Title: 『妙法蓮華経』 「観世音菩薩普門品」|“Universal Gateway,” Chapter 25 of the Lotus Sutra
Object: Handscroll
Artist: Calligrapher: Sugawara Mitsushige
Artist bio: Japanese, active mid- 13th century
Date: dated 1257
Period: Kamakura period (1185–1333)
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
Culture: Japan
Department: Asian Art
Credit line: Purchase, Louisa Eldridge McBurney Gift, 1953
Accession year: 1953
Tags: Buddhism|Bodhisattvas