《Kuuyarui》

...Kuya, who worked as a private missionary monk, left no written records of his career or philosophy, so much about his life remains unknown. However, Kuya's activities attracted the attention of the literati and aristocrats of his time, and Minamoto no Tamenori wrote "Kuya Rui" and included his life's deeds in the preface, while Yoshishige no Yasutane included a biography of Kuya in "Nihon Ojo Gokurakuki." According to these two books, there was already a theory that Kuya was of imperial descent while he was still alive, but he himself never mentioned his parents or his hometown. ...

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Kuyakei" are listed below.

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…民間布教僧として活動した空也は，みずからの経歴や思想について記述を残さなかったので，その生涯は不明の部分が多い。しかし，空也の活動は，同時代の文人貴族の注目する所となり，源為憲は《空也誄（るい）》を作ってその序に生涯の事跡を記し，慶滋保胤（よししげのやすたね）は《日本往生極楽記》の中に空也の伝を入れた。両書によると，空也は，すでに生存中から皇室の出であるという説があったが，みずからは父母のことをいわず，郷土を語らなかったという。…

※「《空也誄》」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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