Bun'ei Seikan

Japanese: 文英清韓 - ぶんえい・せいかん

Year of death: 25 March 1621 (1621.5.16)
Year of birth: Eiroku 11 (1568)
A Rinzai sect monk in the early Edo period. He also called himself Fuhoko. A native of Aki District, Ise (Mie Prefecture). He inherited the teachings of Jion Dainin (one theory says Bunshuku Kiyohiko) and lived at Muryoju-ji Temple in Ise. He later became the devout follower of Kato Kiyomasa and travelled down to Kyushu, where he attended the Bunroku-Keicho War. In 1600 (Keicho 5), he became the 227th abbot of Tofuku-ji Temple, and in 1606, he was elevated to Nanzen-ji Temple (generation unknown). In 1616, he was asked by Toyotomi Hideyori to write the inscription on the bell of Hoko-ji Temple. This is known as the trigger for the Siege of Osaka and the downfall of the Toyotomi clan, as the phrase "National peace and prosperity" in the inscription angered the Tokugawa side as it was seen as a misinterpretation of Tokugawa Ieyasu's name. <Works> "Hoko-ji Bell Inscription and the Five Mountain Monks' Review" (Dai Nippon Bukkyo Zensho Volume 119) <References> Mori Daikyo "Kinko Zenrin Sotan"

(Kiyozumi Ishii)

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

Japanese:

没年：元和7.3.25(1621.5.16)
生年：永禄11(1568)
江戸初期の臨済宗の僧。自ら不放子とも称した。伊勢(三重県)安芸郡の人。慈雲大忍(一説に文叔清彦)の法を嗣ぎ,伊勢の無量寿寺に住した。のち加藤清正の帰依を受けて九州に下向し,文禄・慶長の役に随侍したという。慶長5(1600)年東福寺の第227世となり,同9年には南禅寺(世代不明)に昇住した。同19年,豊臣秀頼に請われて方広寺の鐘銘を書した。これは,文中の「国家安康」の句が,徳川家康の文字を分けたとして徳川方の怒りを買い,大坂の陣,そして豊臣家滅亡の引き金となったものとして知られる。<著作>『方広寺鐘銘並五山僧評判』(大日本仏教全書119巻)<参考文献>森大狂『近古禅林叢譚』

(石井清純)

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