Ruiguang Temple Pagoda: Frontispiece of the Lotus Sutra
Gold on indigo paper
Ruiguang Temple Pagoda: Frontispiece of the Lotus Sutra - Fasiscles
法華經卷首圖
江蘇省蘇州市瑞光寺塔發現
一九七八年江蘇省蘇州市瑞光寺塔第三層天宮發現。卷軸裝，在瓷青紙上以金泥書寫《妙法蓮華經》七卷，經卷用竹絲編成的經帙包裹，存放在黑漆嵌螺鈿經箱中。
經卷包首為金泥牡丹圖案，展開後可見卷首圖，線條工穩流暢。卷一繪一佛坐於蓮座上說法，頂上射出二道光芒，周圍環繞菩薩、弟子、天王、童子等，姿態各異。卷二尾部墨書題記「大和辛卯（931）四月二十八日補修記」，卷七末可見「顯德三年（956）歲次丙辰十二月十五日」佛弟子朱承恩請人書寫經文的題記。此經卷保存完整，紀年可考，是罕見的瓷青紙金書經卷。
For more details, go to the Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, page 772.
Cite this article:
Hsingyun, et al. "Ruiguang Temple Pagoda: Frontispiece of the Lotus Sutra." Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, vol. 16, 2016, pp. 772.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Graham Wilson, Manho, Mankuang, and Susan Huntington. 2016. "Ruiguang Temple Pagoda: Frontispiece of the Lotus Sutra" In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z, 16:772.
Hsingyun, Youheng, Youlu, Wilson, G., Manho, Mankuang, & Huntington, S.. (2016). Ruiguang Temple Pagoda: Frontispiece of the Lotus Sutra. In Encyclopedia of Buddhist Arts: Painting P-Z (Vol. 16, pp. 772).
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