COLLECTION NAME:
Early Printing Collection
Record
Image Number:
JRL240901476
Reference Number:
R243386
Link to Catalogue:
Image Title:
Scroll of text
Parent Work Title:
Hyakumanto Dhāraṇī
Alternative Parent Work Title:
Buddhist prayer scroll
Date Created:
8th century [late]
Page/Sheet:
Verso
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.
Language:
Japanese
Subject:
Buddhism -- Prayers and devotions -- Early works to 1800
Subject:
Scrolls, Japanese -- To 1600
Category of Material:
Printed
Sub-Category:
Scrolls
Technique Used:
Printing (process)
Medium:
Ink
Support:
Paper
Time Period Covered:
Nara period
Places Covered:
Japan
People Covered:
Shōtoku, Empress of Japan, 718-770
Item Height:
59 mm
Item Width:
368 mm
Provenance:
Hōryūji (Ikaruga-chō, Nara-ken, Japan), former owner
Provenance:
The Printing Museum, former owner
Provenance:
Simpson Galleries, former owner
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
JRL240901476
