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Jingo-ji Tripiṭaka

The Jingo-ji Tripiṭaka is a Japanese collection of the Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon) composed of over 5400 scrolls made of Indigo dyed paper, and written in golden ink. Created in the twilight of the Heian period, throughout the Genpei War, the compilation of the canon was commissioned by Emperor Toba and Emperor Go-Shirakawa from 1150 to 1185. The scrolls were then deposited in Jingo-ji, Ukyō-ku, Kyoto.

Also recorded as Jingo-ji Sutras · Jingoji Sutras · Jingo-ji Issaikyō

Jingo-ji Tripiṭaka

Japan; Handscroll; Paintings

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Date
1149

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The Jingo-ji Tripiṭaka is a Japanese collection of the Tripiṭaka (Chinese Buddhist canon) composed of over 5400 scrolls made of Indigo dyed paper, and written in golden ink. Created in the twilight of the Heian period, throughout the Genpei War, the compilation of the canon was commissioned by Emperor Toba and Emperor Go-Shirakawa from 1150 to 1185. The scrolls were then deposited in Jingo-ji, Ukyō-ku, Kyoto.

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  1. 01Making and history
  2. 02Provenance and holdings
  3. 03Notes, references and evidence

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