National Treasures & Important Cultural Properties
of National Institutes for Cultural Heritage, Japan

This scripture, transcribed on yellow hemp paper, was an offering by the priest Gyoshin (d. 750), who was active in the restoration of Horyu-ji Temple. According to the postscript, Gyoshin died before the completion of the commentary and the priest Koshin and other disciples inherited his wish to complete it. The reign year Jingo Keiun 1 (767) is written over Tenpyo Jingo 3 (767), indicating the change of era on the sixth day of the eighth month of that year.