Variant title: Jizō jūō-gyō 地藏十王經 [地蔵十王経]. Variant title: Jizō bosatsu hosshin innen jūō-gyō 地藏菩薩發心囚緣十王經 [ 地蔵菩薩発心囚縁十王経]. Author/compiler: Zangchuan 藏川, Chinese monk. Author statement on fol. 1a: 成都麻大聖慈恩寺沙門藏川述. Imprint: N.p., n.d. [printed c. Shōhō / Keian period, 1644-52 ?] . See Edition below. Description: 1 kan, 1 satsu, in a slip-case. ff. 30. 27.2 x 18.3 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame varies between 21.6 and 22.2 x 15.7 cm. Single-line borders, with 'flower petal' fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text, with printed okurigana and kaeriten. 9 lines to page, 18 characters to line. Original blackish-grey covers, the front cover protected by an overlay of new white paper. No title slip. Manuscript gedai on covering paper: 佛説地藏菩薩發心因緣十王經. Title from naidai on fol. 1a. Hashiragaki: Jūō-gyō 十王經 + folio no. Edition: It is not clear whether an edition dated Bunroku 3 文禄三年 (1594) ever existed, although the manuscript ''kanki'' quoted under Imprint above appears in most, if not all, surviving copies of the book. This purports to credit the monk Tokusen 得仙 with publication and illustration of an edition dated Bunroku 3 (1594), but no reference work confirms this with certainty. The probability is that the present copy was printed at some date around 1650, though it may equally be a reprint from earlier blocks. It is in any case based on a Ming Chinese or Korean edition. Contents: A non-canonical Chinese Buddhist work, first published in the Tiansheng 天聖 period (1023-31). It concerns the savage punishments inflicted on human souls after death as they pass through the domains of the Ten Kings of Hell, and the saving power of the Bodhisattva Jizō who is here equated with the fifth of the Ten Kings. The theme of this work is much influenced by Taoist teachings.
Bussetsu Jizō bosatsu hosshin innen jūōgyō 佛説地藏菩薩發心因緣十王經 [仏説地蔵菩薩発心因縁十王経]
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- Dates of Creation[1644-1652]
- Language of MaterialJapanese
- Physical Description1 volume Condition: Good, apart from some water-stained folios and soiled corners. Impression: Atozuri from moderately worn blocks. Illustrations: A total of 23 single-page sumizuri woodcuts in a crude but graphic style, depicting scenes of judgement and the torments of the damned. Seals of ownership: Oblong red seal , Abe-shi zō 阿部氏藏, on outer cover, fol. 1a and fol. 30a. Also a black seal, 政道, on fol. 1a. Manuscript notes: A few interlinear notes on ff. 1-3. As well as the manuscript ''kanki'' quoted above, a note on the inner back cover records repair of covers in 1928.
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Acquired from Richard Lane, 19 Nov. 1956.
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Kenneth Gardner, Descriptive Catalogue of Japanese books in the British Library printed before 1700 (London and Tenri, 1993).B. Buddhist works 仏書 12. Miscellaneous scriptures 雑経
Bibliography
Bussho kaisetsu daijiten 仏書解説大辞典, vol. 4, pp. 273-4; Descriptive catalogue of Japanese and Chinese illustrated books in the Ryerson Library of the Art Institute of Chicago , p. 20; Catalogue of Japanese illustrated books and manuscripts in the Spencer Collection of the New York Public Library, p. 80; Edo jidai shoki eiri-bon hyakushu 江戸時代初期絵入本百種, pp. 112, 184.