Illustrated biography of Shinran Shonin

Japanese: 親鸞上人絵伝 - しんらんしょうにんえでん

This is an illustrated scroll depicting the life of Shinran, the founder of Jodo Shinshu. As with the Kamakura period biographies of high priests such as the Illustrated Biography of Saint Honen, various illustrated biographies were produced as faith in the founder spread and various sects split up. The first was a two-volume edition of the Illustrated Biography of Saint Zenshin, produced in 1295 (Einin 3), about 30 years after his death, with words written by Shinran's great-grandson and third abbot of Hongan-ji Temple, Kakunyo, and commissioned by the painter-monk Jōga (1275?-1356) of Kōraku-ji Temple in Shiozaki, Shinano Province. However, the original no longer exists, and the Nishi Hongan-ji version from around the 14th century continues the same lineage.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

浄土真宗の開祖，親鸞の伝記を描いた絵巻。鎌倉時代の高僧伝として《法然上人絵伝》などと同様，開祖への信仰の広がり，諸門派の分立などにより各種の伝記絵巻が制作された。没後約30年を経た1295年(永仁3)，親鸞の曾孫で本願寺3世の覚如が詞をつくり，信濃国塩崎康楽寺の画僧浄賀(1275？‐1356)に描かせた《善信上人絵》2巻本がその最初であるが，原本は現存せず，14世紀ころの西本願寺本がその系統をついでいる。

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