Tokumoto - Tokuhon

Japanese: 徳本 - とくほん

1758‐1818 (8th year of the Horeki era‐1st year of the Bunsei era)
A representative Nembutsu practitioner of the Jodo sect in the mid-Edo period. Born in Shiga Village, Hidaka County, Kii Province (Wakayama Prefecture). Familiar with Nembutsu from an early age, he became a monk at the age of 27 in 1784 (Tenmei 4) under Daien of Ojo-ji Temple (present-day Gobo City). He practiced Nembutsu practices such as Beji Nembutsu and Jinja Nembutsu, and is said to have mastered the innermost meaning of Buddhism without learning how to read and write. In response to an invitation from the lord of Kishu, he took up residence in a hermitage at Arita-san, but traveled to Settsu and Kawachi to spread Nembutsu and gain the devotion of many people. In 1803 (Kyowa 3), at the age of 46, he changed his strange appearance of long hair and long nails at Shishigatani Honen-in Temple in Kyoto and shaved his hair.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

1758‐1818(宝暦8‐文政1)
江戸中期の浄土宗の代表的な念仏行者。紀伊国(和歌山県)日高郡志賀村に生まれた。幼年より念仏に親しみ，1784年(天明4)27歳で往生寺(現，御坊市)の大円について出家した。別時念仏，不断念仏など念仏の行を積み，文字を習わずして仏道の奥旨をきわめたという。紀州藩主の招きに応じ有田山に庵居したが，摂津，河内に行脚して念仏を広め，衆庶の帰依をうけた。1803年(享和3)46歳のとき，京都の鹿ヶ谷法然院で，それまでの長髪長爪の異相を改め，除髪した。

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