Banryu

Japanese: 播隆 - ばんりゅう

Year of death: Tempo 11 (1840)
Year of birth: Tenmei 2 (1782)
A mountaineering monk in the late Edo period and the founder of Mt. Yari. Born in Kawachi, Shinkawa County, Etchu Province (Toyama Prefecture), his name was Iwamatsu, and his family home was a dojo for the Ikko sect of Buddhism. At the age of 14, he left his village to work as an apprentice, and at the age of 19, he became a monk. He studied under Kenbutsu at Tennoji Temple and Hosenji Temple (Jodo sect) in Settsu Province (Osaka Prefecture), where he was ordained and given the Buddhist name Iwabutsu. He moved to Ichinenji Temple in Shimotoba, Fushimi, Yamashiro Province (Kyoto Prefecture), and changed his Buddhist name to Banryu. He traveled around the country as a nembutsu practitioner, and three years later, in 1823, he restored Mt. Kasagatake in Hida Province (Gifu Prefecture), which had been founded by Enku. At the summit, a sea of clouds spread out to the west, hiding the tip of Mt. Yari, which was blazing in the setting sun, and a rainbow ring shone in the mist, and it is said that Amida Buddha appeared before him. In the same year, he aspired to be the founder of Mt. Yatsugatake, and with Nakata Matajiro as his guide, he succeeded in climbing the mountain and enshrined the Amida Buddha statue. In 1840, he established the mountain by hanging iron chains and iron ladders from the top of Mt. Yari.

(Kunimitsu Kawamura)

Source: Asahi Japanese Historical Biography: Asahi Shimbun Publications Inc. About Asahi Japanese Historical Biography

Japanese:

没年：天保11(1840)
生年：天明2(1782)
江戸後期の山岳修行僧,槍ケ岳の開山者。越中国(富山県)新川郡河内に生まれ,名を岩松といい,生家は一向宗の道場であった。14歳のときに村を出て丁稚奉公し,19歳で出家した。摂津国(大阪府)天王寺,宝泉寺(浄土宗)の見仏に師事して得度し,岩仏の法名を授けられる。山城国(京都府)伏見下鳥羽の一念寺に移り,法名を播隆に改めた。念仏行者として諸国巡歴に立ち,3年後の文政6(1823)年,円空の開山した飛騨国(岐阜県)笠ケ岳の再興を果たす。頂上では西に雲海が広がり,落日が当たって燃え立った槍ケ岳の穂先を隠すと,虹の環が霧の中に輝き,阿弥陀如来の御来迎が出現したという。同11年には八ケ岳開山を志し,中田又重郎を案内人にして登攀を遂げ,阿弥陀如来像を安置した。天保11(1840)年,槍ケ岳頂上から鉄鎖,鉄梯子を懸け下げて整備した。<参考文献>新田次郎『槍ケ岳開山』

(川村邦光)

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