Sanbō-e (Tōdaiji gire) 三宝絵断簡（東大寺切）さんぼうえだんかん（とうだいじぎれ）

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{i=>[Illustrated Three Jewels], content=>[In Buddhism, there are three jewels: the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha. The , is a Buddhist primer explaining the three jewels supplemented by illustrations, though these are now lost. It is thought that Minamoto no Tamenori (d. 1011) compiled its narratives in 984 (Eikan 2). This is a fragment from the oldest extant copy of the work; it features part of a tale about the priest Gyōki (668–749) welcoming the Indian monk Bodhisena (704–760) when he came to the Japanese archipelago during the Nara period (710–794).]}