A Study of Nyonin-ojo-kikigaki and Zonkaku Hogo

A Study of Nyonin-ojo-kikigaki and Zonkaku Hogo
Basic Research Division
Integrated Research Division for Shinran and Pure Land Buddhism
Research Project on the Rare Texts of Shin Buddhism
A Study of “Nyonin-ojo-kikigaki” and “Zonkaku Hogo”
FY 2024 to FY 2026

Principal Investigator

Bunei Takada (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Ryukoku University)

Co-Investigators

Koji Tamaki (Professor, Faculty of Letters, Ryukoku University)
Kota Uchide (Associate Professor, Faculty of Letters, Ryukoku University)
Hironori Abe (Research Associate, Shiryokenkyusho, Hongwanji)
Keijun Inoue (Research Associate, Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha Research Institute)
Mami Iwata (Professor, Osaka Ohtani University)
Taishin Kawasoe (Emeritus Professor, Ryukoku University)
Yoshikuni Kochi (Professor, Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University)
Takaaki Sasaki (Associate Professor, Soai University)
Makoto Tanaka (Senior Scientist, Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha Research Institute)
Hidetoshi Tani (Part-time lecturer, Ryukoku University)
Nobumi Tomishima (Senior Scientist, Jodo Shinshu Hongwanji-ha Research Institute)
Yuzuru Nukina (Professor, Osaka Ohtani University)
Tatsuya Enokiya (Part-time lecturer, Ryukoku University)
Masumi Kikuchi (Part-time lecturer, Ryukoku University)
Akinobu Kuwahara (Part-time lecturer, Ryukoku University)
Yosuke Tsugawa (Part-time Lecturer/Research Assistant, Faculty of Letters / Research Center for World Buddhist Cultures, Ryukoku University)
Hiroyuki Nagamune (Part-time lecturer, Ryukoku University)
Yui Nishikawa (Part-time lecturer, Ryukoku University)
Junnin Fukui (Part-time lecturer, Ryukoku University)
Akimasa Manako (Part-time lecturer, Ryukoku University)

Research Type

Joint Research

Overview

Using rare books held at Ryukoku University Omiya Library, our team conducts bibliographical and philological research on Shinshu-related classical canons and engages in ideological and doctrinal research. This research project continues to focus on the works of Zonkaku (1290-1373), which were studied up to last year. In particular, we are conducting philological and doctrinal research on Zonkaku’s Nyonin-ojo-kikigaki (a single-volume manuscript from the Northern and Southern Courts period) and Zonkaku Hogo (a single-volume manuscript from the Muromachi period). The aim is to re-examine changes in theories regarding the salvation of women in Shin Buddhism from Shinran to Zonkaku. Additionally, considering contemporary issues such as gender, LGBTQ+, and sexuality, we are examining how the concept of women’s rebirth in the Pure Land and their attainment of Buddhahood have been understood within the historical context of Shin Buddhist studies. We aim to produce meaningful results that will also contribute to subsequent practical and propagation-related issues.