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Feretory for enshrining Buddha's relics, Hoke-kyō (Saddharma-puṇḍarīka sūtra)

黒漆宝篋印塔嵌装舎利厨子 附 法華経
Feretory for enshrining Buddha's relics, Hoke-kyō (Saddharma-puṇḍarīka sūtra) (黒漆宝篋印塔嵌装舎利厨子 附 法華経)
PLATE IImage: Nara National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0
At a glance — Craft · Kamakura period, 13th century · held by Nara National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

Fact Sheet

Designation
Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category
Crafts
Date
1201–1300
Dimensions
H 25.7
Catalogue ID
cobas-16077

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{i=>[hōkyōintō, chūdai hachiyōin], content=>[The reliquary shrine seen here has doors on both sides. The front opens to reveal an inset Treasure Casket Seal Stupa (, ) in gilt bronze, a stupa iconography ubiquitous at the time. The back contains a panel with an image of the Buddha Śākyamuni of the Golden Wheel as well as the Cloister of the Central Dais with Eight Petals (, ) from the Womb Realm Mandala. A bound copy of the Lotus Sutra is stored inside and inscribed with the year Karoku 2.]}

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

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “Feretory for enshrining Buddha's relics, Hoke-kyō (Saddharma-puṇḍarīka sūtra)(黒漆宝篋印塔嵌装舎利厨子 附 法華経).” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-16077. Nara National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/feretory-for-enshrining-buddhas-relics-hoke-ky-saddharma-pu-ar-ka-s-tra/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Category: Applied arts:Religious objects:Buddhism:Ornamental objects
  • Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
  • Genre: Decorative Arts
  • Size: H 25.7
  • Material: Wood with lacquer, gilt bronze; ink on paper
  • 分類: 工芸
  • 種別: 工芸:宗教・信仰用具:仏教:荘厳具
  • 員数: 1基 8帖
  • 品質形状: 木製 黒漆塗 舎利容器:銅製 鍍金

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