Feretory for enshrining Buddha's relics, Hoke-kyō (Saddharma-puṇḍarīka sūtra) 黒漆宝篋印塔嵌装舎利厨子 附 法華経くろうるしほうきょういんとうがんそうしゃりずし つけたり ほけきょう
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{i=>[hōkyōintō, chūdai hachiyōin], content=>[The reliquary shrine seen here has doors on both sides. The front opens to reveal an inset Treasure Casket Seal Stupa (, ) in gilt bronze, a stupa iconography ubiquitous at the time. The back contains a panel with an image of the Buddha Śākyamuni of the Golden Wheel as well as the Cloister of the Central Dais with Eight Petals (, ) from the Womb Realm Mandala. A bound copy of the Lotus Sutra is stored inside and inscribed with the year Karoku 2.]}
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ColBase
"ColBase: Integrated Collections Database of the National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan" is a service that enables a multi-database search of the collections in the four national museums (To...
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
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July 20, 2026