"A letter to the descendants of Asakura Eirin Nyudo"

...This is a family precept that is said to have been left by the Sengoku warlord Asakura Takakage (Hirin) to his son Ujikage. It has other names, such as "Asakura Eirin's Wall Inscription" (Kurokawa edition), "A Letter to the Descendants of Asakura Eirin the Priest" (Arai Hakuseki edition), and "Seventeen Articles of Asakura Toshikage" (Gunsho Rui Jyuhon). Only the Kurokawa edition has 16 articles, while the others have 17.

*Some of the terminology used in "A Letter to the Descendants of Asakura Eirin Nyudo" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…戦国武将朝倉孝景(英林)が子の氏景に残したとされる家訓。《朝倉英林壁書》(黒川本)，《朝倉英林入道子孫へ一書》(新井白石本)，《朝倉敏景十七箇条》(群書類従本)等の異称がある。条数は黒川本のみが16ヵ条，他は17ヵ条。…

※「《朝倉英林入道子孫へ一書》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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