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Yupian (Jade Chapters) Dictionary, Segment of Volume 9

玉篇巻第九残巻（自嗣字至きょう字） 紙背金剛界私記
Yupian (Jade Chapters) Dictionary, Segment of Volume 9 (玉篇巻第九残巻（自嗣字至きょう字） 紙背金剛界私記)
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At a glance — Calligraphy & Book · Asuka period · 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
601–800
Dimensions
Height27.1cm:Length168.7cm
Catalogue ID
cobas-167863

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Yupian is a 30-volume dictionary of Chinese characters compiled by Gu Yewang (519–581). The second oldest of its kind, it organizes characters by radical, with fanqie pronunciations and definitions. On the back of the manuscript is a Buddhist text dated 1021, telling us that this dictionary has been in Japan for over a millennium.

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

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “Yupian (Jade Chapters) Dictionary, Segment of Volume 9（玉篇巻第九残巻（自嗣字至きょう字） 紙背金剛界私記）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-167863. Kyoto National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/yupian-jade-chapters-dictionary-segment-of-volume-9/ — 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:Region:China|Calligraphy:Period:China:Tang dynasty
  • Size: Height27.1cm:Length168.7cm
  • 分類: 書跡
  • 種別: 書跡:地域:中国|書跡:時代:中国:唐
  • 員数: 3紙
  • 法量: 縦27.1cm:全長168.7cm

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