Sources of Japanese Tradition 2e V 1 - From the Earliest Times To 1600 : Volume 1

Preface xvii Explanatory Note xix Contributors xxi Chronological Table xxiii PART ONE Early Japan 1(122) The Earliest Records of Japan 3(14) Japan in the Chinese Dynastic Histories 5(8) Accounts of the Eastern Barbarians 6(1) History of the Kingdom of Wei (Wei zhi) ca. 297 C. E. 6(2) History of the Latter Han Dynasty (Hou Han shu) ca. 445 C. E. 8(1) History of the Liu Song Dynasty (Songshu) ca. 513 C. E. 9(1) History of the Sui Dynasty (Sui shu) ca. 630 C. E. 10(2) New History of the Tang Dynasty (Xin Tang shu) 12(1) The Earliest Japanese Chronicles 13(4) Birth of the Land 13(2) Preface to Records of Ancient Matters (Kojiki) 15(2) Early Shinto 17(23) Legends Concerning Shinto Deities 19(12) Birth of the Sun Goddess 20(1) The Divine Creation of the Imperial Ancestors 21(2) Legends Concerning Susa-no-o 23(1) Susa-no-o and the Sun Goddess 24(1) Susa-no-o in Izumo 25(2) Descent of the Divine Grandson with the Three Imperial Regalia 27(1) Princess Yamato and Prince Plenty 28(1) The Founding of Izumo 29(1) Enshrinement of Amaterasu 30(1) Shinto Prayers (Norito) 31(9) Norito for the Festival of the Sixth Month 31(2) The Blessing of the Great Palace 33(1) The Great Exorcism of the Last Day of the Sixth Month 34(2) Moving the Shrine of the Great Deity at Ise 36(1) Driving Away a Vengeful Deity 36(2) Congratulatory Words of the Chieftain of Izumo 38(2) Prince Shotoku and His Constitution 40(23) Internal Strife in the Late Sixth Century 42(21) The Reign of Suiko and Rule of Shotoku 46(1) The Empress Suiko, 592-628 C. E. 47(3) The Seventeen-Article Constitution of Prince Shotoku 50(5) The Lotus Sutra 55(1) Preaching the One Great Vehicle [Mahayana] 56(1) The Parable of the Burning House 57(2) The Vimalakirti Sutra (Yuima-kyo) 59(2) Entering the Gate of Nondualism 61(2) Chinese Thought and Institutions in Early Japan 63(37) Chinese-Style History and the Imperial Concept 70(5) From the Preface to Records of Ancient Matters (Kojiki) 71(1) Emperor Jinmu 72(2) Nintoku: Rule of Benevolence 74(1) The Reform Era 75(9) Fujiwara no Kamatari and the Future Emperor Tenchi 76(1) Inaguration of the Great Reform Era 76(1) Reform Edicts 77(6) The White Pheasant 83(1) The Chinese Model of Rulership (Denis Twitchett) 84(16) Taizong: Plan for an Emperor (Difan) (Denis Twitchett) 85(4) The Commentary on the Legal Code (Ryo no gige) 89(1) Memorial on the Submission of the Commentary on the Legal Code 90(1) Regulations for Fitness Reports 91(4) New Compilation of the Register of Families 95(1) Preface in the Form of a Memorial to Emperor Saga 95(2) Preface to the Kaifuso 97(3) Nara Buddhism 100(23) The Sutra of the Golden Light 106(2) The Protection of the Country by the Four Deva Kings 107(1) The Flower Garland School 108(6) The Flower Garland Sutra 108(1) The Flower Garland Sutra: The Tower of Vairochana 109(1) The Buddha Kingdom of the Flower Garland 110(1) State Sponsorship and Control of Buddhism 111(1) The Humane King as Protector of Buddhism 112(2) Buddhism and the State in Nara Japan 114(9) Proclamation of the Emperor Shomu on the Erection of the Great Buddha Image 114(1) The Bodhisattva Gyogi (Yoshiko Dykstra) 115(3) Regulation of the Buddhist Orders by the Court 118(1) Edicts of the Empress Shotoku Concerning Dokyo 119(1) Edict of October 19, 764 119(1) Edict of November 26, 766 120(1) The Merger of Buddhist and Shinto Deities 120(3) PART TWO Mahayana Universalism and the Sense of Hierarchy 123(82) Saicho and Mt. Hiei (Ryusaku Tsunoda and Paul Groner) 125(28) The Tendai Lotus Teaching 131(19) Guanding: On the Five