The monk Hozo

Japanese: 法蔵比丘 - ほうぞうびく

[1] The name of Amida Tathagata when he was training under the Buddha of the Worldly King before he became a Buddha. Bodhisattva Dharmakara. Dharmakara. ※Hyakuza Hodan (1110), leap year 7th month 11th, "Among the eight vows made by the monk Amida Tathagata and Dharmakara in ancient times." [2] Joruri. Five sections (there is also a six-section version). The oldest version was performed in Setsugyo-bushi, and the original version can be found in various schools of Ko-Joruri. It is based on the concept of Amida and Yakushi as the original natures of Prince Senjo and Lady Ashku of ancient India.

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Japanese:

[一] 阿彌陀如来が世自在王仏のもとにあって修業中の、仏にならない以前の名。法蔵菩薩。法蔵。※百座法談（1110）閏七月一一日「阿彌陀如来法蔵比丘のいにしへ、たて給ふところの八の願の中において」[二] 浄瑠璃。五段（六段本もある）。説経節で行なわれたものが古く、古浄瑠璃の諸流に正本がある。古代インドのセンジョウ太子とアシュク夫人の本地を阿彌陀と薬師として構想したもの。

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