Blind Monk - Mousou

Japanese: 盲僧 - もうそう

〘 noun 〙 A blind monk. In particular, a blind monk who visits houses, recites Jishinkyo while playing the biwa, and travels around practicing the law of Tsuchikōjin. They belong to the Tendai sect and were distributed throughout the country, mainly in the Kyushu and Chugoku regions, but are now found only in Kyushu. *Kinryō-Kō, Zenshū, 5, vol. 42, September 3, 1728 (13th year of the Kyohō era) "Imperial decree regarding blind monks: The suspension of Jishinkyo reading blindness and official ranks and titles, as was _ordered _two years ago."

Mekuraso [blind monk]

〘 noun 〙 A blind monk. Also, whether blind or not, they are in the monk's guise and have the same occupation as a zato . The children of samurai retainers were under the control of Shoren -in no Miya , while the children of farmers and townspeople could not become blind monks and were under the control of the Kengyo, just like zato. ※Kinrei-ko - Zenshu, Vol. 5, Vol. 42, September 3, 1728 (13th year of Kyoho), "Imperial decree regarding the affairs of blind monks"

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Japanese:

〘名〙盲目の僧侶。また特に、家々を訪れて琵琶を弾きながら地神経(じしんきょう)を唱え、土荒神の法を修行して歩く盲目の僧。天台宗に所属し、九州・中国地方を中心に諸国に分布していたが、現在は九州のみに存在する。※禁令考‐前集・第五・巻四二・享保一三年（1728）九月三日「盲僧之儀に付御触書地神経読盲目、官位院号袈裟停止之儀、先年被_二仰出_一候処に」