Author/compiler: Huaiyuan 懷遠, Chinese monk,11th century. Imprint: N.p., Kan'ei 9,1632. Kanki printed, unusually, on fol. 54a of maki 1 reads: 尓時寛永九壬申歳初夏吉日 開板之. Description: 6 kan, formerly in 6 satsu, rebound in 1 vol. western style. (1) ff. 1 (序), 54; (2) ff. 47; (3) ff. 53; (4) ff. 45; (5) ff. 46; (6) ff. 49. 28.1 x 17.1 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 22 x 16 cm. (average). No borders. 'Flower petal' fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text with printed okurigana and kaeriten. 10 lines to page, 20 characters to line. Renewed light blue front cover of satsu 1 only, embossed with a floral motif. Renewed title slip with manuscript gedai: 首楞嚴經義疏釋要. Title from naidai at head of each maki. Hashiragaki: Shakuyō 釈要 + maki no. + folio no. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: Apparently the earliest blockprinted edition of this work to be published in the Edo period. Preceded by two Gozan-ban editions, one dated Kannō 1 観応元年 (1350), the other undated (see GK, pp. 112, 383). The present edition was followed by other seihan editions published, according to Ōtani and Ryūkoku catalogues, in Keian 1 慶安元年 (1648) and Kanbun 13 寛文十三年 (1673). Contents: A sequel to Zixuan's Shuryōgon-gyō gisho 首楞嚴經義疏 or Shuryōgon gisho chūkyō 首楞嚴義疏注經 (see no. 216 above), itself a commentary on the Śūraṃgama-sūtra, explaining key points of doctrine in the commentary. Written by Zixuan's disciple Huaiyuan, c. 1061 (date of author's preface, 嘉祐辛丑).
Shuryōgongyō gisho shakuyōshō 首楞嚴經義疏釋要鈔 [首楞厳経義疏釈要抄]
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- Reference
- GB 59 16007.c.8
- Dates of Creation
- 1632
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 1 volume Condition: Fair. Considerable worm damage, especially in upper and lower margins, and many folios are water-stained and discoloured. Impression: Not shozuri, but sharp and clear, showing evidence of only slight wear on blocks. Seals of ownership: Small square blue stamp (unidentified) on first page of maki 1. Manuscript notes: A few textual headnotes in black, sparsely scattered in upper margins.
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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 11. Zen sect 禅宗
Bibliography
Bussho kaisetsu daijiten 仏書解説大辞典, vol. 5, p. 54.