Non-Canonical Sutra Booklet without Title Page (text begins "Kaku no gotoki")
Kamakura period, datable to circa 1292
Dimensions
H. 12.3 × W. 5.5 cm (4 13/16 × 2 3/16 in.)
Provenance
[Yamanaka Shoji Co., Ltd, Awata Kyoto (1936)], sold; to Ellery Sedgwick, Beverly, MA, (1936-1960), passed; to his wife, Marjorie Russell, Beverly, MA (1960-1971), inherited; by Ellery Sedgwick, Jr., Gates Mills, Ohio, (1971-1991), inherited; by Walter Sedgwick, Woodside, CA, (1991-2019), partial and promised gift; to the Harvard Art Museums.
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