In the bag - Taichu

Japanese: 袋中 - たいちゅう

Year of death: January 21, 1639 (February 23, 1639)
Year of birth: Tenbun 21 (1552)
A Jodo sect monk from the end of the Muromachi period to the beginning of the Edo period. Author of "Ryukyu Shinto-ki." Also known as Ryosada. Born in Kikuta-gun, Mutsu Province (Iwaki City, Fukushima Prefecture). At the age of 14, he became a monk at Noman-ji Temple in the same province, and studied at a temple of the Nagoshi sect. He became interested in collecting old records and manuscripts. Later, he studied at the Zojo-ji Temple academy, and while traveling around the country, he studied astronomy, geography, Shinto, military strategy, and other subjects, and also worked to spread the Jodo sect. He returned to his hometown of Jotoku-ji Temple and became the 13th abbot. While spreading his faith, he wrote "Bonkan Taiei-shu," "Jodo Kechimyaku-ron," and "Kirin Seizai-ron Shishaku," establishing himself as a scholar-monk. He was converted by Iwaki Sadataka, the lord of Hira Castle, and built a Shomyo dojo within the castle. In 1603, at the age of 52, he intended to go to China, and first went to Ryukyu, where he devoted himself to missionary work. He gained the support of King Shō Nei of Ryukyu, and founded Keirin-ji Temple. While living at Keirin-ji Temple, he preached at the temple, and at Shō Nei's request, he wrote "Ryukyu Shintōki" and "Ryukyu Orai-ki". In 1608, he returned to Japan, restored the former site of Dokō's Bosei-ro, and built Danrin-Hōrin-ji Temple at the end of Sanjō-Ōhashi Bridge in Kyoto. He later took up residence in Himurodani in northern Kyoto and Kikugaya in Higashiyama, where he lived a quiet life and devoted himself to writing. He built over 20 temples, and his footprints spanned all over the country. Many outstanding scholars came from Fukuro-naka's disciples. His other works include "Hyosaijarin". <References> "Fukuro-naka Shonin-den"

(Hayashi Jun)

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Japanese:

没年：寛永16.1.21(1639.2.23)
生年：天文21(1552)
室町末から江戸初期にかけての浄土宗の僧。『琉球神道記』の著者。良定ともいう。陸奥国菊多郡(福島県いわき市)生まれ。14歳で同国能満寺で出家し,名越派の檀林で修学。古記録,写本の収集に関心を持った。のちに増上寺の学寮で学び,諸国を遍歴しながら天文,地理,神道,兵法などを習い,浄土宗の教化にも努めた。郷里の成徳寺にもどり,13世となる。布教のかたわら,『梵漢対映集』『浄土血脈論』『麒麟聖財論私釈』を書いて,学僧の地位を築いた。平城主岩城貞隆の帰依を受けて,城内に称名道場を作った。慶長8(1603)年,52歳のときに中国へ行こうとしてまず琉球におもむき,そこで布教に尽力した。琉球国王尚寧の帰依を得て,桂林寺を創立する。桂林寺に住みながら教化をするとともに,尚寧の懇請で『琉球神道記』『琉球往来記』を執筆する。同11年に帰国して,道光の旧跡望西楼を復興して京都三条大橋詰に檀林法林寺を建立した。のちに洛北の氷室谷や東山菊ケ谷に庵をむすび,静かな生活を送り,著作活動に打ち込んだ。建立した寺院は20余りあり,足跡は各地におよんだ。袋中の門下からすぐれた学匠が輩出した。著書は他に『評摧邪輪』などがある。<参考文献>『袋中上人伝』

(林淳)

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