近世戒律復興の初期状況 : 祖師俊正明忍の対馬からの書簡をめぐって

Abstract

This study interprets nine Letters from the Founder (in the collection of the Saimyōji), dispatched by Shunjō Myōnin, the founder of the early modern revival of the Buddhist precepts, from Tsushima, where he was staying, hoping to cross to the continent to receive the precepts via separate conferral. Many of these letters are addressed to Eun, and they evince the names of lay stewards and monks which are not recorded in other sources. Myōnin also dispatched letters to his family home, and to monks of other temples in Kyoto with whom he had relations, sometimes with requests to send him items or books. He also communicated with villagers in Tsushima. He also had close relations with Nichiō, a monk of the Fujufuse (“Neither Giving Nor Accepting”) branch of the Nichiren sect. Thus, it is not the case that Myōnin came in solitude to Tsushima, cutting off his personal ties. Myōnin resolved not to return to his monastery until he had received the precepts via separate conferral. While waiting for permission to cross to the continent, he died of illness in the third year of his sojourn.departmental bulletin pape