Mukanfumon - Mukanfumon

A monk of the Rinzai sect of Buddhism, Shoichi school, during the Kamakura period. The founder of the Ryogin school. His given names were Gengo and Fumonbo. He was from Shinano (Nagano prefecture), and first studied under Jakuen at Shoen-ji temple in Echigo (Niigata prefecture). At the age of 19, he studied under Shaku En'eicho (1165-1247) at Choraku-ji temple in Joshu (Gunma prefecture), and went to Kyoto to accompany Enni and receive the dharma succession. He then traveled to Song China, where he accompanies Dankyo Myorin (1201-1261) and others, and returned to Japan after 12 years in Song China. In 1281 (4th year of the Koan era), he became the third abbot of Tofuku-ji temple. Emperor Kameyama donated his villa, Zenrinji-dono in Higashiyama, to the public as a Zen temple, which later became Nanzen-ji Temple. This marked the beginning of a closer relationship between Zen Buddhism and the imperial court, and became the basis for the development of Zen Buddhism. He passed away on December 12, 1236. His posthumous name was Daimyo Kokushi.

[Rikizan Ishikawa October 19, 2017]

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鎌倉時代の臨済(りんざい)宗聖一(しょういち)派の僧。竜吟(りょうぎん)門派の祖。諱(いみな)を玄悟、普門房と称した。信濃(しなの)（長野県）の人で、初め越後(えちご)（新潟県）正円寺の寂円に就(つ)き、19歳で上州（群馬県）長楽寺の釈円栄朝（1165―1247）に師事、上洛(じょうらく)して円爾(えんに)に参じ嗣法(しほう)する。ついで入宋(にっそう)、断橋妙倫(だんきょうみょうりん)（1201―1261）らに参じ在宋12年ののち帰朝。1281年（弘安4）東福寺3世となる。亀山(かめやま)上皇は東山の離宮禅林寺殿を禅院として無関に施捨(せしゃ)、これが後の南禅寺である。これを契機に禅宗と宮廷がいっそう接近し、禅宗発展の基礎となった。正応(しょうおう)4年12月12日示寂。諡(おくりな)は大明(だいみょう)国師。

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