佛名法則

抄録

Butsumyo Hossoku. Manuscript in the possession of the Kyoto temple Daitsuji. Box made of kiri (paulownia) wood, with title written directly on surface of wood. 3 volumes in oricho (accordion-fold) format, height 15.5cm, width 13.1cm. Original covers of light blue paper with pressed patterns of interlocking circles and dragonflies. Titles written directly onto covers. Paper of hishi (ganpishi) type; length of each sheet 51.2cm. Vol. 1 23 folds 11 sheets; Vol. 2 13 folds 6 sheets; Vol. 3 13 folds 6 sheets. Text, written on one side of the paper only, includes Chinese characters, kana, shoten (points indicating accent) and hakase (neumatic notation, with some supplementary signs); most of the text is in one same hand. The name Shinku is written in the same hand at the ends of Vols. 2 & 3.
The Shingon-sect temple Daitsuji was founded by Shinku (1204-1268) on the petition of the wife of the third Kamakura shogun, Minamoto no Sanetomo (1192-1219), to pray for the repose of his soul. It is thought that this manuscript may be in the hand of Shinku, although there is no conclusive evidence aside from the name given at the ends of Vols. 2 and 3; even if such is not the case, it probably dates from the thirteenth century. It contains the order of service and texts (some with hakase notation) for the Butsumyo-e, a ceremony in which the names of the 3000 Buddhas, those of the past, present and future, are recited during services held traditionally on the 3 evenings beginning with the 19th day of the twelfth lunar month. A list of the contents of each volume (one for each service) can be found in the table on p. 116 of the Japanese text.