The Eastward Advance of Buddhism and the Legend of Aiikuo : The Philosophy of "Yoshinodera Engi," the Fifth Episode of the First Volume of Nihon Ryoiki

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  • 仏教東漸と阿育王伝承 : 日本霊異記上巻第五縁<吉野寺縁起>の思想
  • 仏教東漸と阿育王伝承--日本霊異記上巻第5縁<吉野寺縁起>の思想
  • ブッキョウ トウゼン ト アイクオウ デンショウ ニホン リョウイキ ジョウカン

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The motif of a Buddhist statue discovered from water, found in "Yoshinodera Engi"(the Origin of Yoshino Temple), the fifth episode of the first volume of Nihon Ryoiki, frequently appears in the classical Chinese texts related to Buddhism. The legend of "a discovered Buddhist statue" is inseparably intertwined with the legend of Aiikuo. Aiikuo, in this context, is understood as an embodiment of the ideal of state Buddihism in the domain of the ancient East-Asian Buddhist culture. As such an understanding smoothly combines with the ideals of the "origin" of state Buddhism and the eastward advance of Buddhism and emerges as a repeatedly-enacted worldview, it informs the formation of the style of Buddhist tales.

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