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A Study on the Prajna Paramita Sutra Printed with Tile Block Plates

Park, Moon-Year 1

1청주대학교

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ABSTRACT

This study analyzes on the Prajna Paramita Sutra printed with tile block plates. The major findings are as follows:(1) Usually, it is known that the block printing precedes the type printing, but not every country has the same process. (2) Tile block plates are the boards for printing books. They are made of soils like powdered tiles, clays, china clays, and mortars. After plates are made, letters and pictures are carved on their surfaces in the reverse direction of the letters’ own shapes, and then those carved plates are baked as tiles or bricks. (3) In Korea, the information about the technique of printing with tile block plates is sparse. It is assumed that there was no need to spread tile block printing at that time. (4) In this study, analyzed are the tile block plates of Prajna Paramita Sutra translated by Hyunjang in the Tang Dynasty. The place and date of making this tile block plate and its maker are unidentified. (5) The tile block plate of Prajna Paramita Sutra was possibly made by a Japanese in Korea during the Japanese occupation period, or brought into Korea from Japan or China. So far, the tile block plate of Prajna Paramita Sutra seems to have no great academic and cultural values.

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