Kanjo Scroll - Kanjo no Maki

Japanese: 灌頂巻 - かんぢょうのまき

A classification of Heikyoku repertoire. It refers to five pieces depicting the later years of Kenreimon'in. The main Heikyoku pieces for transmission are 13 reading pieces, five gokkumono pieces, and five kanjo-maki pieces. The kanjo-maki pieces are the highest level, and were supposed to be transmitted to the disciples at the stage when they had mastered all of the hiramono pieces out of the approximately 200 Heikyoku pieces. In other words, since it was a transmission equivalent to Kaiden, it was likened to the kanjo, which is the transmission of the lineage of esoteric Buddhism sects, and it is said that the disciples practiced beforehand as a preliminary practice, and on the day of the transmission, they were solemnly transmitted at a ceremony with incense burning.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

平曲の演目の分類名。建礼門院の晩年を描いた5曲をさす。平曲の主要な伝授物に，読物（よみもの）13曲，五句物5曲，灌頂巻5曲がある。灌頂巻はその最高位に位置し，約200曲ある平曲の中の平物（ひらもの）すべてを習得した段階で伝授するたてまえだった。つまり皆伝に相当する伝授なので，密教系諸宗の法脈伝授である灌頂になぞらえ，あらかじめ前行（ぜんぎよう）としての精進を行い，当日は香をたいた席で厳かに伝授したという。

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