• Figure 14. Hanging scroll image of Prince Shōtoku lecturing on the Śrīmālā Sutra at Empress Suiko’s court. (Japanese title: Kenbon chakushoku Shōtoku Taishi Shōmangyōkō sanzu 絹本着色聖徳太子勝鬘経講讃図). Property of Shōrinji, Moriyama, Shiga Prefecture; courtesy of Shiga Kenritsu Biwako Bunka Kaikan. In this version of the scene, his son Prince Naka no Oe is shown at his right elbow and one tier lower than his father; on the next level at left is “Dharma Master Hyeja” (慧慈, originally from Goguryeo) and on the lowest tier the Confucian scholar (hakushi) Kakka (覚哿, an emigré from Baekje). Seated on the same level as Kakuka are Ono no Imoko (center) and Soga no Umako (at right).

Kenbon chakushoku Shōtoku Taishi Shōmangyōkō sanzu

From The Three Treasures: A Revised and Illustrated Study and Translation of Minamoto no Tamenori's Sanboe by Edward Kamens and Ethan Bushelle

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