Daikoubou Koken - Daikoubou Koken

Japanese: 大幸坊幸賢 - だいこうぼうこうけん

A monk and Noh mask maker from the Muromachi period. Also written as Daikobo. Dates of birth and death unknown. He is said to have learned mask making from Sankobo, a monk at Heisen-ji Temple in Echizen. He is said to have been the teacher of Zekan Yoshimitsu, who founded the Ono Deme family, one of the three major families of hereditary Noh mask makers in the early modern period. He is also thought to have been the maker of the 1543 (Tenbun 12) honjibutsu (local Buddha) at Kasuga Shrine in Asai-cho, Higashiasai-gun, Shiga Prefecture, but this is not clear. His transmission is known only from early modern documents relating to Noh theater, and therefore his works are also unclear. [Tanabe Saburosuke]

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

室町時代の僧，能面作家。大光坊とも書く。生没年不詳。越前平泉寺にあって，同じく平泉寺の僧であった三光坊に作面を習ったという。近世世襲能面作家の三大家系の一つ，大野出目（でめ）家を開いた是閑（ぜかん）吉満の師とされる。滋賀県東浅井郡浅井町の春日神社にある1543年(天文12)の本地仏の作者とも考えられるが，明確ではない。近世の能楽伝書類でしかその伝はわからず，したがって作品も明らかではない。【田辺三郎助】

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