COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
mediaCollectionId
Manchester~20~20
Early Printing Collection
Collection
true
Image Number:
JRL240901475
image_number
JRL240901475
Image Number
false
Reference Number:
R243386
reference_number
R243386
Reference Number
false
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Scroll of text
title
Scroll of text
Image Title
false
Parent Work Title:
Hyakumanto Dhāraṇī
title_larger_entity
Hyakumanto Dhāraṇī
Parent Work Title
false
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Buddhist prayer scroll
title_l_e_variant
Buddhist prayer scroll
Alternative Parent Work Title
false
Date Created:
8th century [late]
date_created
8th century [late]
Date Created
false
Page/Sheet:
Recto
page
Recto
Page/Sheet
false
Description:
An original copy of the block-printed Hyakumanto Dhāraṇī text, commissioned by the Empress Shōtoku (718-770) of Japan, which is one of the earliest surviving examples of printed text. The Dhāraṇī scroll, a Buddhist invocation or prayer, was meant to be housed inside the accompanying miniature wooden pagoda. Text comprised of 31 columns of 5 lines each.
description
An original copy of the block-printed Hyakumanto Dhāraṇī text, commissioned by the Empress Shōtoku (718-770) of Japan, which is one of the earliest surviving examples of printed text. The Dhāraṇī scroll, a Buddhist invocation or prayer, was meant to be housed inside the accompanying miniature wooden pagoda. Text comprised of 31 columns of 5 lines each.
Description
false
Language:
Japanese
language_name
Japanese
Language
false
Subject:
Buddhism -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800
subject
Buddhism -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800
Subject
false
Subject:
Scrolls, Japanese -- To 1600
subject
Scrolls, Japanese -- To 1600
Subject
false
Category of Material:
Printed
category
Printed
Category of Material
false
Sub-Category:
Scrolls
class
Scrolls
Sub-Category
false
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
technique
Printing (process)
Technique Used
false
Medium:
Ink
medium
Ink
Medium
false
Support:
Paper
support
Paper
Support
false
Time Period Covered:
Nara period
temporal_coverage
Nara period
Time Period Covered
false
Places Covered:
Japan
spatial_coverage
Japan
Places Covered
false
People Covered:
Shōtoku, Empress of Japan, 718-770
people_covered
Shōtoku, Empress of Japan, 718-770
People Covered
false
Item Height:
59 mm
item_height
59 mm
Item Height
false
Item Width:
368 mm
Provenance:
Hōryūji (Ikaruga-chō, Nara-ken, Japan), former owner
former_repository
Hōryūji (Ikaruga-chō, Nara-ken, Japan), former owner
Provenance
false
Provenance:
The Printing Museum, former owner
former_repository
The Printing Museum, former owner
Provenance
false
Provenance:
Simpson Galleries, former owner
former_repository
Simpson Galleries, former owner
Provenance
false
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
access_rights
<a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-sa/4.0/88x31.png" /></a>
Access Rights
false