Muryōjukyō shō 無量壽經鈔 [無量寿経抄]

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  • Reference
    • GB 59 16006.d.10
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1679
  • Language of Material
    • Japanese
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume Condition: Generally good, with minor worm damage chiefly confined to margins. Impression: Atozuri, from moderately worn type. Seals of ownership: None.

Scope and Content

Author/compiler: Dōkō 道光 (writer of commentary), also known as Ryōe 了慧, founder of the Goshinji temple. Imprint: [Kyōto] , Suzuki Tahē, Enpō 7, 1679. Kanki on fol. 68b of maki 7 reads: 延寶己未仲秋十日勘文校正訖印 ／ 鈴木太兵衛刋行. Description: 7 kan, formerly in 7 satsu, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. (1) ff. 67; (2) ff. 64; (3) ff. 55; (4) ff. 62; (5) ff. 49; (6) ff. 67; (7) ff. 68. 27 x 19.2 cm. Fukurotoji. Blockprint. Printing frame 24.2 x 17.2 cm. (average). Single-line borders. Within these, single-line borders enclose a smaller frame containing the original text, whilst the commentary occupies spaces in margins above, inner left and inner right. Fishtail design on hanshin. Kanbun text, with printed okurigana and kaeriten. 9 lines to page (large characters), 18 lines (small characters), 17 characters to line (main text only). Renewed light blue front cover of satsu 1 only, with embossed hexagonal and floral repeat pattern. Renewed title slip on left with manuscript gedai: 無量壽經鈔 一. Title from naidai at head of main text of each maki. Hashiragaki: Bōsai (?) 望西 + maki no. + folio no. In a western style half-leather binding. Edition: The second blockprinted edition, following movable type editions in Keichō 19 and 20 (1614, 1615) and the first seihan in Kan'ei 8 (1631). Contents: Text of Kangsengkai's Chinese translation of the Muryōjukyō 無量壽經 (Skt. Sukhāvatī-vyūha, Aparimitāyuḥ-sūtra), with accompanying commentary by the Japanese monk Dōkō 道光 (Ryōe 了慧) completed in Einin 3 (1295).

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 4. Jōdo, jōdo shinshū sects 浄土・浄土真宗

Bibliography

Bussho kaisetsu daijiten 仏書解説大辞典, vol. 10, p. 439.