Letter by Priest Ryoyu
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作者良瑜
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制作年 AD14
- Title
- リョウユヒツショジョウ
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- Century Akao Collection
- Depository
- Institute of Oriental Classics (Shido Bunko) Campus Mita
- Ref. number
- AW-CEN-001714-0000
- License
- CC BY Images license
- Creditline
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慶應義塾（センチュリー赤尾コレクション）
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Priest Ryoyu (1333-97) was a Tendai Sect monk during the Nabokucho Period (Period of the Northern and Southern Dynasties) and was the son of Imperial Regent Nijo Kanemoto (1255-1334). He first joined Jissoin Temple in Yamashiro (Kyoto), then moved to Miidera in Ohmi (today’s Shiga) and studied both esoteric (mikkyou) and exoteric (kengyo) Buddhism. Later, he assumed the post of temple official three times, lived in the Joju-in in the compounds of the same temple and finally attained the top position in Buddhist priesthood (liked to archbishop). The reference to “sandan” at the beginning of this letter means the daily practice of reciting Buddhist prayers and incantations. Priests from Enryakuji, Toji and Miidera (also called Onjoji) took charge of different prayers and the chanting of sutra. The letter is a reply to a request made earlier for Ryoyu to lead the prayer. He declined once but was asked again to serve, this time with a promise of advancement in the temple hierarchy. Though this letter does not show who it was addressed to, the Priest Ryoyu writes, “…I have to stop writing now; a visitor has arrived with an imminent business,” which shows that he was more willing to lead the service this time.The letter further discusses procedure at the prayer session in the following manner: “The last day of the upcoming prayer session should correspond with the last day of the pilgrimage and be carried out for seven or 14 days”; “The purpose of the service is to pacify the evil or unsettled spirits”; and “The Buddha’s image used for the prayer session has been made in the traditional manner at the palace’s edokoro (where paintings and painted decoration for the court and nobility were created). Worship at Miidera Temple is dedicated to the God of Fire, Acala.”
三壇惣々辞退之時加任まて被仰候云々候日数ハ除目入眼日を結願に被当候て一七日或二七日なと被仰候不達微望或又超越人々怨心を為被宥被行事候又三壇御本尊事自上古至今度為公方被仰絵所被図絵事候本尊ハ三門不同候寺門ハ是も大略不動ニ候御甘心事ハ不及申候只今客来事候間不及委細候恐々謹言十一月廿六日良瑜
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