Tetsuo Yoshiyuki - Tetsuo Yoshiyuki

A Rinzai sect monk from the Northern and Southern Courts period. He was from Izumo (eastern Shimane Prefecture). His secular surname was Minamoto. After serving under Kyodo Kakuen at Kennin-ji Temple in Kyoto and Yakuo Tokuken (1245-1320) at Nanzen-ji Temple, he became a disciple of Shuho Myocho at Ungo-ji Temple. In 1337 (Engen 2, Kenmu 4) he succeeded Shuho as his successor and lived at Daitoku-ji Temple, but later opened Tokuzen-ji Temple on the grounds of Daitoku-ji Temple and retired there. In 1367 (Shohei 22, Joji 6), Shogun Ashikaga Yoshiakira petitioned the Imperial Court to make Daitoku-ji and Tokuzen-ji temples Tsuchien temples, with a disciple of Tetsuo Yoshiyuki as the chief priest. He was also invited to Tenryu-ji temple, but refused, and passed away on May 15, 1369 (Shohei 24, Oan 2). He was posthumously named Daiso Shogen Zenji, and later, at the request of Takuan, Emperor Gomizunoo posthumously named him Tenno Taigen Kokushi. He wrote the two-volume "Tetsuo Osho Goroku."

[Yoshinobu Nakao September 19, 2017]

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南北朝時代の臨済(りんざい)宗の僧。出雲(いずも)（島根県東部）の人。俗姓は源氏。京都建仁寺の鏡堂覚円(きょうどうかくえん)、南禅寺の約翁徳倹(やくおうとくけん)（1245―1320）に参じたのち、雲居寺(うんごじ)の宗峰妙超(しゅうほうみょうちょう)の法を嗣(つ)いだ。1337年（延元2・建武4）宗峰の後席を継いで大徳寺に住したが、のち大徳寺山内に徳禅寺を開いて隠居した。1367年（正平22・貞治6）将軍足利義詮(あしかがよしあきら)は朝廷に奏し、大徳寺、徳禅寺の2寺を、徹翁義亨の弟子が住職する度弟院(つちえん)とした。また天竜寺(てんりゅうじ)に招かれたが固辞し、1369年（正平24・応安2）5月15日示寂。大祖正眼禅師(しょうげんぜんじ)と諡(おくりな)され、のち沢庵(たくあん)の奏により、後水尾(ごみずのお)天皇より天応大現(てんのうたいげん)国師と追諡(ついし)された。著に『徹翁和尚(わじょう)語録』2巻がある。

［中尾良信　2017年9月19日］

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