The Hobutsushu (宝物集, "Collection of Treasures) is a Japanese anthology of setsuwa stories compiled by the monk Taira no Yasuyori in 1179. The same monk in the tale of the heike from the shishigatani incident who was exiled temporarily.[1]
The stories take the form of a series of discussions between a Zen monk and an audience, and are intended to guide the reader towards satori.[2] Among the subjects covered are the stories of Rama, derived from Indian and Chinese sources,[3][4] and the fate of Murasaki Shikibu, whom Taira no yasuyori condemns to hell for publishing fiction and even wrote the genji Sutra a Buddhist prayer for those that read genji monogatari and Murasaki Shikibu herself for salvation out of Buddhist hell.[5]
References
edit- ^ The Tale of the Heike. Penguin. 25 October 2012. ISBN 978-1-101-60109-9.
- ^ Terry Kawashima (2001). Writing Margins: The Textual Construction of Gender in Heian and Kamakura Japan. Harvard Univ Asia Center. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-674-00516-7. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ^ Mary Ellen Snodgrass (12 May 2010). Encyclopedia of the Literature of Empire. Infobase Publishing. p. 254. ISBN 978-1-4381-1906-9. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ^ India International Centre (1 January 2002). India and east Asia: culture and society. Shipra Publications. p. 156. ISBN 978-81-7541-106-7. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
- ^ Haruo Shirane (1987). The Bridge of Dreams: A Poetics of the Tale of Genji. Stanford University Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-8047-1719-9. Retrieved 27 June 2012.
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