...The correct name for the Hijiri is the Sixty-six Chapters of the Lotus Sutra, but in the Edo period, the Hijiri was degraded and abbreviated to Sixty-six Chapters or Six Chapters. Memorial monuments to these Hijiri can still be seen in various places. In the Edo period, they simply became Hijiri or Wandering Hijiri, but in the Middle Ages, they traveled around Japan to copy out the Sixty-six Chapters of the Lotus Sutra in the proper way and donate them to sacred Buddhist shrines throughout Japan. ... *Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Kaikoku Kuyohi" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…正しくは日本回国大乗妙典六十六部経聖(ひじり)といい,江戸時代にはおとしめられて六十六部または六部の略称でよばれた回国聖。今も各地にこの回国供養碑を見ることができる。江戸時代には単なる回国聖または遊行(ゆぎよう)聖になってしまったが,中世には法華経六十六部を如法(によほう)に写経し,これを日本全国の霊仏霊社に納経するために回国したのである。… ※「回国供養碑」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。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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