Fragments found inside Standing Buddha (F71.6a)

Object Details

• Description

  Thirty fragments of writing on paper having no direct bearing on the wood sculpture in which they were found (71.6a). Japanese characters refer to business transactions.

  30 sheets containing scraps of paper which were found in base of F71.6a (a wooden sculpture) and subsequently mounted onto sheets were added to this accession as item "b".

  Number changed for clarity from F71.6b.1-.30 to F71.6c-ff. F71.6ab is the wooden sculpture and pedestal.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Origin

  Japan

• Credit Line

  Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

• Type

  Calligraphy

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• Name

  buddha

• Place

  Japan

• Topic

  Art, Japanese Art

• Culture

  Buddhists, Japanese

• Object Type

  Calligraphy (visual works)