Title: Nigatsudō Burned Sutra
Object type: Hanging scroll
Date: ca. 744
Culture: Japan
Period: Nara period (710–794)
Artist:  Unidentified artist 
Artist role: Artist
Medium: Hanging scroll; silver pigment on indigo-dyed paper
Dimensions: Overall with mounting: 41 3/4 × 26 1/2 in. (106 × 67.3 cm)
Overall with knobs: 41 3/4 in. × 28 5/8 in. × 1 in. (106 × 72.7 × 2.5 cm)
Image: 9 7/8 × 21 1/4 in. (25.1 × 54 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit line: Purchase, Mrs. Jackson Burke Gift, 1978
Department: Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY