Manuscript Sutra Soshokukyo Scroll On Indigo Dyed Paper Of The Gokito Kyo The Gokito Kyo Lotus

by Lotus Sutra Scroll

$75,000 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Fine frontispiece at beginning & “afterpiece” scene at end. Scroll 210 x 9560 mm. , written in gold ink, with embellishments in gold & silver, on indigo-dyed paper, verso of scroll with various seasonal nature scenes finely painted in gold. Japan : at end in trans. : “copied on 28 April 1782 by 義泉 “Gisen” .” This devotional scroll, its brilliant gold and silver colors gleaning against from dark indigo paper, is a soshokukyō

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