The Chanting of Buddhist Hymns with Gongs by Worldly People at the Shin-nyo-do Temple

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  • 真如堂における十夜法要と双盤念仏―僧侶の念仏から世俗の鉦講へ―
  • シンニョドウ ニ オケル ジュウヤ ホウヨウ ト ソウバン ネンブツ : ソウリョ ノ ネンブツ カラ セゾク ノ カネコウ エ

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<p>The official name of Shin-nyodo is Rei-syo-san Shin-syo-gokuraku-ji. This temple is located in Sakyo-ku, Kyoto-city, and is a historic old temple of the Tendai sect of Buddhism. In this paper, I show that a number of theories exist as to whether the founder was Sadakuni Ise or Sadatsune Ise. The Ju-ya ceremony is held from November 5 to November 15 in this temple; this is the original Ju-ya ceremony that is now performed all over Japan. The ceremony was well known in the second half of the 16th century, and by the 17th century it was known that this ceremony had spread from Shin-nyodo. According to pictures from the 17th century, a priest strikes the gong in Shin-nyodo, with believers praying together. Some believer's groups were formed at the beginning of the 18th century. The kane-kou (gong group) was described in the temple's diary in the second half of the 18th century. Only in existence of a gong, existence of Sou-ban-nen-butsu as a folk performing art cannot be proved. The historical records show kane-kou and a performance were important.</p>

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  • Religion and Society

    Religion and Society 21 (0), 49-63, 2015-06-13

    The Japanese Association for the Study of Religion and Society

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