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Cover Next Page > Cover Next Page > cover cover next page > title: Sand and Pebbles (Shasekishu) : The Tales of Muju Ichien, a Voice for Pluralism in Kamakura Buddhism SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies author: Muju Ichien.; Morrell, Robert E. publisher: State University of New York Press isbn10 | asin: 0887060609 print isbn13: 9780887060601 ebook isbn13: 9780585061405 language: English subject Legends, Buddhist--Japan, Tales--Japan, Buddhism-- Folklore. publication date: 1985 lcc: BQ5810.M8413 1985eb ddc: 294.3 subject: Legends, Buddhist--Japan, Tales--Japan, Buddhism-- Folklore. cover next page > If you like this book, buy it! file:///C|/Users/Dasa/Desktop/ora2/7778__9780887060601__9780585061405__0887060609/start_here.html[13/07/2010 19:45:57] page_i < previous page page_i next page > Page i Frontispiece. Muju * Ichien (1226-1312), statue of Japanese cypress, 79.4 cm. high, late Kamakura. (Choboji*, Important Cultural Property.) Photo by Chunichi* Shimbun. < previous page page_i next page > If you like this book, buy it! file:///C|/Users/Dasa/Desktop/ora2/7778__9780887060601__9780585061405__0887060609/files/page_i.html[13/07/2010 19:45:58] cover cover next page > title: Sand and Pebbles (Shasekishu) : The Tales of Muju Ichien, a Voice for Pluralism in Kamakura Buddhism SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies author: Muju Ichien.; Morrell, Robert E. publisher: State University of New York Press isbn10 | asin: 0887060609 print isbn13: 9780887060601 ebook isbn13: 9780585061405 language: English subject Legends, Buddhist--Japan, Tales--Japan, Buddhism-- Folklore. publication date: 1985 lcc: BQ5810.M8413 1985eb ddc: 294.3 subject: Legends, Buddhist--Japan, Tales--Japan, Buddhism-- Folklore. cover next page > If you like this book, buy it! file:///C|/Users/Dasa/Desktop/ora2/7778__9780887060601__9780585061405__0887060609/files/cover.html[13/07/2010 19:45:58] page_i-0 < previous page page_i-0 next page > SUNY Series in Buddhist Studies Kenneth Inada, Editor < previous page page_i-0 next page > If you like this book, buy it! file:///C|/Users/Dasa/Desktop/ora2/7778__9780887060601__9780585061405__0887060609/files/page_i-0.html[13/07/2010 19:45:59] page_i-1 < previous page page_i-1 next page > Sand and Pebbles (Shasekishu *) The Tales of Muju* Ichien, A Voice for Pluralism in Kamakura Buddhism Robert E. Morrell State University of New York Press < previous page page_i-1 next page > If you like this book, buy it! file:///C|/Users/Dasa/Desktop/ora2/7778__9780887060601__9780585061405__0887060609/files/page_i-1.html[13/07/2010 19:46:00] page_i-2 < previous page page_i-2 next page > Page iv For Sachiko and Audrey Published by State University of New York Press, Albany © 1985 State University of New York All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address State University of New York Press, State University Plaza, Albany, N.Y., 12246 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Muju * Ichien, 1227-1312. Sand and Pebbles (Shasekishu*). (SUNY series in Buddhist studies) Translation of: Shasekishu*. Bibliography: p. 343 Includes index. 1. Legends, BuddhistJapan. 2. TalesJapan. 3. BuddhismFolklore. I. Morrell, Robert E. II. Title. III. Series. BQ5810.M8413 1985 895.6'32 84-16348 ISBN 0-88706-059-5 ISBN 0-88706-060-9 (pbk.) < previous page page_i-2 next page > If you like this book, buy it! file:///C|/Users/Dasa/Desktop/ora2/7778__9780887060601__9780585061405__0887060609/files/page_i-2.html[13/07/2010 19:46:00] page_i-3 < previous page page_i-3 next page > Page v CONTENTS List of Illustrations vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xiii Abbreviations xvii Chronology xix Introduction 1 Part I. Muju * Ichien (1226-1312) "No Fixed A bode": 1226-1261 13 Choboji*: 1262-1312 35 Muju's* World of Ideas 57 Part II. Sand and Pebbles (Shasekishu*) Translations and Summaries 69 Part III. Casual Digressions (Zotanshu*) Selected Translations 273 Appendices A. Two Tokugawa Biographers: Kenryo* and Tainin 283 B. Muju's* Doctrinal Affiliations 287 C. Muju* and the Esotericism of the Samboin* School 289 D. Yamada Family Genealogy 291 Notes 293 Glossary of Selected Terms 331 < previous page page_i-3 next page > If you like this book, buy it! file:///C|/Users/Dasa/Desktop/ora2/7778__9780887060601__9780585061405__0887060609/files/page_i-3.html[13/07/2010 19:46:01] page_vi < previous page page_vi next page > Page vi Glossary of Selected Characters 339 Selected Bibliography 343 General Bibliography 347 Index 360 < previous page page_vi next page > If you like this book, buy it! file:///C|/Users/Dasa/Desktop/ora2/7778__9780887060601__9780585061405__0887060609/files/page_vi.html[13/07/2010 19:46:02] page_vii < previous page page_vii next page > Page vii LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Frontispiece. Muju * Ichien (1226-1312) Figure 1. Verse from Hui-neng's Platform Sutra in Muju's* calligraphy 28 Figure 2. Record of a Dream (Muso* no koto) 38 Figure 3. Deed of Transfer (Yuzurijo*) by which Muju* ceded the Choboji* to Muo* in 1305 53 Figure 4. Map of Miya (Nagoya) showing the Relationshipof Atsuta Shrine, Choboji*, Rengeji, and Tainin's Koshoji* 67 Figure 5. Woodblocks of the Jokyo* (1686) edition of the Shasekishu* 72 Figure 6. Choboji* and Environs. From the Owari meisho zue (Illustrated 270- Gazetteer of Owari Province), Latter Series, 1880 271 Figure 7. Choboji* today 281 < previous page page_vii next page > If you like this book, buy it! file:///C|/Users/Dasa/Desktop/ora2/7778__9780887060601__9780585061405__0887060609/files/page_vii.html[13/07/2010 19:46:02] page_ix < previous page page_ix next page > Page ix PREFACE Muju * Ichien (1226-1312) was a teller of tales (setsuwa) and a writer of vernacular tracts (kana hogo*). His kind of literature is less familiar to us than that of the Heian courtier, the Kamakura warrior, or the Edo merchant, whose lives have been relatively well-documented by Western scholars. In our day the medieval monk, of the East or of the West, does not inspire easy rapport, either because of his austerity or his moralizing. But his acquaintance can often be rewarding, if we would take the time to enter empathetically into the thoughts and feelings of such a person who was deeply conscious of our common human concerns. It may take some time to adjust to his vocabulary and to his style of thought, but the effort will bring us not merely to a better understanding of an obscure Buddhist monk, but of ourselves as well. The Collection of Sand and Pebbles (Shasekishu*, 1279-1283), Muju's* major writing, was completed shortly after the second Mongol Invasion (about which he makes no comment). A little more than a century earlier Honen* had initiated the popular movements of Pure Land Buddhism which were to engulf the traditional sects of Nara and Heian. Eisai and his successors had laid the foundations of Japanese Zen, and Nichiren had just recently advocated the invocation of the name of the Lotus Sutra. Rather late in life Muju* came under the influence of Rinzai's Enni Ben'en, sharing with him the belief that the new Zen practices were compatible with Shingon, Tendai, and the older schools of Nara Buddhism. In an age of increasing parochialism, Muju* stoutly defended the traditional Mahayana* principle of "skillful means" (hoben*) and had a sympathetic interest in every variety of thought and practice. Muju* saw himself basically as a moralist, but later generations have been more interested in him as a storytellera storyteller with a message, no doubt, but still a storyteller. Modern literary scholars have little interest in his doctrinal theorizing. His current reputation rests mainly on the insights which he provides us into the everyday life of Kamakura Japan, often presented with a sense of humor < previous page page_ix next page > If you like this book, buy it! file:///C|/Users/Dasa/Desktop/ora2/7778__9780887060601__9780585061405__0887060609/files/page_ix.html[13/07/2010 19:46:03] page_x < previous page page_x next page > Page x which survives the differences of time and place. But in the end we cannot casually dismiss the underlying ideological assumptions of any writer without, in effect, imposing our own upon him. Muju's * world of ideas was rich in Buddhist lore and allusion, and we cannot enter that world without patience and a willingness to meet him on his own terms. Most of what we know of Muju's* life must be gleaned from his own writings, especially the Casual Digressions (Zotanshu*, 1305) which he composed late in life. Sometimes we wish that we knew more of the external particulars, but Muju's* real biography is to be found in his sequence of thoughts, to which a close translation does little violence. The language may differ, but the pattern of interconnected ideas remains the same. Muju* reveals himself in his writings as an individual with his own distinctive presence. His voice may not be as elegant as Murasaki's nor as worldly-wise as Saikaku's; but it is a witty and intelligent voice, commenting in the vernacular and from first-hand experience, on one of the most intriguing moments of Japanese religious history, the early period of Kamakura Buddhism. I have occasionally been surprised by readers who feel that I am too critical of Muju* in reconstructing his biography from the fragments which remain to us. So perhaps I should explain that my goal has been to create a balanced portrait, following Othello's ever-pertinent advice: "Speak of me as I am; nothing extenuate, nor set down aught in malice." Muju's* foibles, which he freely admits, help us to see him as a human being, a basically honest man with a sense of purpose, but with a realization of his own limitations and life's absurdities. We do not need another icon. The Kamakura period already provides us with more than enough of these; but they are too remote, and in the end, not really credible.
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