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Jingoji Sutra  1149

by Anonymous

The second half of the 12th century was a time of great political instability in Japan. Aristocrats felt as if they were living in an age of [i]mappo[/i], or Buddhist decline, and were preoccupied with the afterlife. This sutra is part of a famous set of 5,000 scriptures likely commissioned by Emperor Toba (1103–1156) and completed by his son, Emperor Go-Shirakawa (1127–11...
Size: 
25.8 (28.9 with knobs) × 1,289 cm
Medium: 
Gold and silver pigments on indigo-dyed paper
Credit: 
Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago