Japanese Record of Going to Paradise - Nihon Oujou Gokurakuki

A one-volume biography of those who went to the afterlife in the mid-Heian period. Written by Yoshishige Yasutane. The first draft was completed between 983 (Eikan 1) and 986 (Kanwa 2). Later, Prince Kaneakira was commissioned to add more, but when the prince passed away in 987 (Eien 1), the author took up his pen again and completed the work. This is the first biography of those who went to the afterlife in Japan, and it contains brief biographies of 45 people who went to the afterlife (people who went to the Pure Land of Amida Buddha), including Prince Shotoku, Gyoki, and Ennin. The Pure Land thought in this work is based on the belief in the unity of the Lotus Sutra and Nembutsu, and the idea of ​​Raigo is also clearly seen. It can be seen as a reflection of the Tendai Pure Land Buddhism of the time's idea of ​​going to the afterlife through various practices. It had a great influence on subsequent Ojo-den works. It is also known as "Nihon Ojo-den" and "Kei-shi Nihon Ojo-den."

[Tada Kazuomi]

"Mitsumasa Inoue and Shosuke Ozone's annotated "Japanese Thought Series 7: The Ojoden and the Hokegenki" (1974, Iwanami Shoten)"

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平安中期の往生伝。一巻。慶滋保胤(よししげのやすたね)著。初稿本の成立は983年（永観1）～986年（寛和2）。のちに兼明(かねあきら)親王に加筆を委嘱したが、987年（永延1）親王が薨(こう)じたため、著者がふたたび筆をとり完成させた。日本における最初の往生伝で、聖徳太子、行基(ぎょうき)、円仁(えんにん)以下45名の往生者（阿弥陀(あみだ)仏の浄土に往生した人）の略伝を記したもの。本書の浄土思想は、法華(ほっけ)・念仏一体の信仰が基調をなしており、来迎(らいごう)思想も顕著にうかがわれる。当時の天台浄土教の諸行(しょぎょう)往生思想を反映したものとみられよう。以後の往生伝に大きな影響を与えた。別名『日本往生伝』『慶氏(けいし)日本往生伝』。

［多田一臣］

『井上光貞・大曽根章介校注『日本思想大系7　往生伝・法華験記』（1974・岩波書店）』

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