Mangenshiban

A Rinzai sect scholar monk in the Edo period. Also known as Dokushi. His secular surname was Kumazawa. He was from Sagami (Kanagawa Prefecture). He became a monk at the age of 18 and succeeded the 232nd abbot of Myoshinji, Mokusui Ryuuki. He had aspirations of compiling the biographies of monks from an early age, and after collecting materials for over 30 years, he published the 41-volume Enpo Den Toroku in 1678 (Enpo 6), which compiled the biographies of about 1,000 Zen monks of the Rinzai and Soto sects, and then published the 75-volume Honcho Kosoden in 1702 (Genroku 15), which included the biographies of 1,662 monks. He also wrote the 10-volume Togoku Kosoden Dango. He was buried at Seitoku-ji Temple in Minokano (Gifu City). His grave marker is called Kaiun-to.

[Kakuzen Suzuki October 19, 2017]

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江戸時代の臨済(りんざい)宗の学僧。独師とも号す。俗姓は熊沢氏。相模(さがみ)（神奈川県）の人。18歳で出家し、妙心寺232世黙水龍器(もくすいりゅうき)の法を嗣(つ)ぐ。早くから僧伝編纂(へんさん)の志を抱き、三十余年の資料収集ののち、1678年（延宝6）臨済・曹洞(そうとう)両宗の禅僧約1000名の伝を編んだ『延宝伝燈録(えんぽうでんとうろく)』41巻を著し、ついで1702年（元禄15）1662名の伝を収めた『本朝高僧伝』75巻を刊行した。また『東国高僧伝弾誤(だんご)』10巻の著述がある。美濃加納(みのかのう)（岐阜市）の盛徳(せいとく)寺に葬る。塔（墓標）を海雲塔という。

［鈴木格禪　2017年10月19日］

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