Fan-shaped Lotus Sutra booklet - Senmen Hokekyo Sashi

Japanese: 扇面法華経冊子 - せんめんほけきょうさっし

Created in the mid-12th century. This decorated sutra, handed down from Shitennoji Temple in Osaka, was made by folding fan paper (→ fan paintings) with genre paintings and bird and flower paintings in half and pasting the backs together to make a booklet, with sutras written on both sides. It is made up of 10 volumes consisting of 8 volumes of the Lotus Sutra, the Contemplation Sutra, and the Muryogikyo, and each volume has a picture of one of the Ten Rakshasas women dressed as ladies-in-waiting on the cover. It is thought that a total of 115 fan sheets were originally used, but currently only 59 sheets for 6 volumes and 5 covers remain, and some have escaped from the temple. It is significant as a large collection of secular paintings from the late Heian period. It is in the possession of Shitennoji Temple and Tokyo National Museum (both national treasures), as well as other collections.

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Japanese:

12世紀中頃の作。風俗画や花鳥画を描いた扇紙 (→扇面画 ) を2つ折りにし，背中を張合せて冊子に作り，表裏に経文を書写した大阪四天王寺伝来の装飾経。『法華経』8巻に『観普賢経』『無量義経』を合せて 10帖とし，各帖の表紙には十羅刹女を女房姿で1体ずつ描く。もとは総計 115枚の扇面を用いたと思われるが現在は6帖分 59枚と表紙5面とが残り，一部は寺外に逸出。平安時代末期の世俗画の一大集成としてその意義は大きい。四天王寺および東京国立博物館 (ともに国宝) ，その他蔵。

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