Block Printed Scroll Of Vol 262 Of The Sutra Of Perfection Of Wisdom Or Mahaprajnaparamitasutra

by Sutra Of Perfection Of Wisdom Kasuga Ban

$7,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

22-23 columns per sheet, 17 characters per column column height 205 mm. , printed on 19 joined sheets 263 mm. high; sheet lengths ranging from 428-443 mm.; total length, including front endpaper: 8480 mm. , attached at end to a wooden roller. Nara: Kamakura era . A rare early woodblock-printed sutra, issued on high-quality thick paper gampi, or mulberry fibers , and printed in bold, thick strokes, using black sumi ink, typical of Kamakura

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