Founder - Kaisan

Japanese: 開山 - かいさん

〘Noun〙① (From the scene where a mountain was opened and a temple was built) The first construction of a temple. Also, the first monk to open that temple. The founder. Or the founder of each sect. ※Zatsudanshu (1305) 3 "As the subordinate of the founder of Tofuku" ② (Used figuratively) The founder of something. Also, the founding of a school. ※Doihon Shui-sho (1477) 2 "The idea of a patriarch is that Houji was the founder of the Zhou sect." ③ An authority in that field. A leading figure. ※Ukiyo-zoshi: Amorous Life of a Man (1682 ) 7 "In the dew and drizzle , the founder, with both sleeves wet, seeks to see Takao's prostitutes in full bloom ."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① (「山」を開いて寺を建てたところから) はじめてある寺を建てること。また、その寺をはじめて開いた僧。開基。あるいは、各宗派の開祖のこと。※雑談集（1305）三「東福の開山の座下にして」② (比喩的に用いて) ある物事の創始者。また、一流を創始すること。※土井本周易抄（1477）二「配祖考とは周は后稷が開山で」③ その道の権威者。第一人者。※浮世草子・好色一代男（1682）七「露に時雨(しぐれ)に、両袖をぬれの開山(カイサン)高雄が女郎盛(ざかり)を見んと」

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