Collection of rumours - Uchigikishu

A collection of Buddhist tales from the late Heian period. Only the second volume remains, making it the only remaining copy. It contains 27 tales that mainly tell of the miraculous powers of Buddhism and the deeds of famous monks in Buddhist history. It also includes brief biographical articles about Tendai monks, and excerpts from the Daikagura and Daikagura Uragaki. It may have been compiled at a Tendai temple around 1134 (Chosho 3). The signature "Eigen" on the cover may be the editor. Most of the tales are common to the Konjaku Monogatarishu, Umezawahon Kohon Setsuwashu, and Uji Shui Monogatari, and are probably quotations from the tale collection that was their ancestor, the now-lost Uji Dainagon Monogatari. It appears to have been compiled as a memorandum for sermons, and although the expressions are simple, it is significant in showing the actual way tales were used. The text is written in a mixture of katakana and katakana, including some unique kanji characters, making it useful as a source of Japanese language information.

[Masato Mori]

"Uchikishu" by Etsuji Nakajima (1961, Hakutei-sha)" ▽ "Uchikishu Reading Society (ed.) "Uchikishu Research and Text" (1971, Kasama Shoin)"

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平安後期の仏教説話集。下巻のみ残存の孤本。主として、仏法の霊験(れいげん)と仏教史上著名な僧の行跡を語る説話27条を収録する。これに、天台僧たちに関する簡略な伝記的記事、『大鏡』および『大鏡裏書』からの抄出を付載する。1134年（長承3）ころ天台宗寺院で成立か。表紙の署名「栄源」が編者か。ほとんどの説話が『今昔(こんじゃく)物語集』『梅沢本古本説話集』『宇治拾遺(うじしゅうい)物語』と共通し、それらの祖となった説話集、おそらく散逸した『宇治大納言(だいなごん)物語』からの引用であろう。説法などのための備忘録として編まれたとみられ、表現は簡略であるが、説話の利用方法の実態を示すものとして意義をもつ。特異な漢字表記を含む片仮名交じり文で、日本語資料としても有用である。

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『中島悦次著『打聞集』（1961・白帝社）』▽『打聞集を読む会編『打聞集　研究と本文』（1971・笠間書院）』

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