BESSON ZAKKI 　別尊雑記

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Miscellaneous Record of Classified Sacred Images, a late Heian compendium of Buddhist iconography. Also called the GOJUKKANSHOU 五十巻抄 (Selection of 50 Chapters), the work actually consists of 57 chapters and was compiled by the painter-priest *gasou 画僧, Shinkaku 心覚 (1117-80) during the Jouan 承安 era (1171-75). Based on the treatises of the Shingon 真言 sect of Buddhism, such as SHUGYOUSHOU 修行抄, JOURENSHOU 成蓮抄, and *ZUZOUSHOU 図像抄, it features excerpts from explanations of oral legends and commentaries on sutras and other sacred texts, in addition to 309 iconographic illustrations. It is composed of six chapters on *nyorai 如来, three on the *Butchou 仏頂, seven on sutras, eight on *Kannon 観音, seven on *bosatsu 菩薩, eight on ferocious deities or *funnusou 忿怒相, and eight on heavenly beings or *ten 天. It is reproduced in BUKKYOU ZUZOU SHUUKO 仏教図像集古 and in TAISHOU SHINSHUU DAIZOUKYOU 大正新脩大蔵経.

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