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Daihannyaharamittakyo (Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra), Volume 522

大般若波羅蜜多経巻第五百二十二
Daihannyaharamittakyo (Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra), Volume 522 (大般若波羅蜜多経巻第五百二十二)
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At a glance — Calligraphy & Book · Nara period, 8th century · held by Kyoto National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

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Designation
Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Date
701–800
Dimensions
Height25.3cm:Width948cm
Catalogue ID
cobas-4470

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This volume of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra (Skt., Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra; J., Daihannyaharamittakyô) was dedicated on the first day of the fifth month of 740 (Tenpyô 12) by Empress Kômyô (701-760). The empress commissioned a copy of the entire Buddhist canon (J., issaikyô) to pray for the repose of her father, the influential statesman Fujiwara Fuhito (659-720), and her mother Lady Tachibana (n.d.), and to express her own devotion to Buddhism. Taking the date from its postscript, this scroll was given the appellation, Sutra of the First Day of the Fifth Month.

— Museum description: Kyoto National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

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Cite this page: “Daihannyaharamittakyo (Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra), Volume 522（大般若波羅蜜多経巻第五百二十二）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-4470. Kyoto National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/daihannyaharamittakyo-mahaprajnaparamita-sutra-volume-522/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Genre: Calligraphy
  • Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
  • Category: Calligraphy:Category:Books:Buddhist texts|Calligraphy:Region:Japan|Calligraphy:Period:Japan:Nara period
  • Size: Height25.3cm:Width948cm
  • 員数: 1巻
  • 分類: 書跡
  • 種別: 書跡:分類:典籍:仏典|書跡:地域:日本|書跡:時代:日本:奈良
  • 法量: 縦25.3cm:横948cm
  • 銘文等: 天平二年三月上旬書写の奥書あり

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