Illustrated biography of the Eastern Expedition

Japanese: 東征絵伝 - とうせいえでん

This picture scroll depicts the achievements of the Chinese monk Ganjin, who introduced Ritsu Buddhism to Japan and became the founder of Toshodaiji Temple during the Nara period. With the momentum of the revival of old Buddhism in Nara during the Kamakura period as a backdrop, it is known from colophons and inscriptions that in 1298 (Einin 6), Ninsho, the founder of Gokurakuji Temple in Kamakura, commissioned an artist named Rokurobei Renko to paint the scroll and donated it to the main temple, Toshodaiji Temple. The scroll is currently kept in Toshodaiji Temple as a five-volume collection. The contents are based on "Tang Daiwajo Tosei Den" compiled by Oumi Mifune in 779 (Hōki 10) at the end of the Nara period, and the illustrations were added to a Japanese-style legend with reference to "Ganjin Wajo San Iji" by Toyoan, a disciple of Ganjin's grandson.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

奈良時代に，日本に律宗を伝え唐招提寺の開祖となった唐僧鑑真（がんじん）の事績を描いた絵巻。鎌倉時代における南都旧仏教復興の機運を背景として，1298年(永仁6)鎌倉極楽寺の開山忍性が六郎兵衛蓮行なる画工に描かせ，本山唐招提寺に施入したことが奥書や端書によって知られ，現在5巻本として唐招提寺に所蔵されている。内容は，奈良時代末779年(宝亀10)に淡海三船（おうみのみふね）が撰した《唐大和上（とうだいわじよう）東征伝》に基づき，鑑真の孫弟子豊安の《鑑真和上三異事》をも参照して，和文化した詞書に絵をつけたもの。

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