Chapter 21 of Myohorengekyo (Lotus Sutra) 妙法蓮華経 如来神力品第二十一（一字蓮台法華経）ミョウホウレンゲキョウ ニョライジンリキボンダイ21(イチジレンダイホケキョウ)
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Each character, representing a buddha, sits on a colored lotus dais in this edition of the <I>Lotus Sutra</I>, which is dated to the late Heian period. These volumes in the Kyoto National Museum collection, the Nyoraijinriki (The Supernatural Powers of the Buddha) and Zokurui (Entrustment) chapters, are from the same set as the Ryoko-ji Temple <I>Lotus Sutra</I>, Volume 7 (in nine volumes, including the <I>Amitartha Sutra</I> and <I>Samantabhadra Bodhisattva Sutra</I>; missing Volume 6). The margins and column lines are rendered in silver, and the lotus petals are painted in pigments of malachite green, ultramarine, crimson, yellow, gold, and silver.
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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