Priest - Shonin

Japanese: 上人 - しょうにん

〘Noun〙① A high priest who is endowed with wisdom and virtue, who devotes himself to Buddhist training, and who is endowed with a profound compassionate heart. Saint (Shonin) . ※Ryounshu (814) "An audience with the _monk of the sea, _a junior fifth rank lower rank Naizen Masanakao" [Shakushi Yoran - Shoko - Shonin]② A high priest in seclusion. ※Shukosho (1445-46) 2 "Which is correct, to call a monk in seclusion a monk or a saint?"③ The name of a priest's rank. An abbreviation of the rank of Hokkyo Shonin . ※Sakkaiki - October 17, 1426 (Oei 33) "Imperial decree on the temple and title of monk, etc."④ An honorific title for a priest. Used in the Jodo, Nichiren, and Ji sects. ※Heike (before the 13th century) 10 "I should visit the priest again." ※Ukiyo-zoshi, Five Lovely Women (1686) 1 "I entered Shokakuji Temple and asked the priest to dye my 16 summer robes with ink starting today." ⑤ Around Tenmei ( 1781-1789 ) in the Edo period, this was an abbreviation for a hokan (traditional Japanese prostitute) in Kyoto's red-light district. ※Tsuredzure Mikagawa (1783) 4 "When I heard that he was a priest, I thought he must have been a long-bearded monk from the eastern mountains, and he wore a short haori and a futon."

Jō- ninjau… [master]

〘 noun 〙① A person of high rank. A person of the upper class. Also, a person who knows the reason for things well. ※Kanazoshi, old movable type edition, Chikusai (around 1621-23), Vol. 1 "I came here with the nobles of Lord Ichijo and Lord Nijo, and the priest is here."② A person of good character. An honest and gentle person. ③ ⇒ Shonin (priest)

Uebitouhe [Holy priest]

〘 noun 〙 (also "uehito") A person who is allowed to enter the palace. A person of the fourth or fifth rank, or a kurōdo of the sixth rank. A man of the upper rank . A person of the court. ※Utsubo (around 970-999) Kuniyori no Shita "The great lord passed through by a person of the upper rank."

Source: The Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary About the Selected Edition of the Japanese Language Dictionary Information

Japanese:

〘名〙① 智徳を備え、仏道の修行に励み、深大な慈悲心をそなえている高僧をいう。聖人(しょうにん)。※凌雲集（814）「謁_二海上人_一従五位下行内膳正仲雄」〔釈氏要覧‐称謂・上人〕② 隠遁の高僧。※壒嚢鈔（1445‐46）二「隠遁の僧を上人と書、又聖人と書は何れか正そ」③ 僧位の名。法橋(ほっきょう)上人位の略。※薩戒記‐応永三三年（1426）一〇月一七日「御祈願寺及上人号等之綸旨」④ 僧侶の敬称。浄土宗、日蓮宗、時宗でいう。※平家（１３Ｃ前）一〇「ふたたび上人の見参にまかり入るべきで候けり」※浮世草子・好色五人女（1686）一「正覚寺に入て上人をたのみ、十六の夏衣けふより墨染にして」⑤ 江戸時代、天明（一七八一‐八九）頃、京都の遊郭で幇間(ほうかん)をいう隠語。※談義本・つれづれ睟か川（1783）四「上人とさへいへば、髭のながい東山辺の和尚様ならんとおもひのほか、短い羽織きたたいこもち」