Copying place - Shakyosho

Japanese: 写経所 - しゃきょうしょ

An institution that mainly copied Buddhist scriptures. In addition to being run by the government, it was also established by the imperial family, aristocrats, and large temples. Under the ritsuryo system, Buddhist scriptures and non-Buddhist texts (apocrypha) were copied at the Zusho-ryo (Library). The existence of a sutra copying center has been confirmed since 727, and when Empress Kōmyo's Office of the Empress's Court (Kōgoguushiki) was established in 729, it managed a sutra copying center, and when the Office of Todaiji Construction was established around 748, it was incorporated into this (Todaiji Sutra Copying Center). In the early days, noshi (stylists) from various government agencies were seconded, but later they were recruited from the private sector. In 762, Emperor Shōtoku's Office of Copying Sutras (Hōsha Mishikyō) was placed in the Imperial Palace and promoted to Office of Copying All Sutras, but after the death of the emperor in 770, it reverted to Office of Copying All Sutras at Todaiji (Hōsha Mishikyō). Approximately 10,000 documents, including ledgers, from the Todaiji Sutra Copying Center have been preserved in the Shosoin Repository (Shosoin documents).
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Japanese:

主に仏典を書写する機関。官営のほか皇族・貴族・大寺も設けた。令制下では図書(ずしょ)寮で仏典と仏典以外の典籍（外典）を書写した。写経所の存在は727年から確認され，729年光明皇后の皇后宮職(こうごうぐうしき)が設置されると写経所を経営，748年頃造東大寺司が設置されるとこれに組み込まれた（東大寺写経所）。初期には各官庁の能筆者が出向したが，のち民間から採用した。762年称徳天皇の奉写御執経(ほうしゃみしきょう)所が内裏に置かれ奉写一切経司に昇格したが，770年の天皇没後造東大寺司に戻った（奉写東大寺一切経所）。東大寺写経所の帳簿などの文書約１万点が正倉院に伝わる（正倉院文書）。
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