Isho Tokugan - Isho Tokugan

A Rinzai sect monk from the mid-Muromachi period who excelled in the poetry and prose of the Gozan literature. His pen name was Shosetsu. He was from Bingo (Hiroshima Prefecture). He became a disciple of Sodo Tokuho at the Shorin-in Temple of Nanzen-ji Temple, and then visited Zokai Seichin (1335-1409), Mugan Soo, Zekkaichi Chushin, and Shishin Myogi (Kazanin Nagachika). He learned the art of shirokubun (four-six style prose) from Nakatsu, and listened to lectures on Zhuangzi from Mingwei. He lived in Manju-ji, Tenryu-ji, and Nanzen-ji temples in Kyoto, and was also invited by Ashikaga Yoshimochi to teach literary studies to his children at Shokoku-ji Unshinken. He always lectured on the poetry of Dongpo (Su Shi) and Zhuangzi, and was known as a master of writing. In his later years, he retired to Sokei-ken at Nanzen-ji, where he passed away on April 20, 1281. His books include the collection of poems and prose called Tokai Kashu.

[D.T. Fujioka, May 19, 2017]

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室町中期の臨済宗の僧で、五山文学の詩文に優れる。蕉雪(しょうせつ)と号す。備後(びんご)（広島県）の人。南禅寺少林院で草堂得芳(そうどうとくほう)に参じて法を嗣(つ)ぎ、ついで蔵海性珍(ぞうかいせいちん)（1335―1409）、夢巌祖応(むがんそおう)、絶海中津(ぜっかいちゅうしん)、子晋明魏(ししんみょうぎ)（花山院長親(かざんいんながちか)）に歴参した。とくに中津からは四六文(しろくぶん)の作法を学び、明魏からは『荘子』の講を聞いた。京都の万寿寺、天竜寺、南禅寺に住し、また足利義持(あしかがよしもち)に迎えられて相国寺薀真軒(しょうこくじうんしんけん)において子弟の文学的教育にあたった。つねに東坡(とうば)（蘇軾(そしょく)）の詩と『荘子』を講じ、名文家として知られた。晩年は南禅寺雙桂軒(そうけいけん)に退隠、永享(えいきょう)9年4月20日没。著書に語録詩文集『東海華集(とうかいけいかしゅう)』などがある。

［藤岡大拙　2017年5月19日］

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