Kitahosso sect

…His father, whose maiden name was Kataoka, was the head priest of Myorakuji Chikoin, but he returned to secular life and took the surname Onishi due to the anti-Buddhist movement of the Meiji era. He entered Kofukuji at the age of 15 and studied Yogacara under Saeki Join. At the age of 25, he became the 231st chief priest of Kofukuji, at the age of 40 he became the head priest of Kiyomizudera, and at the age of 91 he founded the Kitahotsuso sect. He served as a military monk in the Russo-Japanese War, and realized that there was no way that war could not be a sin, and thereafter devoted himself to the peace movement. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to "Hokuhosso sect" are listed below.

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…父は旧姓片岡，妙楽寺智光院の住職であったが，明治の排仏により還俗し大西姓を名のる。15歳で興福寺に入り，唯識を佐伯定胤（さえきじよういん）に学び，25歳で興福寺231代別当，40歳で清水寺住職となり，91歳で北法相（きたほつそう）宗を設立する。日露戦争に従軍僧として加わり，戦争が罪にならぬ道理はないと悟って，以後平和運動に専念する。…

※「北法相宗」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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