"Zoku Honchō Ōjōden" as a source on the history of Pure Land Buddhism (2021)

Anastasia Petrova
Russian Academy of Sciences. Institute of Oriental Studies. Researcher

"Zoku Honchō Ōjōden" as a source on the history of Pure Land Buddhism

The presentation will discuss "Zoku Honchō ōjōden" ("Continuation of the biographies of Japanese reborn into the Pure Land“), composed in 1101-1111 by Ōe-no Masafusa as a sequel to “Nihon ōjō gokurakki” (“Japanese Accounts of Rebirth into the Pure Land”) by Yoshishige-no Yasutane. This text contains 42 biographies of people who were believed to attain rebirth in the Pure Land. Problems to be analysed include a view of the Pure Land practices presented in this texts; similarities and differences between "Zoku Honchō ōjōden" and "Nihon ōjō gokurakki"; discussion on possible sources of Pure Land thoughts expressed in this text.

浄土教の歴史における続本朝往生伝

発表では大江匡房が慶滋保胤撰『日本往生極楽記』を受け継いで1101―1111年に撰述した「続本朝往生伝」「極本町王女伝」について報告する。記載された往生人は計４２人で各人の極楽往生の様子についてまとめている。発表の焦点は、このテキストにおける浄土の思想と行『日本往生極楽記』と「続本朝往生伝」の類似点と相違点、「続本朝往生伝」の浄土思想の源などである。