The Burke Collection
Lotus Sutra, Chapter 9 (法華経 第九巻)
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Catalogue information

Kamakura period, early 14th century

Handscroll fragment, mounted as hanging scroll; silk embroidered on paper

H. 27.6 cm (10 7/8 in.), w. 43.7 cm (17 1/4 in.)

Donated to the Minneapolis Institute of Art by the Mary and Jackson Burke Foundation in 2015

Literature

Kaufman 1985, p. 98, fig. 12
Kaufman, Laura
1985
“Practice and Piety: Buddhist Art in Use.” Apollo 121, no. 276 (February): 91–99.

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;
Pal and Meech-Pekarik 1988, p. 311, pl. 96
Pal, Pratapaditya, and Julia Meech-Pekarik
1988
Buddhist Book Illuminations. New York: Ravi Kumar.

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;
Katonah Museum of Art 1996, p. 111, no. 49