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Tablet with Sutra Text
瓦経
At a glance — Archaeological Object · Heian period · held by Tokyo National Museum · designated Important Cultural Property of Japan.
Fact Sheet
- Designation
- Important Cultural Property (重要文化財)
- Category
- Archaeological Objects
- Period
- Heian period
- Date
- 1174
- Held by
- Tokyo National Museum
- Location
- Ueno, Tokyo
- Catalogue ID
- cobas-114337
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A farmer found this tablet bearing sutra inscriptions — including the year 1174 — by chance in the Edo period (1603–1868). Several hundred similar tablets and other objects were also found from the same sutra mound.
— Museum description: Tokyo National Museum (CC BY 4.0), via ColBase / Japan Search.
Record & Sources
- Designation: Important Cultural Property (重要文化財), Government of Japan
- Catalogue ID: cobas-114337 (permanent)
- Official record: Japan Search — jpsearch.go.jp/item/cobas-114337
- Holder's collection: ColBase — Tokyo National Museum
- Photograph: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase — CC BY 4.0. CC BY 4.0 licence
Cite this page: “Tablet with Sutra Text（瓦経）.” Treasures of Japan, catalogue no. cobas-114337. Tokyo National Museum. https://treasures.yamato-kenkou.com/treasures/tablet-with-sutra-text/ — entry last verified 1 November 2026.
Full record data (as published in the official catalogue record)
- Genre: Archaeology
- Material: Earthenware
- Category: Archaeology:Media:Earthenware, stoneware, porcelain
- Cultural property designation: Important Cultural Property
- 員数: 1枚
- 分類: 考古
- 品質形状: 土製
- 種別: 考古:材質:土・陶・磁
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