Great Wisdom Sutra from the Chūsonji Temple Sutra Collection (Chūsonjikyō), 大般若経（中尊寺経）, Heian period (794–1185), ca. 1175, Japan, Handscroll; gold and silver on indigo-dyed paper, 10 x 7 1/8 in. (25.4 x 18.1 cm), Paintings, The frontispiece of this sutra chapter illustrates the Buddha’s first sermon, at the Deer Park near Sarnarth in India. The Buddha and the two bodhisattvas who flank him are seated on lotus platforms. Behind the bodhisattvas sit the five ascetics, dressed in simple robes, who became the Buddha’s disciples
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Great Wisdom Sutra, Chūsonji Temple Sutra Collection, Chūsonjikyō, 大般若経（中尊寺経）, Heian period, 794–1185, ca, 1175, Japan, Handscroll, gold, silver, indigo-dyed paper, 10 x 7 1/8, 25.4 18.1 cm, Paintings, frontispiece, sutra chapter, illustrates, Buddha, first, sermon, Deer Park, Sarnarth, India, two bodhisattvas, flank, seated, lotus platforms, bodhisattvas sit, five ascetics, dressed, simple robes, disciples
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