Jōdomon ruijushō jikige 浄土文類聚鈔直解

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16006.a.39
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1668
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 6 volumes Condition: Very good. Minor worm damage in upper margins of maki 1 and 9 only. No soiling or stains. Impression: An early impression, sharp and clear. Seals of ownership: None. Manuscript notes: Donation note on mikaeshi of maki 1, addressed to an Englishman (Fontes ?) by Ōta Genjun, abbot of the Kōenji temple, Nagoya, and dated Meiji 26 (1893). It reads: 呈 普音天壽 ／ 大英國フオンテス氏閣下 ／ 明治廿六年三月 ／ 大日本帝國愛知縣名古屋市大津町 ／ 眞宗大谷派 ／ 光圓寺住職 ／ 大田元遵.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Mon ruijushō jikige 文類聚鈔直解. Author/compiler: Ryōkai 了海, Jōdo monk, author of commentary, d. 1674. Original work (Jōdomon ruijushō 浄土文類聚鈔) by Shinran Shōnin 親鸞聖人. Imprint: Kyōto, Araki Rihē, Kanbun 8, 1668. Mokki (colophon in double frame) on fol. 52 of maki 8 reads: 寛文戊申十月中旬 ／ 洛陽寺町通松原上ル町 ／ 荒木利兵衛開板. Description: 10 kan, 6 satsu. (Satsu 1) ff. 1-4 (preface), 5-22 (maki 1), 7 (maki 2); (satsu 2) ff. 16 (maki 3), 12 (maki 4); (satsu 3) ff. 12 (maki 5), 14 (maki 6); (satsu 4) ff. 15-34 (maki 7), 35-52 (maki 8); (satsu 5) ff. 41 (maki 9); (satsu 6) ff. 37 (maki 10). 26.8 x 18.4 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 21.5 x 16.8 cm. Double-line borders all round. Fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text, with printed okurigana and kaeriten. Large characters for Shinran's original text, smaller characters for Ryōkai's commentary. 8 lines to page (large characters), 16 (smaller characters); 14 characters to line (large characters), 18 to line (smaller characters). Original mid-blue covers, with original printed title slips on left. Gedai: 浄土文類直解. Naidai and gedai identical. Hashiragaki: Monrui jikige 文類直解 + maki no. + folio no. In a buckram slip-case. Edition: The first and only Edo-period edition, sponsored by the ganshu Chitai 智袋, whose name and kaō are printed in a double-line frame at the end of each satsu, as follows: 願主智袋 (花押). Unsigned preface at head of maki 1 is dated Kanbun 6, 1666, probably the date of completion of the work. Mokki quoted above under Imprint is printed, unusually, at end of maki 8 and not of maki 10. Contents: Detailed commentary by Ryōkai on the Jōdomon ruijushō 浄土文類聚鈔 a simplified exposition of Jōdo Shinshū doctrine written by the founder of the sect, Shinran 親鸞, c. 1255, and first printed in Keichō 7, 1602.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from James Troup, 29 June 1908.

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 4. Jōdo, jōdo shinshū sects 浄土・浄土真宗

Bibliography

Bussho kaisetsu daijiten 仏書解説大辞典, vol. 6, p. 117.