It is said that a priest Koen (a master to Honen) of the Kodoku-in Temple in Mt. Hiei compiled the book during the reign of Emperor Horikawa after 1094, though there are differing views about it. |
寛治8年(1094年)以降の堀河天皇代に比叡山功徳院の僧皇円(こうえん。法然の師)が編纂したとされるが、異説もある。 |