Illustrated Frontispiece to the Sutra of Enlightenment through the Accumulation of Merit and Virtue, the So-called Jingoji Sutra, ca. 1150-85. Commissioned by emperor Toba (1103-1156). Late Heian period (ca. 900-1185)

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