Unkokuan - Unkokuan

...He is presumed to have left Shokoku-ji Temple before the age of 40 and received the patronage of the Ouchi clan of Suo, who had enough influence to preside over trade with Ming China at the time. In 1464 (Kansho 5), he was living at Unkoku-an in Yamaguchi and was already renowned as a painter-monk. Both the name of his hermitage, Unkoku, and his alternate name, Kai-an, were in line with the Song Buddhism tastes of the Zen monks at the time, and were taken from the words of Shu Xi. ...

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Unkoan" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…40歳以前に相国寺を出，当時対明勘合貿易を主宰するほどの勢力をもった周防の大内氏の庇護を受けたと推定される。1464年(寛正5)には，山口の雲谷庵に住し，すでに画僧として高名であった。雲谷の庵名，晦庵の別号ともに，当時禅林の宋学趣味に沿ったもので，朱熹の言葉からとったもの。…

※「雲谷庵」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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