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Buddhist Teachings for the Monk Teki Zōsu

的蔵主あて進道語
Buddhist Teachings for the Monk Teki Zōsu (的蔵主あて進道語)
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Fact Sheet

Designation
National Treasure (国宝)
Date
1341
Location
Ueno, Tokyo
Catalogue ID
cobas-143540

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Buddhist Teachings for the Monk Teki Zōsu is a calligraphy & book of Nanbokuchō period (1341), held by the Tokyo National Museum and designated a National Treasure (国宝) of Japan. The facts below are transcribed from the official catalogue record; this entry carries no museum description in English.

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “Buddhist Teachings for the Monk Teki Zōsu（的蔵主あて進道語）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-143540. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/buddhist-teachings-for-the-monk-teki-z-su/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Cultural property designation: National Treasure
  • Genre: Asian Calligraphy
  • Material: Ink on paper
  • 員数: 1幅
  • 分類: 東洋書跡
  • 品質形状: 紙本墨書
  • 銘文等: 明明古仏心。的的西来意。日用見行中。還同水投水。一漚未発当自観。脚頭脚尾何漫漫。繊塵飛来白日黒。大地撮入毫毛寛。汝離扶桑到中国。消尽平生煩脳惑。掲翻蔵海急翻身、戴角菸菟添両翼。海東的蔵主。訪道中華徧依名尊宿。所守確然不可抜。挈包相従。煩帰蔵司。職満求語為進道之助。因為書此。時至元七年正月十七日。本覚清欲。 ; 「天台沙門清欲了菴章」白文方印、「少林心印」朱文方印 ; 「夢竟先□」朱文方印
  • 法量: 27.9×73.9

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