Compassion - Jihen

Date of birth and death unknown. A Tendai scholar and Shintoist from the end of the Kamakura period to the Northern and Southern Courts period. Son of Urabe Kaneaki, who served in Shinto rituals. Older brother of Kenko, the priest of "Tsurezuregusa." A Tendai scholar, he was enlightened to Shinto by a divine dream. He was knowledgeable in Watarai (Ise) Shinto, and along with the Watarai family priests, he stood on the side of the Southern Court, preaching a theory that was centered on Japan and Shinto, with the position that Shinto and Buddhism were one. The famous Shinto, Confucian, and Buddhist teachings, "The Theory of the Root, Branches, Leaves, Flowers, and Fruits," which is said to be the theory of Urabe Kanetomo (Yoshida Kanetomo), were actually preached by Jippen. He was summoned by Emperor Godaigo of the Southern Court to preach Buddhism and Shinto. He was later appointed as Daisojo. Many of his other works, including "Toyoashihara Kamikazewaki," "The Mysterious Meaning of the Kujihongi," "Mitsubo Sojo Shinyosho," and "Tenchi Jingi Shinchin Yoki," no longer exist.

[Haruo Ogasawara October 19, 2017]

"Kuji Hongi Mystery, translated and annotated by Kazuo Osumi" (included in "Japanese Thought Series 19: Medieval Shinto Theory", 1977, Iwanami Shoten)" ▽ "Yamabe Shugaku's "Lectures on Toyoashihara Shinpuwa-ki" (1943, Otani Publishing Association)"

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生没年不詳。鎌倉末期より南北朝期の天台学僧、神道家。神事に仕えた卜部兼顕(うらべかねあき)の子。『徒然草(つれづれぐさ)』の兼好(けんこう)法師の兄。天台宗学僧の身で、神夢により神道(しんとう)に開眼する。度会(わたらい)（伊勢(いせ)）神道に通じ、度会家神職とともに南朝側にたち、神仏一致の立場をもって日本および神道中心の説を唱える。卜部兼倶(かねとも)（吉田兼倶）の説として有名な神儒仏三教「根本枝葉花実説(こんぽんしようかじつせつ)」は実は慈遍の唱道が先行である。南朝の後醍醐(ごだいご)天皇に召されて、仏法・神道を説く。のち大僧正に任ぜられた。著書『豊葦原(とよあしはら)神風和記』『旧事本紀(くじほんぎ)玄義』『密法相承審要抄』『天地神祇(じんぎ)審鎮要記』など、ほかの多くは現存しない。

［小笠原春夫　2017年10月19日］

『大隅和雄訳注「旧事本紀玄義」（『日本思想大系19　中世神道論』所収・1977・岩波書店）』▽『山辺習学著『豊葦原神風和記講義』（1943・大谷出版協会）』

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