Shaekoku Gionji zukyō 舎衞國祇洹寺圖經 [舎衛国祇洹寺図経]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 ORB 30/144
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1681
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Negligible worm damage, otherwise very good. Impression: Slightly atozuri. The style of the undated kanki suggests an impression of early 18th century. (Ogawa Tazaemon was active from Tenna to end of Edo period.). Seals of ownership: Red oblong seal of Sir Ernest Satow, 英國薩道藏書, on first page of maki 上.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Chūtenjiku shaekoku Gionji zukyō 中天竺舎衞國祇洹寺圖經 [中天竺舎衛国祇洹寺図経]. Author/compiler: Daoxuan 道宣, 596-667. Imprint: Kyōto, Ogawa Tazaemon, n.d. (Preface dated Tenna 1, 1681.) Okuzuke reads: 京師書房 ／ 六角通寺町西江入町 ／ 柳枝軒小川多左衞門刻. Description: 2 kan, 1 satsu. (Maki 上) ff. 4 (preface), 34; (maki 下) ff. 37. 26.2 x 18.7 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 22-22.5 x 15.5 cm. Single-line borders with lower part of hanshin printed black. Kanbun text with printed okurigana and kaeriten. 8 lines to page, 18 characters to line. Original mid-blue covers, within a western style cloth binding. Original title slip on left, with printed gedai: 舎衞國祇洹寺圖經上下. Naidai: Chūtenjiku shaekoku Gionji zukyō 中天竺舎衞國祇洹寺圖經. Hashiragaki: Gion zukyō jō (ge) 祇洹圖經上 (下) + folio no. Edition: The only edition issued in Edo period, dated Tenna 1 天和元年 (1681) in preface and batsu (maki 下, fol. 36a). Contents: A work purporting to describe the origins, history and layout of buildings in the Jetavana-vihāra monastery (Gion shōja 祇園精舎), reputedly the first monastic establishment in India.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Purchased by the British Museum from Rev. Andrew Patton, Ballymena 7 April 1906.

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 1. General works 一般

Bibliography

Bussho kaisetsu daijiten 仏書解説大辞典, vol. 4, p. 369, vol. 8, p. 34; TT, vol. 45, no. 1899.