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A rectangular hand scroll that is medium-brown in color and shows many rows of Japanese writing. The written symbols are in black and there are small, red lotus blossoms under each symbol.

Account of the Goddess Kichijōten (Srî-laksmî), from section 16 of the Golden Light Sutra

1192 - 1263

Monk Kenjin

Japanese

Handscroll; ink on paper

Kamakura period, 1185-1333

Manuscripts