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A Chinese poet of the mid- to late Muromachi period. His secular surname was Hayami. As a Zen monk, he belonged to the Issan school of the Rinzai sect of Buddhism, but after the Onin War, he returned to secular life and based himself in Unuma, Mino Province, where he established his hermitage, Baikamujinzo. He also went by the names Ume-an and Chingan. He is noted for his studies under Zuikei Shuho and Ichige Kenpu, his friendship with monks and writers such as Yokokawa Keizo and Togen Zuisen, the birth of his eldest son Senri Zuiyoku and his second son Hyakuri Tokei, his return to secular life based in Unuma, and his visit to the Kanto region at the invitation of Ota Dokan. His works include the abridgements "Tenkahaku," "Chochukou," and "Gyoufushu," as well as the collection of poems and prose "Baika Mujinzo."

[Hisashi Asakura]

"Banri Shukyu" by Nakagawa Tokunosuke (1997, Yoshikawa Kobunkan)" ▽ "Baika Mujinzo Commentary, 6 volumes, by Ichiki Takeo (1993-98, Zoku Gunsho Ruiju Kanzenkai)" ▽ "The World of 'Baika Mujinzo' by Banri Shukyu" by Ichiki Takeo and Umeda Kaoru (2005, Unuma History Research Association)"

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室町中・後期の漢詩人。俗姓は速水(はやみ)氏。禅僧として臨済宗一山派に属したが、応仁の乱後に還俗(げんぞく)して美濃国鵜沼(うぬま)を本拠とし、庵室の梅花無尽蔵(ばいかむじんぞう)を構えた。別に梅庵、椿岩(ちんがん)とも号した。瑞渓周鳳(ずいけいしゅうほう)や一華建怤(いちげけんぷ)への従学、横川景三(おうせんけいさん)や桃源瑞仙(とうげんずいせん)などの文筆僧との交遊、長男の千里瑞翼(せんりずいよく)と次男の百里等京(ひゃくりとうけい)の誕生や鵜沼を本拠とする還俗生活、太田道灌(おおたどうかん)の招請による関東下向などが注目される。著作には抄物(しょうもの)『天下白(てんかはく)』、『帳中香(ちょうちゅうこう)』、『暁風集(ぎょうふうしゅう)』のほか、詩文集『梅花無尽蔵』がある。

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『中川徳之助著『万里集九』（1997・吉川弘文館）』▽『市木武雄著『梅花無尽蔵注釈　全6巻』（1993～98・続群書類従完成会）』▽『市木武雄・梅田薫著『万里集九著「梅花無尽蔵」の世界』（2005・鵜沼歴史研究会）』

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