| These were offerings from Kanezane KUJO, Cloistered Emperor Goshirakawa and other influential figures who gave facilities for construction of the Great Buddha, which totaled to more than eighty according to "Namu Amidabutsu sazenshu," the book where Chogen's great achievements are recorded. |
これは、大仏の造立に諸々の便宜をはかってきた九条兼実や後白河法皇などの寄進物で、そうしてあつまった仏舎利の総計は、重源の功績を記した『南無阿弥陀仏作善集』によると、八十あまりにもなったという。 |