Dōngyù chuándēng mùlù 東域傳燈目錄
The Catalog of the Eastern Realm’s Lamp-Transmission by 永超 (集), = Eichō 永超 (1014–1095)
About the work
A single-juan Heian-era Japanese Buddhist comprehensive bibliographic catalog by Eichō 永超 (Japanese Eichō, 1014–1095) — the principal late-Heian Hossō-school scholar at Kōfuku-ji in Nara. The “Eastern Realm” (dōngyù 東域) of the title refers to Japan — making the work a comprehensive bibliographic register of the Buddhist textual holdings of Japan, covering all the major schools (Tendai, Shingon, Hossō, Sanron, Kegon, Risshū, etc.). Composed in Kō-wa 寛和 1 = 1094 CE. Preserved at T55 no. 2183. notBefore = 1094, notAfter = 1094. Catalog dynasty 日本.
The work is the principal late-Heian comprehensive bibliographic survey of Japanese Buddhism, summarizing the textual holdings across all schools as they stood at the turn of the twelfth century — making it the standard pre-Kamakura comprehensive bibliographic instrument for the study of Heian-era Japanese Buddhism.
Translations and research
- Robert Borgen and the modern Heian-Buddhist studies tradition.
- Heinz Bechert and Western Indological-Buddhological tradition.