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Kanjō-zuigan-ōjō-kyō

灌頂随願往生経(石川年足願経)
Kanjō-zuigan-ōjō-kyō (灌頂随願往生経(石川年足願経))
PLATE IImage: Nara National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0
At a glance — Calligraphy & Book · Nara period, 8th century · held by Nara National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

Fact Sheet

Designation
Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Date
701–800
Dimensions
H 25.8, L 548.0
Catalogue ID
cobas-15921

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{i=>[Kanjō zuigan ōjō kyō, Consecration Sutra, Guanding jing, Kanjō kyō], content=>[Ishikawa no Toshitari (688–762), who had this sutra copied, was the head bureaucrat in Izumo Province among those dispatched by the central government to serve in its provincial branches. We learn from the dedicatory text at the end of the scroll that he commissioned both the sutra and the production of statues on behalf of his deceased son. The , copies part of the , (Ch. , ; J. , ) offering passages to chant on behalf of the departed and ways to achieve rebirth in the Pure Land.]}

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

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “Kanjō-zuigan-ōjō-kyō(灌頂随願往生経(石川年足願経)).” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-15921. Nara National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/kanj-zuigan-j-ky/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Genre: Writings
  • Material: Handscroll, ink on paper
  • Category: Calligraphy:Category:Books:Buddhist texts
  • Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
  • Size: H 25.8, L 548.0
  • 員数: 1巻
  • 分類: 書跡
  • 品質形状: 紙本 墨書 巻子
  • 種別: 書跡:分類:典籍:仏典
  • 法量: 縦25.8 長548.0

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