The Asaba shō; (Anthology of A, Sa and Va). 227 fasc. in total [fasc. 1-53: TZ.3190.8.743, fasc.54-227: TZ.3190.9.1.ff], abbreviated as Anthology of A 阿抄, an enormous iconographic work compiled by Shōchō 承澄 (1205-1281) in Fuminaga 文永. The three syllables of the title refer to the three families 三部 of the East Asian esoteric pantheon: the buddha family is 'a' 阿 (anutpāda), the dharma-body of originally uncreated dharmas; the lotus family is 'sa' 娑 (sata), the lotus of attachment to untainted dharmas; and the vajra family is 'va' 縛 (varjana), the vajra of preaching dharmas which transcend words. Historical anecdotes and quotes from relevant texts accompany the presentations of iconography and ritual. This compendium is authoritative for Japanese Tendai 台密.

凡二二八卷。日本天台宗僧承澄編撰。收於大日本佛教全書第三十五卷至第四十一卷及大正藏第九十四冊圖像部第九。為台密諸流教相、事相之集大成，可媲美東密之覺禪抄。蓋阿字為佛部、娑字為蓮華部、縛字為金剛部之種子，此三字即全書全部事相之象徵。