Goryeo Tripiṭaka with gilt letters, Goryeo dynasty

Mahāratnakūṭa Sūtra on deep blue paper (紺紙金字大宝積経 konshikinji taihō shakukyō) vol. 32, Goryeo Tripiṭaka with gilt letters (高麗国金字大蔵経 kōraikoku kinji daizōkyō). Copied by Choi Sung-sak. Earliest copied sutra of the Goryeo dynasty and only surviving volume of a set of complete Buddhist scriptures, offered by Queen Heonae and Kim Chi-yang. The cover is decorated with a hōsōge flower pattern and the frontispiece with three bodhisattvas scattering flower offerings, both in silver paint. by Queen Heonae and Kim Chi-yang. The cover is decorated with a hōsōge flower pattern and the frontispiece with three bodhisattvas scattering flower offerings, both in silver paint. One handscroll, gilt letters on deep blue paper, 29.1 cm × 881.2 cm (11.5 in × 346.9 in). Goryeo, 1006. custody of Kyoto National Museum, Kyoto, Kyoto; owned by National Institues for Cultural Heritage (独立行政法人国立文化財機構)