{"product_id":"mokuhan-he-or-kyogire-ancient-manuscript-sutra-fragments-circa-900-1400-a-surprisingly-varied-collection-of-15-sutra-leaves-including-illuminated-indigo-dyed-examples-and-a-piece-purportedly-written-in-blood-and-ink","title":"Mokuhan he, or Kyōgire (Ancient Manuscript Sutra Fragments), Circa 900-1400. A Surprisingly Varied Collection of 15 Sutra Leaves, Including Illuminated, Indigo Dyed Examples, and a Piece Purportedly Written in Blood and Ink","description":"\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eTitle: Mokuhan he, or Kyōgire (Ancient Manuscript Sutra Fragments), Circa 900-1400. A Surprisingly Varied Collection of 15 Sutra Leaves, Including Illuminated, Indigo Dyed Examples, and a Piece Purportedly Written in Blood and Ink\u003cbr\u003eAuthor: Nun Jō-Amidabutsu; Monk Shin'a; Monk Wei Yi; Others\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eA rather intriguing and rare Early Heian to Muromachi Period, 10th to 15th century collection of 15 manuscript leaves, which I’ve dubbed Mokuhan he, or Kyōgire, also known as Ancient Sutra Fragments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eAs entailed, these leaves are surviving sections from a various collection of sutras fascicles, including the Sutra of Immeasurable Life, The Lotus Sutra, the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, and even the Flower Ornament Sutra. Most of the fragments have been written on various types of mulberry paper, with thick bushy brushstrokes and ruling for the columns and borders. Two leaves are written using gold ink, on indigo dyed leaves, likely from the Heian to Early Kamakura Period. One leaf is particularly unique, being written on a bright, white paper, and using a red pigment purported to be blood, though this has not been proven. On their own, each piece is an interesting piece of Medieval Japanese history and Buddhism, and as a collection they make an astounding series of materials for study and further preservation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eRather interestingly, at least six sister fragments appear to be housed at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Those fragments include the following:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eShikan Guketsu\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e (Shikan bugyôden guketsu; Chinese, Zhiguan fuxing zhuan hongjue; \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'MS Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'MS Gothic';\"\u003e止觀輔行傳弘決\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e), fascicle 5 - Circa 10th-11th Century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eFragment of the Lotus Sutra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e (Myôhô rengekyô; Sanskrit, Saddharmapundarika-sutra), fascicle 4, chapter 8: “Buddha Disciples”; copied for the protection of the Shingû Castle (present Wakayama prefecture) – Period of Manufacture Unknown\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eFragment of the Flower Ornament Sutra\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e (Daihôkô butsu kegonkyô; Sanskrit, Buddhâvataṃsaka-mahāvaipulya-sūtra), fascicle 4; so-called \"Blood Sutra\" - Nanbokuchô period (1336-1392) to Muromachi period (1336-1568)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eFragment of the Lotus Sutra \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e(Myôhô rengekyô; Sanskrit, Saddharmapundarika-sutra), fascicle 3, chapter 6, \"Bestowal of Prophecy\" - Nanbokuchô period (1336-1392)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eFragment of the Great Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e (Dai hannya haramitta kyô; Sanskrit, Maha-prajna-paramita sutra), originally part of the \"Tôdaiji Hachiman Sutra\" - Circa 1228-1240\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eFragment of the Great Sutra of the Perfection of Wisdom\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e (Dai hannya haramitta kyô; Sanskrit, Maha-prajna-paramita sutra), initially in the collection of Konda Hachiman Shrine, Osaka prefecture, Japan - Circa 12th Century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eEach sutra fragment has been loosely mounted onto a modern cardboard sheet, with title slips and the extremely outdated price tag still on the cardboard.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eFifteen sutra fragments on paper, 18.3 x 8.3 cm smallest to 28 x 8.8 cm largest\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003eThese manuscripts are in very good shape, with minor worming to 12 of the leaves, and minor soiling to all of them.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"That Guy With The Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51623342440759,"sku":null,"price":13750.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0281\/1589\/4371\/files\/20260109_163504.jpg?v=1769964721","url":"https:\/\/thatguywiththebooks.com\/products\/mokuhan-he-or-kyogire-ancient-manuscript-sutra-fragments-circa-900-1400-a-surprisingly-varied-collection-of-15-sutra-leaves-including-illuminated-indigo-dyed-examples-and-a-piece-purportedly-written-in-blood-and-ink","provider":"That Guy With The Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}