Lotus Sutra Gwonjeil

This is the Lotus Sutra Gwonjeil, Volume 1 of the Lotus Sutra composed by Kumārajīva. It is a woodblock-printed book in accordion-fold binding (jeoncheopjang). It bears no colophon, but on the evidence of its paper and format it appears to have been printed in the fourteenth century. Accordion-fold binding followed scroll-form binding and was widely produced in the middle and late Goryeo period, and is treated as an important source in bibliographical studies. As the printing of this sutra is very clear, it is an extremely valuable resource for research into Buddhist scripture, bibliography and bookbinding.

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Where it is

Region

Changwon, Gyeongnam

Designation

Provincial Tangible Heritage · 시도유형문화유산