Yukie Soshin - Yukie Soshin

A Rinzai sect monk in the mid-Muromachi period. He was the founder of the restoration of Myoshin-ji Temple. He was from Settsu (Hyogo Prefecture). He first studied under Bun'ei at Goyoan, Kennin-ji Temple, but later studied under Nippo Soshun of the Kanzan school at Zuisen-ji Temple in Owari (Aichi Prefecture), and then followed Nippo's successor Giten Gensho (1393-1462) and received his inka. Hosokawa Katsumoto was a deep believer in Setsue, and invited him to listen to his teachings at the head priest of Ryoan-ji Temple in Kyoto. In 1462 (Kansho 3), he became the 41st abbot of Daitoku-ji Temple. He was skilled in temple management, and under the patronage of Hosokawa Katsumoto and Masamoto, father and son, he successfully restored Myoshinji Temple, which had been burned down during the Onin War. He also trained the four great masters, Kagekawa Soryu (1425-1500), Gokei Soton (1416-1500), Tokuho Zenketsu (1419-1506), and Toyo Eichou (1428-1504), and built the foundation for the rapid development of the Myoshinji school. In his later years, he retired to Kobai-in Temple within the grounds of Myoshinji Temple, and passed away on June 2, 1822, at the age of 79. He was given the imperial posthumous name of Zen Master Butsunichi Shinsho.

[D.T. Fujioka, August 21, 2017]

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

室町中期の臨済(りんざい)宗の僧。妙心(みょうしん)寺中興の祖。摂津（兵庫県）の人。初め建仁(けんにん)寺五葉庵(ごようあん)の文瑛(ぶんえい)に学んだが、のち尾張(おわり)（愛知県）瑞泉(ずいせん)寺において関山(かんざん)派の日峰宗舜(にっぽうそうしゅん)に参じ、さらに日峰の法嗣(はっす)義天玄承(ぎてんげんしょう)（1393―1462）に従い、その印可を受けた。細川勝元(ほそかわかつもと)は雪江に深く帰依(きえ)し、京都の龍安(りょうあん)寺主に招請して聞法(もんぼう)した。1462年（寛正3）大徳寺41世に出世。彼は寺院経営に巧みで、応仁(おうにん)の乱によって焼失した妙心寺を、細川勝元・政元(まさもと)父子の庇護(ひご)のもと、りっぱに再興した。また、景川宗隆(けいせんそうりゅう)（1425―1500）、悟渓宗頓(ごけいそうとん)（1416―1500）、特芳禅傑(とくほうぜんけつ)（1419―1506）、東陽英朝(とうようえいちょう)（1428―1504）のいわゆる四傑を養成し、妙心寺派飛躍の基礎を築いた。晩年、妙心寺山内の衡梅(こうばい)院に退き、文明(ぶんめい)18年6月2日、79歳で示寂した。仏日真照(ぶつにちしんしょう)禅師と勅諡(ちょくし)された。

［藤岡大拙　2017年8月21日］

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