Guest monk - Kyakuso

Japanese: 客僧 - きゃくそう

〘Noun〙① A monk who travels from country to country. A traveling monk. A mountain ascetic. A hidden person. ※Konjaku (around 1120 ? ) 7 "Among the many monks gathering at his house, there was a guest monk." ※Noh play Funahashi (around 1430) "This is a guest monk from Mikumano." ② A monk who has been invited as a guest. A monk who is staying at another temple as a guest. A hidden person. ※Shokyo edition Shasekishu (1283) 4 "The guest monk was presented with various rare items." [Zakkokyo]

Kaku-so [guest monk]

〘 noun 〙 = kakuso (guest monk) ※From Edo to Tokyo (1925)〈Yata Soun〉 13 "This remark offended Mitsukuni , who always held the ideal of the warrior monk system, more than it did the guest monk who spoke out."

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Japanese:

〘名〙① 国々を行脚して歩く僧。旅僧。山伏。かくそう。※今昔（1120頃か）七「衆僧其の家に集会せる中に、一人の客僧(きゃくそう)有り」※謡曲・舟橋（1430頃）「これは三熊野より出でたる客僧にて候」② 客として招かれた僧。客として身を他寺に寄せている僧。かくそう。※貞享版沙石集（1283）四「客僧のもてなしに、種々の珍物ありけるに」〔雑蔵経〕