Shojuan

Japanese: 正受庵 - しょうじゅあん

This temple is of the Myoshinji school of the Rinzai sect of Buddhism, located in Iiyama City, Nagano Prefecture. Its mountain name is Kouneyama. It was founded in 1666 (Kanbun 6) by Matsudaira Tadakatsu, and was re-founded by Dokyo Etan (1642-1721), who lived there from 1776 (Enpo 4). Etan was a Zen master who inherited the teachings of Shido Munan, and was known as Shoju Rojin. It is well known that he gave strict instruction to Hakuin Ekaku at this hermitage. The name of this hermitage can be found in the 1789 (Kansei 1) Myoshinji Branch Temple Register as a branch temple of Tohokuji (Shibuya, Kofu, Musashi Province). In 1873, it was closed down because it had no temple parishioners, but in 1884, it was rebuilt thanks to the efforts of Yamaoka Tesshu and others.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

長野県飯山市にある臨済宗妙心寺派の寺。山号は小畝山。1666年(寛文6)松平忠俱の開基，道鏡慧端（えたん）(1642‐1721)の開山になり，慧端は76年(延宝4)より住庵した。慧端は至道無難の法を継いだ禅者で，正受老人と呼ばれ，この庵において白隠慧鶴を厳しく指導したことはよく知られている。1789年(寛政1)の《妙心寺末寺帳》に，東北寺(武蔵国江府渋谷)の末寺としてその庵名を見いだす。1873年無檀家のため廃庵されたが，84年山岡鉄舟らの尽力により再興された。

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