Kenshun

Japanese: 賢俊 - けんしゅん

Year of death: Enbun 2/Shohei 12.7.16 (1357.8.2)
Year of birth: 1299
A Shingon Buddhist monk during the Northern and Southern Courts period. He became a guardian monk for the samurai clan and brought the Daigo sect to its heyday. He was the son of Hino Toshimitsu. He received the transmission of the Law from Kensuke and became the 21st abbot of Sanboin. He allied with Ashikaga Takauji and expelled Monkan, who had been the guardian monk for Emperor Go-Daigo. In March 1336 (Kenmu 3/Engen 1), he became the head priest of Daigo-ji Temple and also served as the head priest of To-ji Temple and the head priest of Negoro-ji Temple, making him the pinnacle of the Shingon sect. He also confiscated the temple land held by those within the temple who supported the Southern Court and integrated it into Sanboin, giving the temple a monopoly on the position of head priest. The golden age of the temple in the early Muromachi period was largely due to the shrewd political power of Kenshun, who was able to discern the times. He was also an outstanding renga composer and poet. <References> Hashimoto Hatsuko, "The Diary of Sanboin Kenshun Sojo" (Daigoji Cultural Research Institute Research Bulletin, No. 12)

(Masaki Akira)

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没年：延文2/正平12.7.16(1357.8.2)
生年：正安1(1299)
南北朝時代の真言宗の僧。武家の護持僧となり醍醐教団全盛を現出した。日野俊光の子。賢助から伝法灌頂を受け,三宝院21世となる。後醍醐天皇の護持僧だった文観を,足利尊氏と結び追放。建武3/延元1(1336)年3月,醍醐寺座主となり,東寺長者,根来寺座主をも兼ねて真言教団の頂点に立つ。また同寺内部の南朝支持派の寺領を没収して三宝院に統合し,座主職を同院の独占とした。室町前期の同寺黄金時代は,時勢を見抜いた賢俊のしたたかな政治力が大きい。卓抜な連歌作者,歌人でもあった。<参考文献>橋本初子「三宝院賢俊僧正日記」(醍醐寺文化研究所『研究紀要』12号)

(正木晃)

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