Shōsan jōdo busshōjukyō 稱讃浄土佛攝受經 [称讃浄土仏摂受経]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 ORB 30/83
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1280
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Good. Worm holes repaired by re-backing throughout. Text incomplete at beginning; collation with text in Taishō Tripitaka, vol. 12, no. 367, indicates that 129 lines are missing,. Impression: Shozuri or near. Slight over-inking of blocks in places. Seals of ownership: None. Manuscript notes: Shikigo in black ink, dated Kyōtoku 2 (1453), on final half-fold following kanki reads: 享徳貳十一月十一日於仁勝寺勸進西方行者.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Shōsan jōdokyō 稱讃浄土經 [称讃浄土経]. Translator: Xuanzang (唐) 玄奘, 602-64. Imprint: N.p.. Shōkan 昌觀, Kōan 3 弘安三年, 1280. Kanki on last fold reads: 弘安三年庚辰六月十五日爲末代 ／ 弘通以本願御真筆所奉摸寫也 ／ 勸進西方行者昌觀. Description: 1 kan, 1 jō 帖 in 18 folds. First section missing. 25.5 x 8.5 cm. (average), each half-fold. Orihon. Blockprint. Printing frame 21 x 8 cm. No borders. No vertical rules. Kanbun text without kunten or reading marks. 4 lines to half-fold, 17 characters to line. Printed from a hanshita engraved in gyōsho style. Dark green and gold figured silk brocade covers, with central title slip hand-lettered in late-Edo period. Gedai: Kōan-ban shōsan jōdokyō 弘安板稱讃浄土經. Title from naidai on last fold preceding kanki. Text paper dyed yellow. Edition: Jōdokyō-ban. Corresponds to the description in Jōdokyō-ban no kenkyū 浄土教版の研究, item 26, pp. 71-2. Apparently the only pre-Edo edition. Contents: With minor exceptions, contents are almost identical with Kumārajīva's translation of Amidakyō 阿彌陀經.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Donated to the British Museum by (Sir) Ernest M. Satow 13 June 1885.

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. 5. p. 393; Jōdokyō-ban no kenkyū 浄土教版の研究, pp. 71-2; Ānesuto Satō shūshū no kohanpon アーネスト・サトウ蒐集の古版本, in Kagami かがみ, no. 25, p, 4.