Author/compiler: Shinjō 眞常, Buddhist monk of Tokuonji temple. Imprint: [Kyōto] , Nikō, Iyonojō, Murakami Kanbē, Jōkyō 3, 1686. Kanki on fol. 49b of maki 6 reads: 貞享三歳丙寅夷則上浣 ／ 雒陽書肆 ／ 得榮堂 二口伊豫掾 ／ 平樂寺村上勘兵衛 ／ 仝梓. Description: 6 kan, formerly in 4 satsu, rebound in 1 vol. western style. (Maki 1) ff. 2 (illus.) 5 (序), 4 (序), 4 (序), 4 (序), 39; (2) ff. 20; (3) ff. 29; (4) ff. 26; (5) ff. 25; (6) ff. 49, 2 (跋). 27 x 18 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 19.2 x 15.8 cm. (average). Single-line borders. No fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text, with printed okurigana, kaeriten and kutōten. Headnotes printed in frames above upper borders on many pages. 7 lines to page (main text), 14 lines to page (commentary), 17 characters to line. Renewed brick-red front cover of satsu 1 only, embossed with a repeat pattern of circles and ornaments. Renewed title slip with manuscript gedai: 地藏菩薩本願經. Title from naidai at beginning and end of each maki. Hashiragaki: Jizō-kyō tekagami 地藏經手鑑 + maki no. + folio no. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: The only recorded pre-modern edition. It contains 4 prefaces: (1) by a Chinese monk resident in Japan, undated; (2) by Shōan 性侒, 34th patriarch of the Rinzai branch of Zen, dated Jōkyō 3, 1686; (3) by the monk Jigaku 慈岳, also dated Jōkyō 3; (4) by the author, Shinjō, dated Jōkyō 2, 1685. The final batsu is signed by a monk Eiken 英賢. Contents: Text of Jizō bosatsu hongan-gyō, one of the three basic sutras devoted to Jizō 地蔵, the bodhisattva Kṣitigarbha, with an extensive commentary by Shinjō.
Jizō bosatsu hongangyō tekagami 地藏菩薩本願經手鑑 [地蔵菩薩本願経手鑑]
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- Reference
- GB 59 16007.c.9
- Dates of Creation
- 1686
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 1 volume Condition: Good. A clean copy, with minor worm damage chiefly round edges. Impression: Clear and sharp, with little sign of block wear. Illustrations: One double-page sumizuri illustration as frontispiece, depicting the bodhisattva Jizō received by the Buddha, surrounded by attendant Chinese sages and figures from the Buddhist pantheon. Clearly derived from a Chinese model. Seals of ownership: None.
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Acquisition Information
Acquired from Alexander von Siebold, 22 July 1868.
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 12. Miscellaneous scriptures 雑経
Bibliography
Bussho kaisetsu daijiten 仏書解説大辞典, vol. 4, p. 276.