The original was worked by court ladies in the early seventh century on the order of Tachibana no Oiratsume, the wife of Shotoku Taishi. It was kept in the Chuguji nunnery of the Horyu-ji temple outside the city of Nara, Japan. The inscription is said to have been told by the prince to his consort: "The world is folly. Only the Buddha is real."
The embroideries are now housed in the Nara National Museum.
Digital source (retrieved 1 October 2016).
Digital source of illustration (retrieved 1 October 2016).
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