Hōkyōin Dharani (item placed inside the standing figure of Shinsha Daishō)
ink on paper · Kamakura period · Kenkyū 8 (1197) · Kongōbu-ji, Wakayama
A single dharani slip that slept in a deity's abdomen for eight hundred years; it spoke, revealing the date and the donor.
Exhibition: Celebrating 1250 Years Since the Birth of the Great Master Kūkai: Kūkai and the Treasures of Shingon Buddhism — Tokyo National Museum · –