The chronicle of the life of the monk Zonkaku

Japanese: 存覚上人一期記 - ぞんかくしょうにんいちごき

This is a record of important events in the life of Zonkaku, the son of Kakunyo, the third head priest of Honganji Temple. The original title was "Jorakudaishu Yuro no Ichigoki" (Record of the First Life of the Master of Jorakudai), named after Zonkaku's role as the abbot of Jorakudai. The version that exists today is a copy of an abridgement written by Kensei, the grandson of Rennyo, the eighth head priest of Honganji Temple, during the Daiei era (1521-28). According to Kensei's colophon, the accounts up to the age of 72 were transcribed by Zonkaku's son Kogen, and the accounts after that were added by Kogen. The original was burned during the Kyoroku era (1528-32).

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

本願寺3代法主覚如の子存覚の，生涯の間の重要事件を記したもの。原題は，存覚が常楽台の住持だったことにちなんで《常楽台主老衲一期記（じようらくだいしゆろうのういちごき）》。現在伝わるものは，大永年間(1521‐28)に本願寺8代法主蓮如の孫顕誓が抄録したものの写本。顕誓の奥書によると72歳までの記事は存覚の口述をその子綱厳が筆記したもの，その後の記事は綱厳が書き加えたものであり，原本は享禄年間(1528‐32)に焼失した。

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