Title: “Parable of the Medicinal Herbs” (Yakusōyu), Chapter 5 of the Lotus Sutra (Saddharma pundarika)
Object type: Handscroll
Date: 12th century
Culture: Japan
Period: Heian period (794–1185)
Artist:  Unidentified artist 
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Handscroll; gold and silver ink on indigo-dyed paper
Dimensions: 10 1/16 in. x 34 ft. 8 3/4 in. (25.6 x 1058.6 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Seymour Fund, 1965
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Herbs, term: Buddhism, term: Buddha