Eun - Eun

Japanese: 恵雲 - えうん

?-1699 A monk from the early Edo period.
He was a member of the Seizan school of the Jodo sect of Buddhism. He studied under Toshiki, the 32nd abbot of Komyo-ji Temple in Ao, Yamashiro (Kyoto Prefecture). After serving as the head priest of Yorin-ji Temple in Bizen (Okayama Prefecture), he became the 35th abbot of Komyo-ji Temple in 1682. He was banished from Edo, Osaka, and Yamashiro by the shogunate following a doctrinal dispute over Sukezo's Endonkai Hogi. He was also ostracized by his generation at Komyo-ji Temple. He died in 1609. His pen name was Ozora.

Source: Kodansha Digital Japanese Name Dictionary +Plus Information | Legend

Japanese:

?－1699　江戸時代前期の僧。
浄土宗西山(せいざん)派。山城(京都府)粟生(あお)の光明寺32世俊意にまなぶ。備前(岡山県)養林寺住職をへて,貞享(じょうきょう)3年光明寺35世となる。助三の「円頓戒(えんどんかい)補助儀」にかかわる宗義論争で,幕府の裁決により江戸,大坂,山城から追放される。光明寺の世代からもけずられた。元禄(げんろく)12年死去。号は大空。

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