Odawara Shonin - Odawara Shonin

...A Nembutsu saint at Mount Koya in the late Heian period. He was also known as the Odawara Saint or Odawara Gyojobo. He was from Kyoto, became a monk and entered Kofuku-ji Temple, where he studied under Hayashi Kai, but then moved to a branch temple of Kofuku-ji Temple in Odawara, Kuze County, Yamashiro Province, and began a life of Nembutsu.

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

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…平安後期の高野山の念仏聖。小田原聖人，小田原迎接房ともいう。京都の人，出家して興福寺に入り，林懐について学んだが，山城国久世郡小田原の興福寺の別所に移り念仏生活に入った。…

※「小田原聖人」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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