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ORB 30/155

Record Id:

032-003953090

Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:

032-003953090

MDARK:

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LARK:

SLARK:

Format:

ISAD(G)

Reference (shelfmark):

ORB 30/155

Title:

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

Scope & 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.

Collection Area:

Oriental Manuscripts

Project / Collection:

Japanese woodblock materials

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Hierarchy Record Ids:

032-003953090

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not applicable

Hierarchy:

032-003953090

Container:

not applicable

Record Type (Level):

Fonds

Extent:

1 volume

Digitised Content:

Languages:

Japanese

Scripts:

Japanese

Start Date:

1260

End Date:

1300

Date Range:

[1260-1300]

Era:

Place of Origin:

Japan

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User Conditions:

Physical Characteristics:

Condition: Very good. Only minimal worm damage.

Impression: Atozuri, but not markedly so.

Seals of ownership: None.

Former Internal References:

15103.b.10

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:

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.

Material Type:

Archives and Manuscripts

Legal Status:

Not Public Record(s)

Names:

Satow, Ernest Mason, GCMG, 1843-1929