Gyokyo - Gyokyo

Japanese: 行教 - ぎょうきょう

Years of birth and death unknown. A monk at Daian-ji Temple in the early Heian period. Founder of Iwashimizu Hachiman-gu Shrine. Son of Ki Uosuke. Studied under Gyohyo. Studied Sanron and Hosso Buddhism, and attained the rank of Dento Daihoshi. In 859, following the accession of Emperor Seiwa to the throne, he was ordered by Fujiwara no Yoshifusa to retreat to Usa Hachiman-gu Shrine (Usa Jingu Shrine). He received a prophecy to move the shrine closer to Heian-kyo, and built a shrine building on Otokoyama in Yamashiro Province (Yawata City, Kyoto Prefecture), and in the following year, he enshrined Hachiman as Iwashimizu Hachiman-gu Shrine. In the following year, he held lectures on the Great Perfection of Wisdom Sutra and other texts in Usa, and placed 15 monks at Iwashimizu Hachiman-gu Shrine. His disciple and nephew Yasumune copied out the entire Buddhist canon in Usa, and completed it in 861, after Gyokyo's death. The Ki clan is a clan that produced Dazai no Sochi and Daini, and the position of priest at Iwashimizu Hachimangu Shrine was hereditary. Masunobu was his younger brother. Shinsei was his nephew. <References> Nakano Hatano, ed., "Hachiman Faith"

(Koji Okano)

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

Japanese:

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平安前期の大安寺の僧。石清水八幡宮の創立者。紀魚弼の子。行表に師事。三論宗または法相宗を学び,伝燈大法師位となる。貞観1(859)年,清和天皇の即位に伴い,藤原良房の命で宇佐八幡宮(宇佐神宮)に参籠。平安京の近くに遷座する託宣を受け,山城国男山(京都府八幡市)に社殿を造り,翌2年に八幡神を勧請して石清水八幡宮とした。同3年に宇佐で『大般若経』などの講読を行い,石清水八幡宮に15僧を置いた。弟子で甥の安宗は,宇佐で一切経を書写し,同17年,行教の没後に完成させた。紀氏は大宰帥,大弐を輩出した氏族で,石清水八幡宮の祀官は同氏が世襲した。益信は弟。真済は甥。<参考文献>中野幡能編『八幡信仰』

(岡野浩二)

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