• Jōruri-ji shūbutsu (Buddha print from the Jōruri temple)
    浄瑠璃寺摺物

Publisher:
  • [Japan] : [publisher not identified], [10--?]-[19--?]
Extent:
  • 8 sheets of prints in case : illustrations (chiefly color) ; in box 74 x 58 x 4 cm
Format:
Contents:
  • [1] Fubo no on o shiru zu / Nagashima Shingorō ga
  • [2] Yokukiku yakushu Unikōru
  • [3] Mashin yōjōben
  • [4] Mashin ryūkō nensū
  • [5] Mashin yōjō no den
  • [6] Hikan yakuōen
  • [7] Jōruri -ji shūbutsu
  • [8] [Tsūzoku] Suikoden gōketsu hyakuachinin no ikko / Kuniyoshi.
  • [1] 父母の恩を知る図 / 長嶋辰五郎画
  • [2] よくきく薬種ウニコヲル
  • [3] 麻疹養生辨
  • [4] 麻疹流行年数
  • [5] 麻疹養生之傳
  • [6] 脾肝薬王圓
  • [7] 浄瑠璃摺物
  • [8] [通俗]水滸伝豪傑百八人之一個 / 国芳.
Description:
  • Collection of various prints published between 11th century and early 20th century.
  • Part of Rudolf collection.
  • Beginning part of the title of the print by Kuniyoshi is missing.
Subject:
Edm rights:
  • Copyright Not Evaluated
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Curator's notes:

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    Kizugawa, 11th century, paper on paper board

    One proposed origin for printing has been stamped images of the Buddha, perhaps not unlike these 12th-century prints from the Jōruri temple in Kyōto prefecture, Japan. Bundles of such prints were discovered about 100 years ago in the back of a Buddha statue. Each sheet consists of 10 rows of 10 images of Amida Nyorai (Amithāba). They were made from whole woodblocks, and thus are printed shūbutsu rather than individually stamped inbutsu images.

    East Asian Library Special Collections, NE1300.8.J3 M65e; item 7 (=Rudolph 2)

    For further reading

    McArthur, Meher. “Printed prayers: Japan’s first woodblock-printed Buddhas.” Buddhistdoor Global (October 17, 2014). Accessed May 20, 2025. https://www.buddhistdoor.net/features/printed-prayers-japans-first-woodblock-printed-buddhas/

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