Description
This repository is one of a pair that once contained the scrolls of a religious text called the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra. Two discs painted on the back have the sacred syllables representing the Buddha Shakyamuni and the Buddha Amida. Eight of the 16 benevolent but fierce looking deities who protect the text appear on the doors.
Provenance
Kamigamosha [Kamigamo Shrine], Kyoto, Japan; Jinkō'in, Kyoto, Japan; (Shogoro Yabumoto, Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art) (?-1969); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (1969-)
Repository for the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra and Eleven Volumes of the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra
late 1100s
Accession Number
1969.130
Medium
lacquered wood with ink, color, gold, cut gold, and metalwork
Dimensions
height: 160 cm (63 in.)
Classification
Lacquer
Credit Line
John L. Severance Fund
