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Taiheiji Temple: Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra

JAPAN, Shiga, Koka; Nara period (710–794), dated 712; By Prince Nagaya; Regular script; Ink on hemp paper; H: 23.8 cm
Prince Nagaya transcribed 600 fascicles of the Mahaprajnaparamita Sutra as a tribute to his deceased cousin Emperor Monmu (reigned 697-707), inscribing a prayer at the end of each ream. As work commenced from the 712 of the Nara period, this series of sutra transcriptions is also known as the Wadokyo." It comprises 142 reams in total

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