Kanto Travelogue

This is a record written by Shokai, a disciple of Eison of Saidaiji Temple in Nara, about his activities when he went down to Kamakura from February to August in 1262 (Kōchō 2). Prior to this, Kanazawa Sanetoki had sent Kena and Eison's disciple Joshun as messengers to encourage Eison to spread his teachings in the eastern provinces, and Eison agreed and went down to Kamakura. He gained the support of vassals such as Hojo Tokiyori and Sanetoki, and at the same time, his disciples Shohen, Ninshō, Raigen and others provided food for the poor people of Kamakura. Included in Saidaiji Eison Biography Collection (1956), edited by the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (now the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties).

[Ryoichi Hosokawa]

"Compilation of Biographies of Saidaiji Eison" edited by the Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (1956, Otani Publishing)

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奈良西大寺の叡尊(えいぞん)が、1262年（弘長2）の2月から8月にかけて鎌倉に下向した際の活動を、弟子の性海(しょうかい)が綴(つづ)った記録。これより先、金沢実時(かねさわさねとき)は見阿(けんあ)や叡尊の弟子の定舜(じょうしゅん)を使者として叡尊に東国布教を勧めていたが、叡尊はこれを応諾して鎌倉に下向。北条時頼(ときより)や実時をはじめとする御家人(ごけにん)の帰依(きえ)を得ると同時に、弟子の盛遍、忍性(にんしょう)、頼玄(らいげん)らをして鎌倉の貧民に食を施した。奈良国立文化財研究所（現、奈良文化財研究所）編『西大寺叡尊伝記集成』（1956）所収。

［細川涼一］

『奈良国立文化財研究所編『西大寺叡尊伝記集成』（1956・大谷出版社）』

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