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Konkomyo saishookyo chushaku (Commentary on the Golden Light Sutra of the Most Victorious Kings), Vo

金光明最勝王経註釈巻第一
Konkomyo saishookyo chushaku (Commentary on the Golden Light Sutra of the Most Victorious Kings), Vo (金光明最勝王経註釈巻第一)
PLATE IImage: Kyoto National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0
At a glance — Calligraphy & Book · Heian period · held by Kyoto National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.

Fact Sheet

Designation
Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
Date
801–1000
Dimensions
Height32cm:Width1931cm
Catalogue ID
cobas-4425

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This commentary by Myôichi (728-798, of the Konkômyô saishôôkyô (Golden Light Sutra of the Most Victorious Kings) is based on and includes a passage from an earlier commentary entitled Jin guangming zuishengwang jing shu (J., Konkômyô saishôôkyô sho), written by Huizhao (650-714). The number of characters per line is irregular, with nineteen to twenty characters in most lines and as many as twenty-five small characters in some lines. It is also unusual as a rare example of a complete ten-volume set.

— Museum description: Kyoto National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.

Record & Sources

Cite this page: “Konkomyo saishookyo chushaku (Commentary on the Golden Light Sutra of the Most Victorious Kings), Vo(金光明最勝王経註釈巻第一).” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-4425. Kyoto National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/konkomyo-saishookyo-chushaku-commentary-on-the-golden-light-sutra-of-the-most-victorious-4425/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
  • Genre: Calligraphy
  • Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
  • Category: Calligraphy:Category:Books:Buddhist texts|Calligraphy:Region:Japan|Calligraphy:Period:Japan:Heian period|Calligraphy:Formats and mountings:Handscrolls
  • Size: Height32cm:Width1931cm
  • 員数: 1巻
  • 分類: 書跡
  • 種別: 書跡:分類:典籍:仏典|書跡:地域:日本|書跡:時代:日本:平安|書跡:装丁・形態:巻子
  • 法量: 縦32cm:横1931cm
  • 時代世紀: 平安時代 前期 ・9世紀~10世紀

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