Ainoushou - Ainoushou

Japanese: 壒囊鈔 - あいのうしょう

A collection of historical essays by the scholar-monk Gyoyo on over 500 Buddhist and secular events. 7 volumes. 15 ancient books. Completed in 1446 (Bun'an 3). It contains extensive quotations from the Inner and Apocrypha, but also contains many medieval-style supplementary theories. It is a collection of the origins and origins of ceremonial practices, customs, and everyday expressions of the time, and contains a wide selection of topics that were of general interest to medieval intellectuals. Later, the Jinten Tsubosho was created by expanding this work with selections from Chiribukuro.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

仏教および世俗に関する故事500余項について学僧行誉の答問したものを集めた考証的随筆書。7巻。古刊本15冊。1446年(文安3)脱稿。よく内典外典を博覧引用してあるが，中世的な付会説が多い。当時の式例，風俗，日用言辞などのいわれや出自を集めたもので，中世知識人の一般的興味のあった題目が豊富に選ばれている。のち《塵袋（ちりぶくろ）》から選択して本書を増益することにより，《塵添（じんてん）壒囊抄》ができた。

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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