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The Koyasan ojoden _??__??__??__??__??__??_ written by Nyojaku _??__??_ of Hokaiji _??__??__??_ discusses the rebirth in the Pure Land of thirty-eight monks beginning with Kyokai _??__??_ (1000-1093) and ending with Shoin _??__??_ (1104-1187). Details are given of how each came to Koyasan, what sort of practices they regularly did (such as nenbutsu, esoteric practice, or sutra reciting), how they passed away (including by chanting mantras, attaching their own finger to the finger of an Amida image with a five-colored thread, and so on), and what sorts of miracles or marvels appeared before or after the moment of death.
Regarding manuscripts and printed copies of Koyasan ojoden, of the total of twenty-one volumes of the work, sixteen volumes are held by nine Japanese universities (four of these volumes are manuscript copies, the oldest of which is dated 1836 but is a handwritten copy of the printed edition; twelve of these are printed volumes dating from 1677 to 1888), and two volumes are included in the Microdocument of the National Institute of Japanese Literature (formerly of the Mitsui collection, now held by the University of California, Berkeley, and the Department of the Imperial Household). This paper presents the results of this survey.
