Author/compiler: Taehyŏn 太賢, Korean Buddhist monk from Silla, b. 753. Imprint: N.p., n.d. [mid-Kamakura period, c. 1250-60] . See under Edition below. Description: 1 roll (kansubon 巻子本), originally in orihon form, now rebacked and made up as a roll. In a wooden box. Width of each orihon fold: 15 cm. Height: 27.2 cm. Kan ge 巻下 only, comprising 本 section and lacking matsu 末. Blockprint. Printing frame (height) 22.2 cm. No borders. No rules between columns of text. Kanbun text, with manuscript kutōten in red and kunten in black katakana, dating from late-Kamakura or early-Muromachi period. 8 lines to each orihon fold, 21 characters to line. Protective cover of modern brown brocade, probably added when the roll was rebacked. Ivory rollers. No title slip. Title from naidai. Kōzo paper. Edition: Saidaiji-ban 西大寺版. Two early dated editions of this work are recorded, both printed at the Saidaiji. The present copy, incomplete and lacking a kanki, seems likely to belong to the earlier edition of the two printed in Shōka 3 正嘉三年 (1259) and containing the following kanki: 正嘉三年二月十八日終寫功訖 ／ 執筆沙門慈政. The later edition, with kanki dated Shōan 4 正安四年 (1302), has only 5 lines to the half-fold. Contents: A commentary on the Bonmōkyō 梵網經 (Brahmajāla-sūtra), a basic scripture of the Vinaya sects concerning the Buddha's precepts for the moral conduct of monks and nuns. Early printed editions of this and other commentaries on the Bonmōkyō are confined to volume 2 巻下, since the contents of the first volume are less relevant to Vinaya teaching. Volume 2 consists of two sections, hon 本 and matsu 末, of which the latter is missing from this copy.
Bonmōkyō koshakki, kan ge 梵網經古迹記巻下 [梵網経古跡記巻下]
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- Reference
- GB 59 Or.64.b.5
- Dates of Creation
- [1250-1260]
- Language of Material
- Japanese
- Physical Description
- 1 volume Condition: Fair. Extensive worm damage repaired by rebacking. Paper soiled and worn in places, showing evidence of heavy use. Impression: Atozuri, though blocks do not show excessive signs of wear. Seals of ownership: None. Manuscript notes: Numerous textual notes in black, interlinear and in upper and lower margins, some of them contemporary with kunten noted above. Others, in black and red, are probably of early-Edo date. Additional notes at head of text. At end of roll a late-Muromachi signature Kōgen 公玄.
Scope and Content
Access Information
Not Public Record(s)
Unrestricted
Acquisition Information
Acquired from Kōbunsō, 15 March 1974.
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 2. Basic mahayana scriptures 主要大乗経典
Bibliography
Bussho kaisetsu daijiten 仏書解説大辞典, vol. 10, p. 232; Kokatsujiban no kenkyū 古活字版の研究, p. 32; Nihon kokan shomoku 日本古刊書目, pp. 47-9, 96, 324; Nara kangyōshi 寧楽刊経史, pp. 183-4; Hōsho yoroku 訪書余録, vol. 4, p. 6 and pl. 14; Nara kokyōsen 寧楽古経選, vol. 2, pl. 66 (Shōan 4, 1302 edition).