Periods of the Buddha's Teaching (Daniel Stevenson) 133(4) Huisi: The Method of Calming and Contemplation in the Mahayana 137(2) Zhiyi: Calming and Contemplation 139(1) Saicho: Vow of Uninterrupted Study of the Lotus Sutra 140(1) Saicho: Explaining the Precepts 141(1) The Mahayana Precepts in Admonitions of the Fanwang Sutra 142(3) Regulations for Students of the Mountain School in Six Articles I 145(2) Regulations for Students of the Mountain School II 147(3) Subsequent History of Tendai and Mt. Hiei (Paul Groner) 150(3) Kukai and Esoteric Buddhism 153(22) Indications of the Goals of the Three Teachings (Sango shiki) 157(5) Kukai and His Master 162(3) Encounter with Huiguo 162(3) Enlightenment in This Bodily Existence 165(10) The Ten Stages of Religious Consciousness 168(1) Recapitulation of the Ten Stages of Religious Consciousness 169(1) A School of Arts and Sciences 170(2) Regulations for Inviting the Instructors 172(3) The Spread of Esoteric Buddhism 175(22) Prayer of the Retired Emperor Shirakawa on Offering the Tripitaka to Hachiman 180(4) Miracle Tales of the Bodhisattva Jizo (Yoshiko Dykstra) 184(13) How Mochikata Received a Miraculous Revelation 184(1) About the ``Malt Jizo'' of Kanuki in Suruga 185(3) Sex and Buddhahood - A Shingon Heresy 188(1) Selections from The Precious Mirror (Hokyosho) 188(2) Prayers for the Shogun 190(1) Letter of the Monk Mongaku to Shogun Yoriie A. D. 1200 190(3) Annen: Maxims for the Young (Dojikyo) 193(4) The Vocabulary of Japanese Aesthetics I 197(8) Murasaki Shikibu: On the Art of Fiction 201(2) Fujiwara Teika: Introduction to the Guide to the Composition of Poetry 203(2) PART THREE The Medieval Age: Despair, Deliverance, and Destiny 205(268) Amida, the Pure Land, and the Response of the Old Buddhism to the New 211(27) Traditional Pure Land Buddhism 217(5) Genshin: The Essentials of Salvation 217(5) Innovators of the New Pure Land Buddhism 222(9) Honen: Choosing the Original Vow for the Recitation of the Buddha's Name (Senchaku hongan nembutsu shu) 222(3) The One-Page Testament 225(1) The Lamentation and Self-Reflection of Gutoku Shinran 226(1) Shinran: A Record in Lament of Divergencies (Tannisho) 227(1) Rennyo: Rennyo's Rules 228(1) Items to Be Prohibited Among True Pure Land Adherents 228(1) Nembutsu as Gratitude 229(1) Ippen: Selections from A Hundred Sayings 229(2) The Revival of Earlier Buddhism 231(7) Myoe: Smashing the Evil Chariot 231(3) The Meaning of the Kegon Practice of Meditation, Clarity of Insight, and Entry into the Gate of Deliverance 234(1) Jokei: Gedatsu Shonin's Petition for Reviving the Precepts 235(3) New Views of History (Paul Varley) 238(27) Historical Tales (Rekishi monogatari) 240(10) A Tale of Flowering Fortunes (Eiga monogatari) 242(1) Fujiwara no Michinaga: Flowering Fortunes 243(1) The Great Mirror (Okagami) 244(2) Fujiwara no Michinaga: Flowering Fortunes, Continued 246(4) Medieval Uses of the Past 250(1) Jien 250(7) Gukansho 252(2) One Hundred Kings 254(1) Helping Emperors Rule 255(1) An Appeal to Retired Emperor Go-Toba 256(1) Kitabatake Chikafusa and the Southern Court 257(8) The Direct Succession of Gods and Sovereigns (Jinno shotoki) 258(3) Fujiwara and Murakami Genji as Assistants to Emperors 261(1) On Imperial Restoration 262(3) The Way of the Warrior (Paul Varley) 265(27) Taira and Minamoto 269(11) The Tale of Hogen (Hogen monogatari) 270(2) The Night Attack on the Shirakawa Palace 272(2) The Tale of the Heiji (Heiji monogatari) 274(1) The Burning of the Sanjo Palace 274(2) The Tale of the Heike (Heike monogatari) 276(1) ``The Mighty Fall at Last, They are Dust Before the Wind'' 276(1) Eastern Warriors 