In Shoko's writings, there are places where he wrote attributions such as “according to me” and “according to Ben'na” Ben'na being another name for Shoko. In this paper, I examine why Shoko wrote in this manner. It is apparent that Shoko only did this for certain sections and not others, intentionally making a distinction. Examining the content of Shoko's writings, it is clear that he was distinguishing his supplementary explanations from Honen's original discourse. In other words, in order that Shoko's own explanations not be confused with Honen's, he clarified by adding attributions like “according to me” to those sections, and we can presume he was conscientiously recording Honen's thoughts.
