Shuuioujoden - The Tale of the Dead

Japanese: 拾遺往生伝 - しゅういおうじょうでん

This work follows on from Zoku Honcho Ojoden and is written in classical Chinese to describe the deeds of those who have passed away. It was written by Miyoshi Tamekatsu. The first, second and third volumes contain the biographies of 95 people. The first and second volumes are written in the order of monks, lay men, nuns and lay women, while the third volume is written in the order of the people who were visited, ending with Amidabo in Yamato Province, who died in 1111 (Ten'ei 2). It is based on national history, other biographies, temple legends and the Hokke Genki, as well as hearsay, and covers a wide range of regions. In particular, it includes high priests, sutra reciters and immortals, who were not included in the previous Ojoden, probably because the editor considered people who have passed away based on whether they experienced a miraculous event in the Pure Land rather than on the Pure Land practice itself.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

《続本朝往生伝》の後をうけ，往生者の行業を漢文体で記したもの。三善為康撰。上中下あわせて95人の伝を収める。上･中巻は僧，俗人男子，尼，俗人女子の順，下巻は採訪順に書きつがれ，1111年(天永2)没の大和国阿弥陀房で終わる。国史，別伝，寺院縁起，《法華験記》を素材とし，伝聞にもよっており，地域も広範囲にわたる。とくに先行往生伝が往生者の範疇に加えなかった高僧，持経者，神仙などを加えたのは，浄土行そのものより往生奇瑞の有無によって編者が往生者として扱ったからと思われる。

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