Xinbianfufadaninglu
Kamakura period, dated 1257 / Book, ink on paper
Zen analect edited by Koji Keidō in the Song Dynasty, containing quotations
from scriptures such as the Kegon kyō (Buddhavatamsaka
Sūtra) and Zen records such as the Keitoku dentō-roku (Transmission
of the Lamp). Describes a concordance of Confucian, Buddhist, and
Daoist thought from a Zen perspective. Ben-en Enni (1202-80) introduced
this Song print to Japan.
Out of 20 volumes, 10-12, 18, 19 (5 volumes in total) are missing, and
some sections are missing from some of the existing volumes. The
inscription in Vol. 1 reads: "Shōka gannen uruu sangatsu nijūni-nichi,
Fumon-ji ni oite / shoshahitsu (First year of the Shōka era,
leap-month-March [solar-adjusted lunar calendar], twenty-second day,
Fumon-ji [temple] / transcription)." Furthermore, as can be deduced from
the yōkoku scarlet seals, "Fumon-in" and "Kōmyō-in", that it carries,
this work is a copy of the Song edition of the Buppō daimyō-roku (a
designated Important Cultural Property) held at Tōfuku-ji. Thought to
have been Enni's personal copy. Courtesy Sekisuiken Bunko Library.
"Sekisui" refers to Mitsuo Ishii (1881-1966).