, gold leaf/silver foil/decorated paper w/ ink and color. Japan, d. 1164 CE. Taira family.
  3. Heike Nokyo, Frontispiece, right side (Lotus Sutra, ch. 24). Handscroll/banner, gold leaf/silver foil/decorated paper w/ ink and color. Japan, d. 1164 CE. Taira family.
  4. Heike Nokyo text, left side following frontispiece (Lotus Sutra, ch. 24). Handscroll/banner, gold leaf/silver foil/decorated paper w/ ink and color. Japan, d. 1164 CE. Taira family.
  5. Heike Nokyo, Avalokitesvara as Savior from Evils (Lotus Sutra, ch. 25). Handscroll/banner, gold leaf/silver foil/decorated paper w/ ink and color. Japan, d. 1164 CE. Taira family.
  6. Sutra Cave Manuscript. Avalokitesvara as Savior from Evils (Lotus Sutra, ch. 25). Handscroll, ink/color/silk. Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China, Tang Dynasty, 10th century.

  1. Heike Nokyo, Frontispiece (Lotus Sutra, ch. 4). Handscroll/banner, gold leaf/silver foil/decorated paper w/ ink and color. Japan, d. 1164 CE. Taira family.


  2. Heike Nokyo, Frontispiece (Lotus Sutra, ch. 27). Handscroll/banner, gold leaf/silver foil/decorated paper w/ ink and color. Japan, d. 1164 CE. Taira family.


  3. Heike Nokyo, Frontispiece, right side (Lotus Sutra, ch. 24). Handscroll/banner, gold leaf/silver foil/decorated paper w/ ink and color. Japan, d. 1164 CE. Taira family.


  4. Heike Nokyo text, left side following frontispiece (Lotus Sutra, ch. 24). Handscroll/banner, gold leaf/silver foil/decorated paper w/ ink and color. Japan, d. 1164 CE. Taira family.


  5. Heike Nokyo, Avalokitesvara as Savior from Evils (Lotus Sutra, ch. 25). Handscroll/banner, gold leaf/silver foil/decorated paper w/ ink and color. Japan, d. 1164 CE. Taira family.


  6. Sutra Cave Manuscript. Avalokitesvara as Savior from Evils (Lotus Sutra, ch. 25). Handscroll, ink/color/silk. Dunhuang, Gansu Province, China, Tang Dynasty, 10th century.
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