Relationships among Priests in Temples in Shikoku

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 20K21961
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0102:Literature, linguistics, and related fields
• Research Institution: Naruto University of Education
• Principal Investigator: Hirakawa Emiko 鳴門教育大学, 大学院学校教育研究科, 准教授 (30881768)
• Project Period (FY): 2020-09-11 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 古典文学 / 仏教文学 / 仏教 / 聖教 / 寺院調査

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The relationships between Buddhist priests and temples in Shikoku were studied by referring to the bibliographies of the various temples. The names of the priests written on the front cover, back cover, and scriptures were read through; the priests whose names were written frequently were extracted. We identified the temples to which the priests had gone to copy the texts, those who had copied the texts copied by a particular priest, and the teacher-student relationship in initiation of practical training. In the process of this work, it was necessary to investigate the collection of Shingon temples in Tokushima Prefecture, so we conducted a complete survey of the collection at two temples in Tokushima Prefecture: Shokoji Temple (Naruto, Tokushima), which had influenced other temples, and Dougakuji Temple (Ishii, Myozai-gun, Tokushima), which has a close relationship with Shokoji Temple.

Free Research Field

日本中世文学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

四国内の仏教寺院で活動していた僧や寺院同士の関係性に注目し、諸寺院の文献目録を参照した。表紙や奥書・識語等に記された僧の名を通覧し、頻度が高い僧を抽出する他、寺院間や僧侶間の交流の実態を確認した。また、徳島県の真言宗寺院である瑞龍山無盡蔵院正興寺（鳴門市）と東明山大谷院童学寺（名西郡石井町）の二寺で蔵書調査を行うことにより、新たな資料が確認でき、寺院間や僧侶間の交流がさらに明らかになりつつある。