Variant title: Shōjigi 聲字義 [声字義]. Author/compiler: Kūkai 空海, founder of the Shingon sect, also known as Kōbō Daishi 弘法大師, 774-835. Imprint: N.p., n.d . [Kōyasan, late-Kamakura-Nanbokuchō period, 14th century ?] . See under Edition below. Description: 1 kan, 1 Jō 帖, originally bound in detchō form, later mistakenly bound in western style, as if in fukurotoji format, so that the reverse side of each fold was hidden. Now restored to a semblance of detchō form, in a chitsu case. 10 folds (19 leaves), numbered on inner edge 1-10. Printed on both sides of each leaf. 24.2 x 15.9 cm. Blockprint. Printing frame 19.5 x 14.5 cm. (average). No borders, nor vertical rules between columns. Kanbun text, with printed okurigana, okototen and kaeriten. 6 lines to page, 17 characters to line. Yellow front cover, possibly original, with manuscript gedai: Shōjigi 聲字義 in an early hand. Title from naidai at head of text. In a modern chitsu case. Edition: Kōya-ban. Numerous references to Kōya-ban editions of Shōji jissōgi are given in Mizuhara's Kōya-ban no kenkyū 高野板之研究. They are taken from (manuscript ?) catalogues dated Bun'ō 1 (1260), Shōan 2 (1300), Enkyō 4 (1311), Gen'ō 2 (1320) and Genkō 3 (1323), but all references are to title only and do not specify date of publication. None is described with enough precision to enable the present edition to be identified. Contents: A doctrinal work of esoteric (Shingon) Buddhism, forming part of Kūkai's Jikkanshō 十巻章. Shōji jissōgi traditionally made up a trilogy with the same author's Sokushin jōbutsugi 即身成佛義 and Unjigi 吽字義, constituting three of the basic scriptures of Shingon.
Shōji jissōgi 聲字實相義 [声字実相義]
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- Dates of Creation14th century
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- Physical Description1 volume Condition: Good, apart from minor worm damage to folds 8-10. Impression: Sharp and clear, shozuri or near. Seals of ownership: None.
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Acquired from Alexander von Siebold, 22 July 1868.
Note
A single leaf (fol. 15, 十五丁) from an early edition of Shittan jiki 悉曇字記 was bound in at the end of this book. It contains the last 7 lines of text, possibly from one of the pre-Edo editions listed in Kōya-ban no kenkyū, followed by title on verso of leaf.
Other Finding Aids
Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993).B. Buddhist works 仏書 9. Shingon sect 真言宗
Bibliography
Bussho kaisetsu daijiten 仏書解説大辞典, vol. 5, p. 402; Mikkyō daijiten 密教大辞典, vol. 3, p. 1154; Kōbō daishi zenshū 弘法大師全集, vol. 1, pp. 521-34.