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The Tripitaka Koreana is a collection of Buddhist scriptures printed by the Korean kingdom of [[Goryeo]] in [[1011]]-[[1087]]. Printed using some 80,000 woodblocks, it is considered the most complete collection of Mayahana Buddhist scriptures ever compiled.<ref>Gallery labels, Royal Ontario Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/48532572882/sizes/l/]</ref>
The Tripitaka Koreana is a collection of Buddhist scriptures printed by the Korean kingdom of [[Goryeo]] in [[1011]]-[[1087]]. Printed using some 80,000 woodblocks, it is considered the most complete collection of Mayahana Buddhist scriptures ever compiled.<ref>Gallery labels, Royal Ontario Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/48532572882/sizes/l/].; gallery labels, British Museum.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/22759703716/in/photolist-AFcqYL-AHuDLx-8YkK3T]</ref>
A copy of this collection was given by the [[Joseon]] royal court to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] in the 1450s or 1460s.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 130-131.</ref>
A copy of this collection was given by the [[Joseon]] royal court to the [[Kingdom of Ryukyu|Kingdom of Ryûkyû]] in the 1450s or 1460s.<ref>Gregory Smits, ''Maritime Ryukyu'', University of Hawaii Press (2019), 130-131.</ref>
