The Butsuzōzui (仏像図彙) ("Illustrated Compendium of Buddhist Images") is a collection of Buddhist iconographic sketches said to have been painted by Hidenobu Tosa (土佐秀信, Tosa, Hidenobu) of the Tosa school. Originally published in 1690 (Genroku 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 Japan the Butsuzōzui compendium was the most widely distributed source for information on Buddhist and Shinbutsu deities.[1]
Included area of interest ranges from Nyorai and Bosatsu as well as folk deities including Kijin (鬼神), Rekijin (暦神) and Shūgōshin (習合神) as well as fixtures and tools and fixtures applied to rituals (仏具、祭器, Butsugiu, saiki). However criticized for errors and misunderstanding, a revised and expanded edition, "Zōho shoshū butsuzō zui (増補諸宗 仏像図彙)" was issued in 1792 (Kansei 4), a person in Ōsaka, Tosa shōsō Ki no Hidenobu (土佐将曹紀秀信) . The note to the first edition tells that it was edited by Shigetsuken Gizan (指月軒義山).
Tosa, Hidenobu (1998) Butsuzōzui, Zōho Butsuzōzui, Ōzorasha, in "Kummōzui Shūsei (訓蒙図彙集成, Series)" volume 14, ISBN4756805175, NCIDBA3883839X. (in Japanese)
Togo, Fukiko "Two Kinds of Hindu and Buddhist Images in Nepal" Sonoda journal, ISSN0286-2816, Sonoda Women's University, March 1986, Issue 20, pp67–86. (in Japanese)
Umehara, Tatsuji (梅原達治) "Minkan shinkō to shite no Shujitsu saiki no Keisei (民間信仰としての社日祭祀の形成), The Journal of the Faculty of General Education, Sapporo University, ISSN0288-2221, March 1988, issue 32, pp.107-144. (in Japanese)
Emoto, Hiroshi "Inuhariko, with Notes and Discussion" Otsuma Women's University, annual report. Humanities and Social Sciences, ISSN0916-7692, Otsuma Women's University, March 2000, issue 32, pp. 71–97. (in Japanese)
MIYAZAKI, Katsunori "The Bibliography Research of Siebold 'NIPPON' : The Watermark of 'NIPPON' and Distribution" Kyūshū University Museum Report (九州大学総合研究博物館研究報告), ISSN1348-3080, Kyushu University, April 2004, volume 2, pp. 1–32doi:10.15017/7980. (in Japanese)
MIYAZAKI, Katsunori "The restoration of Siebold 'NIPPON" Kyūshū University Museum Report, ISSN1348-3080, Kyushu University, March 2005 volume 3, pp. 23–105, doi:10.15017/7984. (in Japanese)
YORITOMI, Motohiro "Unification of Buddhism and Shinto through the Mahabhijnajnanabhibhu-buddha" Bulletin of Buddhist Cultural Institute, Ryukoku University, ISSN0289-5544, Ryukoku University, 30 November 2006, issue 45, p. 143. (in Japanese)
MIYAZAKI, Katsunori "The Study of Comparing Color Prints in Siebold 'NIPPON'" Kyūshū University Museum Report, ISSN1348-3080, Kyushu University, January 2007, volume 5, pp. 1–56, doi:10.15017/10285. (in Japanese)
KIKUFUJI, Akimichi "The Preaching of Sojun, the Compiler of the Myokonin-den", Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies (Indogaku Bukkyogaku Kenkyu), ISSN0019-4344, Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies, 2009, volume 58, issue 1, pp. 12–19, doi:10.4259/ibk.58.1_12. (in Japanese)
MOCHIZUKI, Shincho "The Lotus Faith of a Wealthy Merchant Chaya Family", Journal of Indian and Buddhist Studies (Indogaku Bukkyogaku Kenkyu), ISSN0019-4344, Japanese Association of Indian and Buddhist Studies, 2014, volume 63, issue 1, pp. 189–196, doi:10.4259/ibk.63.1_189. (in Japanese)
Butsuzō-zui (仏像図彙), (in Japanese), volume 1, reprint (1783 edition), drawn by Hidenobu Tosa, published by Den’eon Takeda, 1900 (Meiji 33), JPNO68012533doi:10.11501/3442141. National Diet Library of Japan. Open Access.
Shoshū butsuzō-zui (諸宗仏像図彙), (in Japanese), volume １. Handcopied version of the revised "Butsuzō zui", Kajikawa Shinji, Kyoto : Shinji Kajikawa (manual transcription) ; 1886 (Meiji 19). JPNO40045652, doi:10.11501/818698. National Diet Library of Japan. Open access.
