Repository for the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra, late 1100s. Japan, Heian period (794–1185). Lacquered wood with ink, color, gold, cut gold, and metalwork; height: 160 cm (63 in.). This repository is one of a pair that once contained the scrolls of a religious text called the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra. Two discs painted on the back have the sacred syllables representing the Buddha Shakyamuni and the Buddha Amida. Eight of the 16 benevolent but fierce looking deities who protect the text appear on the doors.

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