Sand and pebbles (Shasekishū) : the tales of Mujū Ichien, a voice for pluralism in Kamakura Buddhism

Author(s)

• 一圓 イチエン
• Morrell, Robert E.

Bibliographic Information

Sand and pebbles (Shasekishū) : the tales of Mujū Ichien, a voice for pluralism in Kamakura Buddhism

[translated and edited by] Robert E. Morrell

（SUNY series in Buddhist studies）

State University of New York Press, c1985

• : pbk

Other Title

沙石集

Sand & pebbles

Note

Translation of: 沙石集

Cover title: Sand & pebbles (Shasekishū)

Bibliography: p. 343-359

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Sand and Pebbles presents the first complete English rendering of Shasekishū--the classic, popular Buddhist "Tale Literature" (setsuwa). This collection of instructive, yet often humorous, anecdotes appeared in the late thirteenth century, within decades of the first stirrings of the revolutionary movements of Kamakura Buddhism. Shasekishū's author, Mujū Ichien (1226-1312), lived in a rural temple apart from the centers of political and literary activity, and his stories reflect the customs, attitudes and lifestyles of the commoners. In Sand and Pebbles, complete translations of Book One and other significant narrative parts are supplemented by summaries of the remaining (especially didactic) material and by excerpts from Mujū's later work. Introduced by a historical sketch of the period, this work also contains a biography of Mujū. Illustrations, charts, a chronology, glossary of terms, notes, an extensive bibliography and an index guide the reader into a seldom seen corner of old Japan. Mujū and his writings will interest students of literature as well as scholars of Japanese religion, especially Buddhism. Anthropologists and sociologists will discover details of Kamakura life and thought unrecorded in the official chronicles of the age.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Preface Acknowledgments Abbreviations Chronology Introduction Part I. Muju Ichien (1226-1312) "No Fixed A bode": 1226-1261 Choboji* : 1262-1312 Muju's* World of Ideas Part II. Sand and Pebbles (Shasekishu) Translations and Summaries Part III. Casual Digressions (Zotanshu) Selected Translations Appendices A. Two Tokugawa Biographers: Kenryo and Tainin B. Muju's Doctrinal Affiliations C. Muju and the Esotericism of the Samboin School D. Yamada Family Genealogy Notes Glossary of Selected Terms Glossary of Selected Characters Selected Bibliography General Bibliography Index

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA01476327
• ISBN:
  • 0887060595
  • 0887060609
• LCCN: 84016348
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Original Language Code: jpn
• Place of Publication: Albany
• Pages/Volumes: xxii, 383 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : BQ5810
  • DC19 : 294.3
  • NDC6 : 184
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Legends, Buddhist -- Japan
  • LCSH : Tales -- Japan
  • LCSH : Buddhism -- Folklore
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00558517