Afterword to Honpukuji Temple

Japanese: 本福寺跡書 - ほんぷくじあとがき

This is a record written by Myozei, the abbot of Honpuku-ji Temple in Katata, Omi, in the first half of the 16th century. The temple has four records that were written successively during the Tenbun era (1532-55). These are the Honpuku-ji Myozei Traces by the 5th abbot Myozei, the Honpuku-ji Yuraiki and Honpuku-ji Monto-ki by the 6th abbot Myozei, and this Trace. The Traces were created by adding to and supplementing the diary and the Yuraiki. The records include the process of the formation of Honpuku-ji Temple and its followers since the beginning of the 15th century, the contributions made to Hongan-ji Temple and their activities in the Ikko-ikki uprising, and the downfall of Honpuku-ji Temple itself due to the oppression of the abbots.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

16世紀前半，近江堅田の本福寺の住持であった明誓（みようぜい）の記した記録物。同寺には天文年間(1532‐55)に相ついで書かれた4種の記録がある。5世明宗の《本福寺明宗跡書》，6世明誓の《本福寺由来記》《本福寺門徒記》と，この跡書である。跡書は，日記･由来記をもとに加筆･補充してつくられた。同書には，15世紀初頭以来の本福寺とその門徒団の形成過程，本願寺に対する貢献と一向一揆での活躍，一門衆の圧迫による本福寺自体の没落が記されている。

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