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Japanese: 真観 - しんかん

1268-1341 (Bun'ei 5-Kokoku 2/Ryakuo 4)
A Ji sect monk from the end of the Kamakura period. He is the founder of the Shijo branch of the Ji sect and goes by the name Jyo Amida Butsu. He was born in Kazusa Province as the son of Makino Yoriuji. He became a monk at the age of 19 and studied the Vatican under Ninsho at Gokuraku-ji Temple in Kamakura and Zen under Shinchi Kakushin at Kokoku-ji Temple in Kii, but gained nothing. He then made a pilgrimage to Kumano Shingu where he received a divine revelation and thereafter became a monk who promoted the practice of Nembutsu. In 1300 (Shoan 2), he met the monk Yugyo Taa Shinkyo and converted to the Ji sect. In 1309 (Enkei 2), he entered Kyoto and founded Shijo Gidarin-ji Temple (Konren-ji Temple). [Hosokawa Ryoichi]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1268‐1341(文永5‐興国2∥暦応4)
鎌倉末期の時宗の僧。時宗四条派の祖で浄阿弥陀仏と号する。牧野頼氏の子として上総国に生まれる。19歳で出家し，鎌倉極楽寺の忍性に律法，紀伊興国寺の心地覚心に禅法を学んだが得るところなく，熊野新宮に参詣して神託を得，以後念仏勧進聖となった。1300年(正安2)遊行上人他阿真教に会って時宗に帰依した。09年(延慶2)入洛して四条祇陀林寺(金蓮（こんれん）寺)を開いた。【細川涼一】

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