Jikusen Bonsen

Japanese: 竺仙梵僊 - じくせん・ぼんせん

Year of death: 1348.8.11 (Jiwa 4/Shohei 3.7.16)
Year of birth: November 15, 1292 (December 24, 1292)
A Zen monk of the Korin school of the Rinzai sect who lived in the late Kamakura period and the Northern and Southern Courts period. He laid the foundation for the rise of Gozan literature. His other names were Rairaizenshi, Jakushodo, and Sikisou. He was from the Xu family of Xiangshan County, Mingzhou (Zhejiang Province). His mother was from the Ouyang family. After studying under Nakamine Myohon and others, he succeeded Korin Kiyomori of Hoei-ji Temple in Jinling (Nanjing). In 1329 (Gentoku 1), he came to Japan with Myogyoku Soshun, and lived at Jomyo-ji Temple in Kamakura at the behest of Hojo Takatoki. He later received the patronage of Ashikaga Takauji, Tadayoshi, and others, and in 1334 (Kenmu 1), he moved to Jochi-ji Temple, and also became the founder of Muryoji Temple in Miura, Sagami (Kanagawa Prefecture). In 1341, he was ordered by imperial decree to live at Nanzen-ji Temple in Kyoto, and then moved to Shinnyo-ji Temple in Yamashiro (Kyoto Prefecture) and then to Kencho-ji Temple in Kamakura. He raised the standard of Japanese Zen temples, and also established a group of friends called Kongo-dōka with those who had studied under Kiyomori, and made a great contribution to the transplantation of Song and Yuan culture through literary activities. His works include "The Sayings of Priest Jikusen," "The Dharma Words of Priest Jikusen," "Collection of Zen Masters from Lai Lai," and "Commentary on the Engaku-kyo Sutra." <References> Tamamura Takeji, "Collection of Biographies of the Five Mountain Zen Priests"

(Hidetaka Sato)

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

Japanese:

没年：貞和4/正平3.7.16(1348.8.11)
生年：至元29.11.15(1292.12.24)
鎌倉末・南北朝時代の臨済宗古林派の禅僧。五山文芸興隆の基礎をつくった。別号は来来禅子,寂勝幢,思帰叟。明州(浙江省)象山県の徐氏の出身。母は欧陽氏。中峰明本らに学んだのち,金陵(南京)保寧寺の古林清茂の法を嗣いだ。元徳1(1329)年明極楚俊と共に来日し,北条高時の命で鎌倉の浄妙寺に住した。その後も足利尊氏,直義らの帰依を受け,建武1(1334)年に浄智寺に移り,また相模(神奈川県)三浦の無量寺の開山となった。暦応4/興国2(1341)年に勅によって京都南禅寺に住し,さらに山城(京都府)真如寺を経て鎌倉建長寺に移っており,日本禅林の水準を高からしめ,また清茂に学んだ人々と金剛幢下という友社をつくり,文芸活動を行い宋・元文化の移植を行った功績は大きい。『竺仙和尚語録』『竺仙和尚法語』『来来禅子集』『円覚経註』などがある。<参考文献>玉村竹二『五山禅僧伝記集成』

(佐藤秀孝)

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