From sutra rubbings to woodblock printing
Books introduced in the video:
- Bussetsu-Ninnou-Gokoku-Hannya-Haramitsu-Gyo, 1239
Click to see the image and information - Myōhō Rengekyō, Heian period
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Keywords introduced in the video:
- Fujiwara no Michinaga
- Midō Kampakuki
- Heian capital
- Kan’na
- Hyakumantō Darani, Dharani Invocations of the One Million Pagodas.
- Nara
- Northern Song dynasty
- Shakyō, hand-copied sutra or the act of copying sutras by hand.
- Mount Tiantai
- Surigyō, printed sutras (literally, “Sutra rubbings”)
- Hokkekyō, Lotus Sutra.
- Amidakyō, Amithaba Sutra.
- Hanpon, woodblock printed book.
- Chōnen (938-1016), a Japanese monk in the Heian period.
- Emperor Taizong (r. 976-997), the second emperor of the Northern Song dynasty of China.
- Kaibao tripitaka. The set donated by Emperor Taizong is known as the Kaibao tripitaka, after the name of the Chinese reign era in which it was completed.
- orihon, accordion book. One of the major traditional bookbinding methods.
- Kōfukuji
Sino-Japanese Interactions Through Rare Books

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