Kitanosan Shinpukuji Hōshōin 北野山真福寺宝生院, a special head temple (bek- kaku honzan 別格本山) of the Chizan 智山 branch of the Shingon 真言 school (commonly known as Ōsu Kannon 大須観音), located in Naka 中 Ward in the center of Nagoya, is a popular religious center that is always 8lled with worshippers. In recent years, the Ōsu shopping street leading up to the temple has become a fashionable area attracting many young people. But among scholars of Japanese literature and history, Shinpukuji is known for the abundant collection of manuscripts kept in the temple’s Ōsu Bunko 大須文庫 (Ōsu Library), that includes, among other things, a manuscript of the Kojiki 古事記, the 8rst history of Japan, which was compiled in 712 and is designated as a national treasure. The temple is said to have been established by Nōshin 能信 (1291–1355) in 1333. Nōshin and his disciple Shin’yu 信瑜 (1333–1382), the second abbot of Shinpukuji, collected a number of manuscripts, not only of Shingon texts but also texts associated with Tōdaiji 東大寺 in Nara. Along with Kanazawa Bunko 金沢文庫 (Kanazawa Library) at Shōmyōji 称名寺 in Yokohama, the Ōsu Bunko is famous for being a veritable storehouse of medieval manuscripts of high quality.
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Overview of Zen texts at Shinpukuji 71 The transmission of Zen to Japan 75 The influence of Chinese Chan texts on early Japanese Zen (1): Zongjing Lu 78 1.Use as a Buddhist Encyclopedia 78 2.A Unifying Synthesis of the Various Buddhist Schools 79 3.Emphasis on One Mind 79 4.Matching People’s Different Capacities for Awakening 80 The influence of Chinese Chan books on early Japanese Zen (2): Dahui Pujue Chanshi Yulu (recorded sayings of Chan master Dahui Pujue) and Yuanwu Xinyao (Yuanwu’s essence of mind) 81 The development of medieval Zen 86 Abbreviations 90 References 90
