Ezenni - Ezenni

Japanese: 恵善尼 - えぜんに

Year of birth: Unknown
She was one of the first women to become nuns in Japan in the second half of the 6th century. She was the daughter of Nishikiori Tsubo. Her real name was Ishiuri (Ishiuri). When Zenshinni, the daughter of Kurabe no Shimada, became a nun in 584, she and Zenzoni became nuns as her disciples. At the request of Soga no Umako, she lived in the Sakurai dojo, but suffered the persecution of the Buddha being destroyed, and was imprisoned and whipped in Kaisekiryu City (Sakurai City). Umako petitioned the Emperor, and they returned to the dojo. Later, the three nuns requested to be ordained by a precept master, and traveled across the sea with the Baekje envoys returning to Japan in 588, where they received the great precepts and returned to Japan in 590 (according to the Gangoji Engi). At the request of the three nuns, Umako built Hoshi-ji Temple (also known as Hōkō-ji Temple, Gangō-ji Temple, and Asuka-dera Temple). The temple of the three nuns later developed into Toyoura-dera Temple (also known as Kenkō-ji Temple).

(Yumi Matsuki)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

生年：生没年不詳
6世紀後半,日本で最初に出家した女性のひとり。錦織壺の娘。俗名石売(伊志売)。敏達13(584)年,鞍部司馬達等の娘善信尼が出家したときに,弟子として禅蔵尼と共に3名で出家した。蘇我馬子の請により桜井道場に住んだが,破仏の難にあい,海石榴市(桜井市)で禁固,鞭打ちの迫害を受けた。馬子が天皇に願い出,再び道場に帰った。のち三尼は戒師による受戒を希望し,崇峻1(588)年の百済使帰国に従って渡海し,大戒を受け,崇峻3年(『元興寺縁起』による)に帰国した。三尼の請により馬子は法師寺(法興寺,元興寺,飛鳥寺とも)を建立する。三尼の寺は,のち豊浦寺(建興寺とも)に発展した。

(松木裕美)

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