2005 年 42 巻 1 号 p. 173-198
The primary concern of this paper is to make the affair (the step by Nishi Hongwanji about the different interpretations of Kozenji and Kyogyoji) clear. The target audiences are those who are interested in the history of "buraku," or discriminated communities and Shin Buddhism. The conclusions are as follows: 1. Nishi Hongwanji complained about the different interpretations of a part of "Anjinketsujosyo"'s contents. 2. Nishi Hongwanji gave a strong-worded warning for the different interpretation of "Anjinketsujosyo" through "Kozenji Kyogyoji Kajogaki no Habun" (a kind of an official notice). 3. From a different angle, pupils of Kyogyoji could get spirit of "Ondobo"