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Japanese: 妻鏡 - つまかがみ

A collection of Buddhist tales from the late Kamakura period. Compiled by Rinzai monk Dokyo Ichien (1226-1312). 1 volume. Ichien was known as Muju and was posthumously named Daien Kokushi (→Muju Ichien). It is thought to have been compiled in his later years. It is a collection of tales on impermanence, asceticism, karma, and keeping the precepts, and is called Tsumakyo because it was aimed at women. It is famous as one of the few kana-written Buddhist language (kana-hogo) for women, along with Kakusai's Meigosho. Ichien also compiled and wrote other collections of Buddhist tales, such as Shasekishu, Shozaishu, and Zatsudanshu.

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Japanese:

鎌倉時代後期の仏教説話集。臨済僧道鏡一円 (1226～1312) の編。1巻。一円は無住と号し，大円国師と諡 (おくりな) された人 (→無住一円 ) 。その晩年の編と考えられる。無常観，修行，業因，持戒などの説話を集め，婦人を対象としたために『妻鏡』という。婦人相手の数少いかな書き法語 (仮名法語) として覚済の『迷悟抄』とともに有名。一円にはこのほか，仏教説話集として『沙石集』『聖財集 (しょうざいしゅう) 』『雑談集』などの編著がある。

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