Section from the Parable of the Magic City, Lotus Sutra (Hokke-kyō) Chapter 7

966 - 1027

Attributed to Fujiwara Michinaga

Japanese

Handscroll fragment; gold ink on indigo-dyed paper; excavated in 1671 at Kimbusen-ji sutra mound, Mount Yoshino, Nara prefecture

Heian period, Late, 898-1185