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ORB 30/153
- Record Id:
- 032-003953088
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-003953088
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100129491069.0x000001
- LARK:
- SLARK:
- Format:
- ISAD(G)
- Reference (shelfmark):
- ORB 30/153
- Title:
- Anrakushū 安樂集 [安楽集]
- Scope & Content:
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Author/compiler: Daochuo 道綽, Chinese Chan monk, 562-645.
Imprint: N.p., n.d. [Muromachi period] . Spurious kanki on verso of last folio, blockprinted at some time after printing of text, reads: 至德三年正月二十五日 ／ 印本願主法眼慈辯. In fact, the date of printing was probably early- to mid-Muromachi period, c. 1400-50; later than the spurious date Shitoku 3 至徳三年 (1386) given in the above kanki.
Description: 2 kan, formerly in 2 jō 帖 bound in detchō style, now rebound in 1 vol. western style. (上) ff. [69] ; (下) ff. [53] . (Each pair of leaves is numbered at the inner edge, now almost hidden by sewing of the binding.) 25.4 x 16.4 cm. Folios printed on both sides.
Blockprint. Printing frame 20.5 x 15.2 cm. No borders.
Kanbun text, with kunten and kaeriten added in black ink (Muromachi period). 6 lines to page, 17 characters to line.
Old dark blue front cover of jō 1 only, with title slip of gold paper on left, hand-lettered in Muromachi period with gedai: 安樂集, Naidai and gedai identical. Text paper: thick, fibrous choshi 楮紙.
Edition: Jōdokyō-ban. Two earlier editions are recorded in Jōdokyō-ban no kenkyū 浄土教版の研究: the earlier with kanki dated Kangen 3 寛元三年 (1245) and the other (of which no copy survives) dated Kōan 3 弘安三年 (1280). The present copy belongs to an undated edition of the Muromachi period (c. 1400-50), of which the only other recorded copy is in the Chion'in 知恩院, Kyōto. A movable type edition in 2 kan followed in Keichō 18 (1613).
Contents: An expression of faith by Daochuo, in the light of his own experience, dividing the teachings of Buddhism into two streams: the ancient sages and the Pure Land. In the mappō age, he advocates reliance on Amida Buddha to achieve rebirth in the Pure Land.
- Collection Area:
- Oriental Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Japanese woodblock materials
- Hierarchy Tree:
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- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-003953088
- Is part of:
- not applicable
- Hierarchy:
- 032-003953088
- Container:
- not applicable
- Record Type (Level):
- Fonds
- Extent:
- 1 volume
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- Japanese
- Scripts:
- Japanese
- Start Date:
- 1400
- End Date:
- 1450
- Date Range:
- [1400-1450]
- Era:
- CE
- Place of Origin:
- Japan
- Access:
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- User Conditions:
- Physical Characteristics:
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Condition: Very good, apart from minimal worm damage at beginning and end, and slight staining at edges.
Impression: Bold, sharp and clear, using jet-black ink.
Seals of ownership: None.
Manuscript notes: A few textual notes in upper margins.
- Former Internal References:
- 15103.b.6
- Source of Acquisition:
- Acquired from Ernest M. Satow, 22 Sept. 1884.
- 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
- Publications:
- Bussho kaisetsu daijiten 仏書解説大辞典, vol. 1, p. 82; Kokatsujiban no kenkyū 古活字版の研究, pp. 44, 318;Jōdokyō-ban no kenkyū 浄土教版の研究, pp. 57-8, 70, 140, pl. 77; Butten kaidai daijiten 仏典解題事典, p. 190.
- Material Type:
- Archives and Manuscripts
- Legal Status:
- Not Public Record(s)
- Names:
- Satow, Ernest Mason, GCMG, 1843-1929