Bussetsu kan muryōjukyō 佛説觀無量壽經 [仏説観無量寿経]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 ORB 30/155
  • Dates of Creation
    • [1260-1300]
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Very good. Only minimal worm damage. Impression: Atozuri, but not markedly so. Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Variant title: Kan muryōjukyō 觀無量壽經 [観無量寿経]. Translator: Traditionally attributed to Kālayaśas, also known as Jiangliangyeshe (劉宋) 畺良耶舎, Central Asian Buddhist. Imprint: N.p., n.d. [mid- to late-Kamakura period, c. 1260-1300, but a somewhat later impression] . Spurious kanki on folio of thicker paper following last printed page reads: 正平七年二月十五日 ／ 大法師善真刻之. The date, Shōhei 7 (1352), is later than the probable date of printing of this copy. Description: 1 kan, formerly in 1 jō 帖 bound in detchō style, now rebound in western style. ff. [39] . (Numbering of alternate leaves hidden by present binding.) 25.9 x 16.7 cm. Folios printed on both sides. Blockprint. Printing frame 21.5-22 x 12.5 cm. No borders. Kanbun text, with manuscript kunten and kaeriten added in Muromachi period. 6 lines to page, 17 characters to line. Dark blue front cover (Muromachi period ?) with gold-painted title slip on left. Handwritten gedai: Kan muryōjukyō 觀无量壽經. Title from naidai. In a half-leather western style binding. Text paper: thick, smooth ganpi (or a mixture of ganpi and kōzo). Edition: Jōdokyō-ban. Clearly of the same edition and same impression as ORB.30/156. Contents: Text of the Amitāyur-dhyāna-sūtra, setting forth sixteen types of meditation to be practised as a means of attaining rebirth in the Pure Land.

Access Information

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Acquisition Information

Acquired from Ernest M. Satow, 22 Sept. 1884.

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

See no. 141; also Butten kaidai daijiten 仏典解題事典, p. 89, and Bussho kaisetsu daijiten 仏書解説大辞典, vol. 2, p. 183.