The ("Illustrated Compendium of Buddhist Images") is a collection of Buddhist iconographic sketches said to have been painted by of the

Tosa school of Japanese painting was founded in the early Muromachi period (14th–15th centuries),,p.988 and was devoted to ''yamato-e'', paintings specializing in subject matter and techniques derived from ancient Japanese art, as opposed to schools influ ...

. Originally published in 1690 (''

Genroku was a after Jōkyō and before Hōei. The Genroku period spanned the years from the ninth month of 1688 to the third month of 1704. The reigning emperor was .Titsingh, Isaac. (1834). ''Annales des empereurs du japon'', p. 415. The period was ...

'' 3) in five volumes, it comprises more than 800 sketches, inspired by the Chinese style of paintings called Paihuo, with the Buddhist icons divided into five parts and further categorized. In

Edo-period The or is the period between 1603 and 1867 in the history of Japan, when Japan was under the rule of the Tokugawa shogunate and the country's 300 regional ''daimyo''. Emerging from the chaos of the Sengoku period, the Edo period was characterize ...

Japan the Butsuzōzui compendium was the most widely distributed source for information on

Buddhist Buddhism ( , ), also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya (), is an Indian religion or philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha. It originated in northern India as a -movement in the 5th century BCE, and ...

and Shinbutsu deities. Included area of interest ranges from

Nyorai The Japanese word is the translation of the Sanskrit and Pali word '' Tathagata'', the term the historical Buddha used most often to refer to himself. Among his Japanese honorifics, it is the one expressing the highest degree of respect. Although ...

and

Bosatsu is the Japanese transliteration of the Sanskrit word ''bodhisattva In Buddhism, a bodhisattva ( ; sa, 𑀩𑁄𑀥𑀺𑀲𑀢𑁆𑀢𑁆𑀯 (Brahmī), translit=bodhisattva, label=Sanskrit) or bodhisatva is a person who is on the path to ...

as well as folk deities including , and as well as fixtures and . However criticized for errors and misunderstanding, a revised and expanded edition, "" was issued in 1792 (''

Kansei was a after ''Tenmei'' and before ''Kyōwa''. This period spanned the years from January 1789 through February 1801. The reigning emperor was . Change of era * 1789 : The new era name of '' Kansei'' (meaning "Tolerant Government" or "Broad-min ...

'' 4), a person in Ōsaka, . The note to the first edition tells that it was edited by . Butsuzo zui

'' (1935), volume 22. * Tosa, Hidenobu (1982) ''Zōho shoshū Butsuzōzui'', "Von Siebold collection", . * Tosa, Hidenobu (1998) ''Butsuzōzui, Zōho Butsuzōzui'', Ōzorasha, in "" volume 14, , . * Togo, Fukiko "Two Kinds of Hindu and Buddhist Images in Nepal" ''Sonoda journal'', , Sonoda Women's University, March 1986, Issue 20, pp67-86. * ", ''The Journal of the Faculty of General Education'', Sapporo University, , March 1988, issue 32, pp.107-144. * Emoto, Hiroshi "Inuhariko, with Notes and Discussion" ''Otsuma Women's University, annual report. Humanities and Social Sciences'', , Otsuma Women's University, March 2000, issue 32, pp.71-97. * MIYAZAKI, Katsunori "The Bibliography Research of Siebold 'NIPPON' : The Watermark of 'NIPPON' and Distribution" ', , Kyushu University, April 2004, volume 2, pp.1-32. * MIYAZAKI, Katsunori "The restoration of Siebold 'NIPPON" ''Kyūshū University Museum Report'', , Kyushu University, March 2005 volume 3, pp.23-105, . * YORITOMI, Motohiro "Unification of Buddhism and Shinto through the Mahabhijnajnanabhibhu-buddha" ''Bulletin of Buddhist Cultural Institute, Ryukoku University'', , Ryukoku University, 30 November 2006, issue 45, p.143. * MIYAZAKI, Katsunori "The Study of Comparing Color Prints in Siebold 'NIPPON'" ''Kyūshū University Museum Report'', , Kyushu University, January 2007, volume 5, pp.1-56, . * KIKUFUJI, Akimichi "The Preaching of Sojun, the Compiler of the Myokonin-den", ', , Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies, 2009, volume 58, issue 1, pp.12-19, . * MOCHIZUKI, Shincho "The Lotus Faith of a Wealthy Merchant Chaya Family", ''Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies (Indogaku Bukkyogaku Kenkyu)'', , Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies, 2014, volume 63, issue 1, pp.189-196, .

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Online photographic copy of the Butsuzōzui compendium (1783 edition) (Ehime University Library)
*, , volume 1, reprint (1783 edition), drawn by Hidenobu Tosa, published by Den’eon Takeda, 1900 ('' Meiji'' 33), . National Diet Library of Japan. Open Access. *, , volume １. Handcopied version of the revised "Butsuzō zui", Kajikawa Shinji, Kyoto : Shinji Kajikawa (manual transcription) ; 1886 (''Meiji '' 19). , . National Diet Library of Japan. Open access. {{DEFAULTSORT:Butsuzōzui Buddhist art Buddhist paintings Edo-period books about Buddhism

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