Japanese sutra scroll, Bussetsu Amida Kyo
Collection — Box: GTM Shared Box 39
Identifier: GTM-0065
Mortuary scroll with the text of the Bussetsu Amida Kyo, or the Shorter Amida Sutra, written in shell gold on indigo-dyed paper; the calligrapher dates the scroll to 1688, one year after the death of their father.
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0.03 Cubic Feet (1 box)
Japanese
GTM-0065 was at some time prior to 1970 housed with the wooden map box of the Nicholas Cleary Collection, GTM-0020, and counted among its contents. Curatorial file found with the Nicholas Cleary Collection.
Immediate source of acquisition unknown.
Good condition overall, with some fragility around the head of the scroll.
Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository