Nigatsudo quemaron Sutra. Artista: Artista no identificado. Cultura: Japón. Dimensiones: 9 3/4 x 21 1/8 pulg. (24,8 x 53,7 cm). Fecha: ca. 744. Este fragmento de la flor Garland Sutra (Kegonkyo) proviene de un conjunto de sesenta handscrolls donados al templo Todaiji en Nara en 744. Dañado por un incendio en el templo Nigatsudo del Hall, los supervivientes de las secciones son conocidos hoy como Nigatsudo Sutras (Nigatsudo yakegyo quemados). La escritura de bordes chamuscados, captando la idea budista de que todo es impermanente, ha hecho de estos vestigios especialmente apreciado. Estos fragmentos también representan algunos de los primeros survivi

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Nigatsudo Burned Sutra. Artist: Unidentified Artist. Culture: Japan. Dimensions: 9 3/4 x 21 1/8 in. (24.8 x 53.7 cm). Date: ca. 744. This fragment of the Flower Garland Sutra (Kegonkyo) comes from a set of sixty handscrolls donated to the temple Todaiji in Nara in 744. Damaged by a fire at the temple's Nigatsudo Hall, the surviving sections are known today as Nigatsudo Burned Sutras (Nigatsudo yakegyo). The scripture's singed edges, capturing the Buddhist idea that everything is impermanent, has made these remnants especially prized. Such fragments also represent some of the earliest surviving examples of the practice of transcribing Buddhist texts using precious materials. The copying of religious writings was thought to confer spiritual merit on all those involved in the project, including the donors, scribes, and craftsmen who prepared the materials, and so was done in great numbers during this period. The characters are written in a special form of "regular script" (kaisho) that, while written quickly, is balanced and even, with each stroke clearly visible to maximize legibility. The thickened downward diagonal strokes and exaggerated hooks at the ends of other strokes lend a sense of ornamentation and elegance. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.