Kaimon Gento - Kaimon Gento

...This Zenju was so famous that he even re-established the Ashikaga School. In the mid-Edo period, Kaimon Gento switched to the Kogetsu school of Zen from Myoshinji Temple in Kyoto, and in 1884 Kando Shuichi became the first abbot, emphasizing the practice of the Hakuin school of Myoshinji Temple and introducing a Zen style that puts meditation first. As for cultural properties, there are many important cultural properties, including the portrait of Rankei Doryu (self-inscribed in 1826), Doryu's calligraphy rules, and the temple bell made by Mononobe Shigemitsu (inscribed in 1827), which are national treasures, as well as the wooden statue of Tokiyori in the Buddha hall and the Shumidan (shumidan) platform. ...

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…この禅珠は足利学校を再興したほどの人物であった。江戸中期になると，海門元東が京都妙心寺系の古月派の禅にかえ，1884年貫道周一が初代管長に就任するにおよんで，妙心寺系の白隠（はくいん）派の実践を重視し，参禅第一に徹した禅が導入されるに至った。　文化財としては，蘭渓道隆画像(文永8年自賛)，道隆筆法語規則，物部重光作梵鐘(建長7年銘)が国宝，仏殿内の時頼木像，須弥壇（しゆみだん）などの重要文化財が多数存在する。…

※「海門元東」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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