Stones with Sutra Text
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Stones with Sutra Text
calligraphy / Muromachi / Hyogo
Place excavated:From Kaminoue Sutra Mound, Ymasaki-cho, Shisou-gun, Hyogo
Muromachi period, 16th century
Ink on stone
最大 長9.3 幅4.0 厚さ2.1
47個
Small stones with individual characters or passages from Buddhist sutras were buried in the ground as prayers for the deceased, or in the hopes that wishes would be fulfilled."