Kan'gakuin documents - Kan'gakuin Monjo

…Most of these three collections of precious wooden scrolls were published at the end of the Meiji period as “Great Japanese Ancient Documents, Family Division 1, Mount Koya Documents.” Many other documents related to the main temple, such as the Goei-do documents and the Kangakuin documents, as well as documents from the sub-temples, such as Kongo-Zanmai-in, Hoju-in, Shochi-in, and Seinan-in, have been handed down within Mount Koya. A small portion of these documents are included in the “Mount Koya Documents” compiled by Nakata Hoju, as Kongo-bu-ji documents (Kangakuin documents), Kongo-Zanmai-in documents, documents from the former scholars (documents from the five temples Jakusei-in, Takamuro-in, Jimyo-in, Shojoshin-in, and Seinan-in, etc.), and documents from the former Gyonin-in (documents from Kosan-ji, An'yo-in, Rengejo-in, and Saimon-in, etc.), and were published by the Mount Koya Documents Publishing Association, but were discontinued due to the outbreak of the Pacific War. …

*Some of the terminology used in reference to the "Kangakuin Documents" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…これら3種の宝簡集の大部分は，《大日本古文書　家わけ第一　高野山文書》として明治末年に公刊されている。　高野山内には，このほかに御影堂文書，勧学院文書などの本寺関係文書，あるいは金剛三昧院，宝寿院，正智院，西南院などの子院文書が多数伝来している。これらのごく一部が中田法寿編《高野山文書》に，金剛峯寺文書(勧学院文書)，金剛三昧院文書，旧学侶方一派文書(五坊寂静院，高室院，持明院，清浄心院，西南院文書など)，旧行人方一派文書(興山寺，安養院，蓮華定院，西門院文書など)として収められ，高野山文書刊行会から公刊されたが，太平洋戦争の勃発によって中絶した。…

※「勧学院文書」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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