Shingon indō yōshū benmō 眞言引導要集便蒙 [真言引導要集便蒙]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16078.b.3
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1684
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Very poor. Severe worm damage throughout. Impression: Atozuri, from worn blocks. Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Den'e 傳慧, Shingon monk. Imprint: [Kyōtol, Maekawa Moemon, Inoue Chūbē, Jōkyō 1, 1684. Kanki on fol. 31b of maki 12 reads: 貞享元年甲子晩冬穀日 ／ 前川茂右衛門 ／ 井上氏忠兵衛. Description: 10 kan (of 12), formerly in 4 satsu, rebound in 1 vol. western style. Incomplete copy, maki 1-2 lacking. (Maki 3) ff. 28; (4) ff. 24; (5) ff. 24; (6) ff. 27; (7) ff. 23; (8) ff. 26; (9) ff. 24; (10) ff. 27; (11) ff. 31; (12) ff. 31. 26.5 x 18.2 cm. Fukurotoji,. Blockprint. Printing frame 23.3 x 16.8 cm. Single-line borders, with a further horizontal rule framing headnotes. 'Flower petal' fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text with printed kunten, and with some siddham script interspersed. 10 lines to page, 17 characters to line (headnotes additional). Renewed sage-green front cover of one satsu only. Renewed title slip with manuscript gedai: 真言引導要集便蒙. Title from naidai. Hashiragaki: Indōshū benmō 引導集便蒙 + maki no. + folio no. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: The only recorded edition of this work. Contents: An elementary guide to the Rules and conditions regulating funeral rites according to Shingon ritual.

Access Information

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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 9. Shingon sect 真言宗

Bibliography

Bussho kaisetsu daijiten 仏書解説大辞典, vol. 6, p. 184; Mikkyō daijiten 密教大辞典, vol. 1, p. 110.