Tsukai pilgrimage record - Tsukai pilgrimage record

Japanese: 通海参詣記 - つうかいさんけいき

A two-volume commentary on faith at Ise Jingu (Daijingu) created in the late Kamakura period. It is often called "Tsūkai Sankeiki" (Record of a Pilgrimage to Ise Jingu) because of the author Tsukai's name, but the correct title is "Daijingu Sankeiki" (Record of a Pilgrimage to Ise). Tsukai was the son of Onakatomi Takamichi, the shrine's chief priest, and became a monk at Renge-ji Temple (Daijingu Horaku-ji Temple) near the shrine. He trained in the Daigo Sanbo-in school of Shingon Buddhism and reached the rank of Gon Sojo (pronounced "gon-sojo"). He was well versed in the history of both Shingon Esoteric Buddhism and Ise Jingu, and wrote this book in the form of a dialogue between a pilgrim to the shrine and a monk in an attempt to harmonize the two. It is estimated to have been written around 1287 (Kōan 10), just before the establishment of Ise Shinto (Watarai Shinto) by the priests of Ise Geku.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

鎌倉時代後期につくられた伊勢神宮(大神宮)信仰の解説書。2巻。著者通海の名により《通海参詣記》と呼ばれることが多いが，正しくは《大神宮参詣記》。通海は神宮祭主大中臣隆通の子で，神宮近傍の蓮華寺(大神宮法楽寺)の僧となり，真言宗醍醐三宝院流を修行し，権僧正に達した。真言密教と伊勢神宮の沿革とに通じ，両者を調和させるべく，神宮参詣者と僧侶との問答の形式を採って本書を著した。成立は1287年(弘安10)前後と推定され，伊勢外宮（げくう）祠官による伊勢神道(度会（わたらい）神道)樹立直前の時期にあたる。

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