According to the description in the "Nihonkoki" (Later Chronicles of Japan), the priests in provincial monasteries in various districts were ordered to 'chant the Kongo Hannya-kyo Sutra for seven days' for Emperor Sudo (Imperial Prince Sawara). |
このとき崇道天皇(早良親王)のために諸国の国分寺の僧に命じて「七日金剛般若経を読まわしむ」と『日本後紀』に記述されている。 |