Yoshisuke Totsugi - Tetsugyokai

A Soto sect monk from the Kamakura period. Born in Inatsu, Echizen (Fukui Prefecture). At the age of 13, he became a monk by becoming a priest at the Bodhidharma Soba-ji Temple, and in 1241 (Ninji 2), he returned to Dogen at Kosho-ji Temple in Uji, and when Dogen moved to Eiheiji Temple in Echizen, he served as the head priest and temple supervisor. After Dogen's death, he visited Koun Ejo and inherited his teachings, and visited the Five Mountains of Kyoto and Kamakura, as well as the temples of Kinzan and Tendo-san in China. After returning to Japan, he worked to improve the buildings of Eiheiji and became the third abbot of Eiheiji. After Kaijo's death, he moved to Daijoji Temple in Kaga (Ishikawa Prefecture) and became its founder during an internal conflict at Eiheiji Temple. He passed away on September 14, 1271. One of his disciples was Keizan Jokin, who built the foundation for the development of the Soto sect.

[Rikizan Ishikawa September 19, 2017]

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鎌倉時代の曹洞(そうとう)宗の僧。越前(えちぜん)（福井県）稲津の人。13歳で達磨(だるま)宗波著寺(はじゃくじ)の懐鑒(えかん)に就(つ)いて出家、1241年（仁治2）宇治興聖(こうしょう)寺の道元(どうげん)に帰投(きとう)し、道元が越前永平寺に移るに従い、典座(てんぞ)、監寺(かんす)などを勤めた。道元の寂後は孤雲懐奘(こうんえじょう)に参じて法を嗣(つ)ぎ、京・鎌倉の五山や中国の径山(きんざん)・天童山などの諸刹(しょさつ)を見聞した。帰朝後、永平寺の伽藍(がらん)整備に努め、永平寺3世となる。懐奘の寂後、永平寺の内紛に際して加賀（石川県）大乗寺に移って開山となる。延慶(えんけい)2年9月14日示寂。弟子に曹洞宗発展の基礎を築いた瑩山紹瑾(けいざんじょうきん)がいる。

［石川力山　2017年9月19日］

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