Inryoken Diary - Inryoken Diary

Japanese: 蔭涼軒日録 - いんりょうけんにちろく

Also called "Onryoken Nichiroku." Diary of the head priest of Rokuon-in Temple in Shokoku-ji Temple, Kyoto. 61 volumes. Official diaries for three generations of priests, Kikei Shinzui, Ekishi Soshin, and Kisen Shusho. Diaries covering 40 years, from 1435 to 1466 under Kikei and from 1484 to 1493 under Kisen, were destroyed in the Great Kanto Earthquake. In the early Muromachi period, the authority to appoint Zen temples and monks was initially held by the head priest of Rokuon-in Temple, but after Kikei was under the protection of Ashikaga Yoshinori, the 9th Shogun of the Muromachi Shogunate, this authority was transferred to the head priest of Rokuon-in Temple. It is an essential historical material for understanding the system and cultural artifacts of Zen Buddhism at that time, the political situation of the Muromachi Shogunate, and the movements of samurai society.

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Japanese:

「おんりょうけんにちろく」ともいう。京都相国寺鹿苑院 (ろくおんいん) 内の蔭涼軒主の日記。 61冊。季瓊真蘂 (きけいしんずい) ，益之宗箴 (えきしそうしん) ，亀泉集証 (きせんしゅうしょう) ら3代にわたる公用日記。季瓊の永享7 (1435) ～文正1 (66) 年と，亀泉の文明 16 (84) ～明応2 (93) 年の 40年間に及ぶものが残ったが，関東大震災で焼失。室町時代初期，禅宗の寺院，禅僧の人事権は最初鹿苑院主にあったが，季瓊が室町幕府9代将軍足利義教の保護を受けて以来，蔭涼軒主に移った。当時の禅宗の制度，文物，室町幕府の政情や武家社会の動静などを知るうえに不可欠の史料である。『大日本仏教全書』所収。