Text on the Buddhist Rite of Repentance (San Senranchū)

Bound with simple paper string and plain covers, these booklets contain personal notes on Buddhist precepts (rules for living) and liturgy. There are many examples of amendments and corrections throughout, and in some cases the author has even pasted additional sheets of paper to the original pages to create space for further commentary. Creases in the notebooks show that they were folded together before being placed inside the sculpture of Prince Shōtoku. Wood stains from prolonged contact with the interior of the sculpture on the booklet titled Discussion of the Buddhist Rite of Repentance indicate that it was placed outermost.