Kōbō Daishi Dangi Honzon (Kōbō Daishi's Final Teaching Image) - Hanging Scroll

Dimensions

W85.5 × H212 cm

This hanging scroll depicts Kōbō Daishi (Kūkai) at the moment just before his nyūjō (passing into eternal meditation), when he gathered his disciples to deliver his final teachings. Inscriptions in the imperial hand of Emperor Go-Uda, later copied above and below the image, have been added to the scroll.

弘法大師談義本尊

空海が入定（逝去）直前に弟子たちを集めて遺言した時の大師像を描いた掛け軸です。後年後歌宇多天皇が書き写した宸筆の賛が上下に加えられています。