This is one of the scriptures called 'Chusonji-kyo Sutras' that were copied at the wish of FUJIWARA no Kiyohira, and it was completed after eight years from the time when it was started in 1117.
藤原清衡の発願によって書写された「中尊寺経」と呼ばれる経巻のひとつで、永久(元号)5年（1117年）より8年かけて完成した。