This study on the space of Tantric Buddhism in ancient Japan, is one of the attempts to clear the charactor and the construction of the space of Tantric Buddhism by researching its architecture and its ceremony. There were various ceremonies in Tantric Buddhism, but among them Kanjyo-ceremony is taken up for the subject of this report. Kanjyo-ceremony is one of the most fundamental and important secret ceremonies in Tantric Buddhism. And the most charactoristic space of Tantric Buddhism is considered to be constructed in the ceremony. Kanjyo-ceremony was celebrated in two cases, one was Kechien-Kanjyo, which was celebrated for general people being converted into Tantric Buddhism, and the other was Denpo-Kanjyo, which was celebrated when a monk who had served out his apprenticeship is promoted to Ajyari. Kanjyo-ceremony is constructed of two parts. One is Sanmayakai and the other is Kanjyo. And the construction of each part has some different points between Kechien-Kanjyo and Denpo-Kanjyo. On the other hand, Kanjyo-ceremony had, in principle, its own hall, Kanjyo-do, especially in Kechien-Kanjyo. So the influencial temples of Tantric Buddhism in ancient Japan had their own Kanjyo-do. This report, Part 1 deals with the space of Kanjyo-do known by ancient literature.

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