Manjuya Souji - Manjuya Souji

A townsman and scholar of the Sengoku period. His surname was Hayashi and his pen name was Rinntsu. He was born in Kyoto, but lived in Nara and sold manju. His ancestor was Hayashi Join, who accompanied the Zen monk Ryuzan Tokuken (1284-1358), who returned from China in the mid-14th century, and his descendants ran a manju shop for generations. Souji loved learning in addition to his work, and was known as a book collector. He wrote "The Tale of Genji: Rinntsu Sho" (54 volumes) and published the Japanese dictionary "Manjuyabon Setsuyoshu." He was so knowledgeable that he taught the monks of Nara. One of his sons was Baisen Toho, who became the chief priest of Kennin-ji Temple (Higashiyama Ward, Kyoto City).

[Kiyoshi Yokoi October 19, 2018]

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戦国時代の町人学者。姓は林(はやし)氏。号は林逸(りんいつ)。京都に生まれ、奈良に住んで饅頭を商った。先祖は14世紀なかばに中国より帰国した禅僧竜山徳見(りょうさんとくけん)（1284―1358）について来日した林浄因(りんじょういん)で、子孫代々饅頭屋を営んだという。宗二は営業のかたわら学問を愛好し、蔵書家としても聞こえ、『源氏(げんじ)物語林逸抄(りんいつしょう)』（54巻）を著述し、国語辞書の『饅頭屋本節用集(まんじゅうやぼんせつようしゅう)』を刊行した。学殖が深く、奈良の僧侶(そうりょ)に教えたほどである。その子息に、建仁寺(けんにんじ)（京都市東山区）の住持となった梅仙東逋(ばいせんとうほ)がいた。

［横井　清　2018年10月19日］

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