Ando Rensho

Japanese: 安東蓮聖 - あんどうれんしょう

He was a vassal of Tokuso who was active in the west in the late Kamakura period. He was commonly known as Heiemon Nyudo. His first appearance in historical documents was in 1262 when he went to Eison of Saidaiji Temple as an envoy of Hojo Tokiyori. He engaged in loan business in Kyoto, and in 1271 he was sued for seizing the annual tax money of Ninnaji Temple at Katadaura in Omi. In 1273 he served as the general magistrate for the construction of Tadain Temple in Settsu. In 1277 he rebuilt Kumeda Temple in Izumi (present-day Kishiwada City, Osaka Prefecture), and in 1282 he invited Eison to hold a memorial service for the temple. As Shugodai of Settsu, he issued a letter of instruction in 1284 for prayers for the surrender of foreign countries. In 1302, he renovated Fukudomari in Harima (present-day Himeji City, Hyogo Prefecture). He died at the age of 91 in Gojo, Kyoto in 1329. A portrait of the Lotus Saint is preserved at the Izumi Kumeda Temple.

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Japanese:

鎌倉後期，西国で活躍した得宗(とくそう)被官。通称は平右衛門入道。1262年北条時頼の使者として西大(さいだい)寺叡尊(えいぞん)のもとに赴いたのが史料上の初見。京で借上(かあげ)を営み，1271年近江堅田(かただ)浦で仁和(にんな)寺年貢運上銭を差し押さえ，訴えられた。1273年摂津多田(ただ)院造営の惣奉行を務めた。1277年には和泉の久米田(くめだ)寺（現大阪府岸和田市）を再建，1282年に叡尊を請じて堂供養を催した。摂津守護代(しゅごだい)として，1284年の異国降伏祈祷の御教書を施行している。1302年播磨福泊(ふくどまり)（現兵庫県姫路市）を修築した。1329年京五条で91歳で死去。和泉久米田寺に蓮聖画像が伝わる。

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