277(1) The Taira as Courtier-Warriors 278(2) The Mongol Invasions of Japan 280(12) The Mongol Scrolls 282(2) Chronicle of Great Peace (Taiheiki): The Loyalist Heroes 284(8) Nichiren: The Sun and the Lotus (Philip Yampolsky) 292(14) Nichiren: ``Rectification for the Peace of the Nation'' (Rissho ankoku ron) 295(4) The Eye-Opener 299(3) The True Object of Worship (Kanjin Honzon Sho) 302(4) Zen Buddhism (William Bodiford) 306(30) Zen in Japan 308(28) Eisai: Propagation of Zen for the Protection of the State (Kozen gokokuron) 311(2) Zen and Precepts 313(1) The Darumashu 314(1) Language 315(1) Ten Facilities for Zen Monasticism 316(2) Essentials for Monastics (Shukke taiko) 318(1) Dogen: How to Practice Buddhism (Bendowa) 319(6) The Fully Apparent Case (Genjo Koan) 325(1) Buddha Nature (Bussho) 326(2) Muso Soseki: ``Sermon at the Dedication of Tenryu-ji Dharma Hall'' (from Muso Kokushi goroku) 328(2) ``Reflections on the Enmity Between Go-Daigo and the Shogun, Ashikaga Takauji'' (from Muso kokushi goroku) 330(2) Ikkyu Sojun: The Errant Cloud Collection (Kyounshu) 332(4) Shinto in Medieval Japan 336(28) Empress Shotoku: Edict on the Great Thanksgiving Festival 341(17) The Miracles of the Kasuga Deity (Royall Tyler) 342(1) Kofuku-ji Goes to War in the Eikyu Era 343(1) Sanetsune 344(2) Yoshida Kanetomo: Prime Shinto (Allan Grapard) 346(10) The Lineage of Yuiitsu-Shinto 356(1) Regulations of Yuiitsu-Shinto 356(2) Kitabatake Chikafusa: Chronicle of the Direct Descent of Gods and Sovereigns (Jinno Shotoki) 358(6) The Vocabulary of Japanese Aesthetics II 364(35) Zeami: Entering the Realm of Yugen (Donald Keene and Thomas Rimer) 369(2) Connecting the Arts Through One Intensity of Mind 371(1) The Nine Stages of the No in Order 372(4) The True Path to the Flower (Shikado sho) 376(7) Conversations with Shotetsu 383(2) Jakuren's Poem 385(2) Kamo no Chomei: Concerning Mysterious Beauty 387(1) The Way of Tea (Paul Varley) 388(11) Drink Tea and Prolong Life 393(2) Murata Shuko: ``Letter of the Heart'' 395(1) The Spiritual Basis of the Tea Ceremony (from Nanporoku) 396(1) Purity and Purification in the Tea Ceremony (from Nanporoku) 397(2) Women's Education 399(14) General Preface to Illustrations of the Three Treasures (Edward Kamens) 401(3) Keisei: A Companion in Solitude (Rajyashree Pandey) 404(2) Muju Ichien: Mirror for Women (Robert Morrell) 406(7) Law and Precepts for the Warrior Houses (Paul Varley) 413(20) The Joei Code 415(2) The Law of the Muromachi Shogunate 417(3) The Kenmu Code 418(2) The Law of the Warrior Houses in the Age of War in the Provinces 420(13) The Yuki House Code 423(2) Precepts of the Warrior Houses 425(2) House Precepts in the Sengoku Age 427(1) The ``Seventeen-Article Testament of Asakura Toshikage'' (Asakura Toshikage ju-Shichi-ka-jo) 428(3) Takeda Nobushige: The ``Ninety-nine-Article Testament'' 431(2) The Regime of the Unifiers (Jurgis S. A. Elisonas) 433(40) Oda Nobunaga 441(17) The Humiliation of the Shogun 441(1) The Articles of 1570 441(1) The Remonstrance of 1572 442(2) The Assault on Mount Hiei and the Blessings of Nobunaga 444(3) Nobunaga in Echizen 447(1) Letters from the Battleground 447(4) Regulations for the Province of Echizen 451(2) Nobunaga in Azuchi 453(1) The Proud Tower 453(2) The Free Market of Azuchi 455(3) Toyotomi Hideyoshi 458(15) Domestic Policies 458(1) The Disarmament of the Populace 458(2) Regulations for the Municipality of the Honganji 460(1) Restrictions on Change of Status 461(2) The Laws and Regulations of the Taiko 463(2) The Korean War 465(1) Letter to the King of Korea 465(2) Korea Day by Day 467(6) Bibliography 473(8) Index 481