Seven Bhikkhunis

Japanese: 七人比丘尼 - しちにんびくに

A kana zoshi (traditional Japanese story). The author is unknown. It was published in 1635 (Kan'ei 12). The house of two nuns begins to host bathing services for visitors to Zenkoji Temple in Nagano. Five more nuns join them and each of them begins to confess their life stories. At the end, a nun who is said to have been the daughter of Kazan-in criticizes each of the stories and leaves, and the story is influenced by the Otogi zoshi (traditional Japanese story), Sanninboshi (The Three Priests). Although it is a novel promoting Buddhism, it also gave rise to subsequent works, Ninin Bikuni (Two Bikuni) and Yonin Bikuni (Four Bikuni). [Noda Hisao]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

仮名草子。作者不明。1635年(寛永12)刊。長野善光寺参詣の人のために湯の接待をはじめた2人の尼の家に，さらに5人の尼が加わり，おのおの身の上のざんげ話をはじめる。最後に花山院の姫であったという尼が，それぞれの話に批判を加えて去るという筋で，御伽草子《三人法師》の影響を受けている。仏教鼓吹の小説であるが，さらに《二人（ににん）比丘尼》《四人比丘尼》の後続作を生んだ。【野田寿雄】

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