Kaisen Joki

Japanese: 快川紹喜 - かいせん・じょうき

Year of death: April 3, 1582 (April 25, 1582)
Year of birth: Unknown. A Rinzai sect monk during the Warring States period. Born of the Toki clan in Mino Province (Gifu Prefecture). Succeeded the 27th abbot of Myoshinji Temple, Ninshu Soju. Became the abbot of Nansen-ji Temple and Sofuku-ji Temple in Mino Province, but left the country due to a dispute over the jurisdiction of Zen temples in the country caused by Dento-ji Temple in the same province. He went to Kai Province (Yamanashi Prefecture) and lived at Kokubun-ji Temple, but became the abbot of Erin-ji Temple after receiving the patronage of Takeda Shingen. Shingen's Buddhist name "Kizan" was given to him by Kaisen. In 1581, he received the title of Kokushi (master of the temple) of Daitsu Chikatsu from the Imperial Court. After Shingen's death, when Oda Nobunaga attacked Takeda Katsuyori, he shut himself up on top of the Sanmon Gate with a monk from the temple and was burned to death. His death poem at that time is famous: "Peaceful meditation does not necessarily require mountain waters. If you clear your mind, the fire will cool down of its own accord."

(Masatoshi Harada)

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Japanese:

没年：天正10.4.3(1582.4.25)
生年：生年不詳
戦国時代の臨済宗の僧。美濃国(岐阜県)土岐氏の出身。妙心寺第27世仁岫宗寿の法を嗣ぐ。美濃国南泉寺,崇福寺の住持となるが,同国伝燈寺が引き起こした国内の禅刹統轄権をめぐる争いで,国を出る。甲斐国(山梨県)に行き国分寺に住するが,武田信玄の帰依を受け恵林寺の住持となる。信玄の道号「機山」は快川の与えたものである。天正9(1581)年大通智勝の国師号を朝廷から受けた。信玄没後,織田信長が武田勝頼を攻めたとき,一山の僧と共に三門上にこもり焼死した。そのときの「安禅必ずしも山水を須ひず,心頭滅却すれば火も自ずから涼し」の辞世の語は有名である。

(原田正俊)

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