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Segment of the Iimuro Edition of the Konkomyo Saishookyo (Suvarnaprabhasottamaraja-sutra) Commentary

金光明最勝王経註釈巻第二・巻第四断簡（飯室切）のうち巻第二

Segment of the Iimuro Edition of the Konkomyo Saishookyo (Suvarnaprabhasottamaraja-sutra) Commentary (金光明最勝王経註釈巻第二・巻第四断簡（飯室切）のうち巻第二) — PLATE IImage: Kyoto National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0

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Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Category: Calligraphy & Books
Period: Heian period
Held by: Kyoto National Museum
Location: Higashiyama, Kyoto
Catalogue ID: cobas-3865

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These four segments come from a commentary on the Golden Light Sutra of the Most Victorious Kings (J., Kongômyô saishôôkyô) by Myôichi (728-98), a monk of Tôdai-ji Temple in Nara. Transmitted through the Iimura practice hall, in the Yokawa section on Mount Hiei, this copy, said to have been brushed in the hand of Emperor Saga (786-842; r. 809-823), was given the appellation, “Iimuro Edition” (J., Iimuro gire). These segments, totaling 108 1/2 lines, serve as an important source in understanding annotations in Buddhist texts from the early Heian period (794-1185).

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Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財), Government of Japan
Catalogue ID: cobas-3865 (permanent)
Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-3865
Holder's collection: ColBase — Kyoto National Museum
Photograph: Kyoto National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0. CC BY 4.0 licence

Cite this page: “Segment of the Iimuro Edition of the Konkomyo Saishookyo (Suvarnaprabhasottamaraja-sutra) Commentary（金光明最勝王経註釈巻第二・巻第四断簡（飯室切）のうち巻第二）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-3865. Kyoto National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/segment-of-the-iimuro-edition-of-the-konkomyo-saishookyo-suvarnaprabhasottamaraja-sutra/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.

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Genre: Calligraphy
Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
Category: Calligraphy:Category:Books:Buddhist texts|Calligraphy:Region:Japan|Calligraphy:Period:Japan:Heian period|Calligraphy:Formats and mountings:Handscrolls
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:平安|書跡:装丁・形態:巻子
時代世紀: 平安時代前期

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