Shiba Tatsuto - Shibatatto

Dates of birth and death unknown. He was an immigrant engineer in the Asuka period, and is known as a devout Buddhist. In the Fuso Ryakki, he is described as a Chinese man from the Great Tang Dynasty, named Shiba Tatsuto, who was a morokoshi no ayahito kuratsukuri no suguri (a village of morokoshi) and came to Japan in 522 (the 16th year of the reign of Emperor Keitai). He built a hermitage in Sakatahara, Takechi County, Yamato (Sakata, Asuka Village, Takaichi County, Nara Prefecture), where he enshrined the principal image and worshipped it, leading to the general public saying that he was a god from the Great Tang Dynasty. The Nihon Shoki records that in 584 (the 13th year of Emperor Bidatsu's reign), he cooperated with Soga no Umako to promote Buddhism, and that he turned his 11-year-old daughter Shima (Zenshin-ni) into a nun, had her perform a memorial service for the Buddhist temple built by Umako, and donated her ashes. His son Tasuna (date of birth and death unknown) also became a monk and took the name Tokusei to pray for the repose of Emperor Yomei's soul. Tasuna's son was the famous Tori Buddhist sculptor (Kuratsukuri no Tori), who made outstanding achievements in building temples and Buddha statues.

[Shoichi Shida July 19, 2017]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

生没年不詳。飛鳥(あすか)時代の渡来系技術者で、仏教篤信者としても知られる。『扶桑略記(ふそうりゃっき)』には、大唐漢人案作村主(もろこしのあやひとくらつくりのすぐり)司馬達止とあり、522年（継体天皇16）に来朝、大和(やまと)の高市(たけち)郡坂田原（奈良県高市(たかいち)郡明日香(あすか)村坂田）に草庵(そうあん)を結び、本尊を安置し帰依(きえ)礼拝したので、世の人々は皆これは大唐の神だとはやしたという。『日本書紀』では、584年（敏達天皇13）に蘇我馬子(そがのうまこ)と協力して仏法興隆に努め、11歳の娘の嶋(しま)（善真尼）を尼にし、馬子の建てた仏殿を供養させ、舎利を献じたことがみえる。彼の子の多須奈(たすな)（生没年不詳）も用明(ようめい)天皇の冥福(めいふく)を祈って出家し徳斉(とくせい)と称した。多須奈の子が造寺・造仏に優れた業績を残した有名な止利(とり)仏師（鞍作止利(くらつくりのとり)）である。

［志田諄一　2017年7月19日］

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