Section of "The Wonderful Adornments of the Leaders of the World," Chapter 1 of the Flower Ornament Sutra

Object Details

• Description

  Sutra fragment mounted as a hanging scroll. Ink on light indigo-dyed paper decorated with gold leaf and lines ruled with gold. Fragment was partially burned along the bottom while rolled as a handscroll.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  The Power of Words in an Age of Crisis (October 14, 2017 to May 6, 2018)

  Faith and Form: Selected Calligraphy and Painting from the Japanese Religious Traditions (March 20 to July 18, 2004)

  The Written Image: Japanese Calligraphy and Painting from the Sylvan Barnet and William Burto Collection (October 1, 2002 to March 02, 2003)

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Gift of Sylvan Barnet and William Burto

• Type

  Calligraphy

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1100s, 1000s

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Late Heian (Fujiwara) period (897 - 1185), Japanese Art, Sutra, Flower Ornament Sutra

• Culture

  Buddhists, Japanese

• Object Type

  Calligraphy (visual works)