Title: “Universal Gateway,” Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra
Object type: Handscroll
Date: dated 1257
Culture: Japan
Period: Kamakura period (1185–1333)
Artist: Calligrapher: Sugawara Mitsushige 
Artist bio: Japanese, active mid- 13th century
Artist nationality: Japanese
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Handscroll; ink, color, and gold on paper
Dimensions: Overall with mounting: 9 11/16 in. × 30 ft. 8 1/16 in. (24.6 × 934.9 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Purchase, Louisa Eldridge McBurney Gift, 1953
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Buddhism, term: Bodhisattvas