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| Keywords: E innga kyo.jpg The Illustrated Sutra of Cause and Effect 8th century Japan 26 5cm height ink color on paper handscroll Total length 1100 5cm One scene of The Illustrated Sutra of Cause and Effect handscroll later part of volume 4th Now in the University Museum Tokyo National University of Fine arts and Music Tokyo Japan Original Province Kōfuku-ji Temple in Nara Japan This sutra is called the Sutra of Cause and Effect in the Past and Present Kako genzai inga kyō in Japanese more commonly known as the Illustrated Sutra of Cause and Effect 絵因 経 in Japanese The words of the sutra are copied in the lower half while the upper half illustrates representative scenes described in the text The story begins with the training of the historical Buddha Sakyamuni in his past lives how he was freed suffering and delusion and how he achieved enlightenment and became a Buddha In other words this sutra is somewhat like the Buddha's biography Woodblock reproduction published in 1941 by Sinbi-Shoin Co Tokyo century 8 Author PD-Art-100 Illustrated Sutra of Cause and Effect | ||||
