Category:Hyakumantō Darani

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<nowiki>Hyakumanto Darani; 百万塔陀羅尼; Hyakumantō Darani; Hyakumanto-darani; Hyakumantō Darani; Hyakumantō Darani; Hyakumantō Darani; Hyakumanto Darani; Hyakumantō Darani; 百萬塔陀羅尼; Hjakumanto dharani; one million small wooden pagodas and the woodblock-printed darani scrolls enshrined within; 現存する世界最古の印刷物; collectie; One Million Pagodas and Dharani Prayers</nowiki>
Hyakumantō Darani 
one million small wooden pagodas and the woodblock-printed darani scrolls enshrined within
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  • Japan
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  • hyakumantō
Start time
  • 764
Inception
  • 25 May 770
End time
  • 770
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The Hyakumantō Darani or One Million Pagodas and Dharani Prayers are the earliest examples of woodblock printing known from Japan. There are small wooden pagodas, each containing a small woodblock scroll printed with a Buddhist text (Hyakumantō Darani), printed from 764 to about 770.