Gosho 金吾殿御返事（大師講御書）一 Letter to Lord Ota Kingo 1.

金吾殿御返事（大師講御書）

The Annual Lecture on the Doctrines of the Great Teacher T'ien-t'ai.

Letterto Lord Ota Kingo.

文永六年十一月二十八日　四十八歳御作

November 28, 1269. 48 yearsold

大師講に鵞目五

連給び候ひ了んぬ。此の大師講

三、四年に始めて候が、

今年は第一にて候ひつ

るに候。

抑(そもそも)、此の法門の事、勘文

の有無に依りて弘まるべきか、弘まらざるか。

去年方々に申して

候ひしかども、いなせ(否応)の返事

中山法華経寺所蔵　Nakayama Hokekyoji Temple possession

大師講に鵞(が)目(もく)五連(れん)、給び候ひ了んぬ。

I have received the five strings of coins you sent me for the annual lecture on the doctrines of the Great Teacher T'ien-t'ai.

I received the coins being linked together of five for the lecture of the Great Teacher Tientai.

此の大師講三、四年に始めて候が、今年は第一にて候ひつるに候。

We began this annual lecture dedicated to the memory of the great teacher three or four years ago, but this year’s has been the most successful.

I had begun the lecture of the GreatTeacher Tientai three or four years before, but this year is best creditable.

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