In his benevolence, the Emperor prayed in June 1540 that he might recover from his illness, and wrote an inscription that usually proceeds the colophon; ''The Wisdom Sutras,' it said, 'This year many people died from the disease all over the country.
慈悲深く、天文9年（1540年）6月、疾病終息を発願して自ら書いた「般若心経」の奥書には「今茲天下大疾万民多阽於死亡。