Bonshun

A Shinto priest in the early Edo period. Also called Ryugen. The son of Yoshida Kanemigi, head priest of the Yoshida Shinto family, and the younger brother of Kanemi (1535-1610), he first studied Shinto and later became a monk. He was the head priest of Shinryu-in Temple in Yoshidayamashita, Kyoto. After the death of Toyotomi Hideyoshi, he and his brother Kanemi were instrumental in the founding and running of Toyokuni-sha Shrine. Later, he lectured Tokugawa Ieyasu on Shinto and promised to teach him Shinto. In 1616 (Genwa 2), Ieyasu was buried in a Shinto funeral at Mount Kuno, Shizuoka, in accordance with his will. He also frequently copied classical texts, and made a great contribution to the preservation of the classics. His diary, "Shunkyu-ki" (also known as "Bonshūn Nikki"), is a valuable historical source for understanding the central situation at the time.

[Junichi Kamata October 19, 2017]

"Shunkyu-ki" (included in the "Historical Materials Collection", 1970-1999, Zoku Gunsho Ruiju Kanzenkai/on-demand version, 2014, Yagi Shoten Old Book Publishing Division)

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

江戸初期の神道(しんとう)家で僧侶(そうりょ)。龍玄(りゅうげん)とも称す。吉田神道(しんとう)家の神祇管領勾頭(じんぎかんれいこうとう)長上吉田兼右(かねみぎ)の子、兼見(かねみ)（1535―1610）の弟で、初め神道を学び、のち出家。京都吉田山下の神龍院の住職。兄兼見とともに、豊臣秀吉(とよとみひでよし)没後、豊国(ほうこく)社の創建、運営に功をたて、のち徳川家康に神道を講じ、神道伝授を約束したこともあり、1616年（元和2）家康を遺言により静岡久能山(くのうざん)に神葬祭で葬った。また古典書写によくあたり、古典継承上の功も大きい。その日記『舜旧記』（一名『梵舜日記』）は当時の中央情勢をみるうえの貴重史料。

［鎌田純一　2017年10月19日］

『『舜旧記』（『史料纂集』所収・1970～1999・続群書類従完成会／オンデマンド版・2014・八木書店古書出版部）』

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