Heart Sutra (J: Hannya-shin-gyō; S: Prajnâpâramitâ-hrdaya-sūtra), copied in regular script (kaisho)

Twelve manuscript books; thread-bound, ink on paper with covers, gold designs on blue paper

Twelve manuscript books; thread-bound, ink on paper with covers, gold designs on blue paper

Handscroll; sumi on decorated paper with suminagashi pattern; color, gold and silver

49th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper

Two handscrolls; ink on colored silk with woven-pattern including gold

27th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper

Handscroll; ink on decorated silk with designs in color and gold

19th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper

Handscroll fragment; gold ink on indigo-dyed paper; excavated in 1671 at Kimbusen-ji sutra mound, Mount Yoshino, Nara prefecture

Handscroll; ink on paper

31st of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper

39th of a set of 54 thread-bound books; ink on paper