Scroll of Mudras, 白描印相図巻, Heian period (794–1185), 11th–12th century, Japan, Handscroll; ink on paper, 11 3/16 x 97 1/2 in. (28.

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Scroll of Mudras, 白描印相図巻, Heian period (794–1185), 11th–12th century, Japan, Handscroll; ink on paper, 11 3/16 x 97 1/2 in. ( x cm), Paintings, This handscroll depicts hand gestures known as mudras in Sanskrit, the Indian language in which many early Esoteric Buddhist texts were written. In Japan the gestures are called insō, the Japanese term for a Chinese word that combines the characters for 'seal' and 'form

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