Fundamental research on the process of establishment and development of the Hokke-Senbo

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 21K19960
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: 0101:Philosophy, art, and related fields
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: Yajima Shoho (矢島礼迪) 早稲田大学, グローバルエデュケーションセンター, 助手 (40906591)
• Project Period (FY): 2021-08-30 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 法華懺法 / 法華三昧行法 / 如法懺法 / 御懺法講 / 瓦経 / 懺法 / 仏教儀礼

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study focused on the investigation of Hokke-Senbo 法華懺法 materials and was able to identify several related materials that had not been the focus of previous research. This made it possible to examine old manuscript of the Hokke-Senbo back to the late Heian period and to clarify the process of its establishment. This study also focused on the development of the Osenbo-ko 御懺法講 at court in order to examine the development of the Hokke-Senbo, but the results were insufficient due to time constraints. As some results were obtained on the process of the establishment of the Hokke-Senbo, I plan to examine the Osenbo-ko in the future as part of my investigation into the development of the Hokke-Senbo.

Free Research Field

仏教学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

法華懺法は平安中期以降、天皇家、公家、武家、寺家が関与する特別な儀礼であったと考えられ、仏教学や仏教史だけでなく多くの分野においても注目すべき研究対象である。しかし、これまでに法華懺法の詳細な研究はなく、成立過程も明らかになっていなかった。本研究によって成立過程が明らかになったことは学術的にも意義深く、この成果は今後、平安中期以降の法華懺法の展開を考究していく上での基礎となるものである。